Settings – General

Posted on by Angela Grey

The General tab provides the main settings to configure how the Pre-Order feature works across your store. From here, you can enable or disable pre-orders on the storefront, define how prices are handled, customize labels, manage stock behavior, and set product availability dates. This tab also includes the Conditions for Auto Pre-Order section, where you can create rules to automatically assign products to pre-order.

  • Enable Pre-Order on frontend: Enable this option to display pre-order functionality on the storefront, making it visible and available for customers.
  • Price calculation: Define how the pre-order price will be calculated. If enable, pre-order product prices can be calculated by “Manager Price” rules
  • Variable product label: Set the label displayed for variable products whose all variations are available for pre-order, helping customers identify pre-order options more clearly.
  • Hide Time Pre-Order: Enable this option to hide the pre-order availability countdown timer from product and shop pages.
  • Back to Pre-Order
    • Enable: Enable this option to automatically set a product status to pre-order when its inventory goes out of stock.
    • Manager Price:
      • Allow to change prices: Enable this option to calculate the pre-order price based on the sale price. options below are available only if this option is in use.
      • Disable Buy Product: Enable this option to display price changes but prevent customers from purchasing the product.
      • Price adjustment: Set how the pre-order price is modified:
        • Set pre-order price to a specific value: Define a fixed price for pre-orders.
        • Adjust to decrease pre-order price: Reduce the pre-order price by a set value or percentage
        • Adjust to increase pre-order price: Increase the pre-order price by a set value or percentage
      • Adjustment type: If the pre-order price is adjusted up or down, choose whether to apply the change as a fixed amount or a percentage.
        • Set a fixed amount to apply to the pre-order price
        • Set a percentage to apply to the pre-order price
      • Adjustment amount: Enter the exact amount (fixed or percentage) to increase or decrease the pre-order price, or to set the value for fixed price
    • Available Date
      • Available Date Type: Choose how to define when pre-order products become available:
        • Products will be available after the number of days: Set the number of days the product will be available after
        • The product will be available on the selected date: Select a fixed date when the product becomes available
      • Conditions for Auto Pre-Order: The Auto Pre-Order feature allows you to automatically mark products as pre-order when they meet specific conditions. Each condition is made up of three parts: Attribute, Operator, and Value.
        • Attribute Selector: Select the product property you want to check:
          • Product Type: Target by product type (simple, variable, grouped, etc.).
          • Product Price: Compare using the product’s regular price.
          • Sale Price: Compare using the product’s sale price.
          • Product Category: Match products from selected categories.
          • Product Tag: Match products with specific tags.
          • Custom Field (Meta Key): Match products using a custom meta key value.
          • Product Publish Date: Target products based on their published date.
          • Product SKU: Match products by SKU or part of an SKU.
        • Operator: Choose how the attribute will be compared. The available operators may change depending on the selected attribute. For example, Product Type usually supports equal and not_equal, while attributes like Category or Tag may also support contains and does_not_contain. Some common options are:
          • equal: The attribute must exactly match the value.
          • not_equal: The attribute must not match the value.
          • contains: The attribute must include the value.
          • does_not_contain: The attribute must not include the value.
        • Value: Provide or select the value for the condition.  The input field type for the value also changes based on the attribute. For example, choosing Product Type will show a dropdown of types, while Product Price will require a number.
          • For Product Type, Category, and Tag: choose from a dropdown list of available options.
          • For Product SKU, Product Price and Sale Price: enter a numeric value.
          • For Custom Field (Meta Key): enter the meta key and its value.
          • For Product Publish Date: select date.
        • Condition Groups: Combine multiple conditions to refine your rules
          • Match ALL conditions (AND) – Product must meet every listed condition.
          • Match ANY conditions (OR) – Product must meet at least one condition.