How Shopify Preorders Work With Your Inventory

How Shopify Preorders Work With Your Inventory

How do preorders work when a product is out of stock? When a product runs out, Timesact keeps it buyable by replacing the sold-out button with a preorder button, so the sale still happens instead of hitting a dead end. You keep taking orders while the item is at zero,...
How to Use Shopify Discount Codes on Preorder Items

How to Use Shopify Discount Codes on Preorder Items

Can you run a discount code on a preorder product? Yes. A preorder product is an ordinary Shopify line item with a Selling Plan attached, so your Shopify discount codes apply to it the same way they apply to any other product. Timesact also has its own built-in...
Prevent Preorder Chargebacks With Clear Signals

Prevent Preorder Chargebacks With Clear Signals

The hidden cost of a preorder customers didn't realise they were placing An established UK women’s clothing brand — six or seven years in business, thousands of orders behind them — started seeing a pattern in their payment disputes. Customers were raising...
Pre-Order Order Confirmation Emails on Shopify

Pre-Order Order Confirmation Emails on Shopify

What emails go out when someone places a pre-order? When a customer checks out a pre-order on your Shopify store, Shopify sends its standard order confirmation email — that always happens, and it can’t be switched off. On top of it, Timesact can send an optional...
Add a Back-in-Stock Notify Me Form to Shopify Pages

Add a Back-in-Stock Notify Me Form to Shopify Pages

When a product sells out, shoppers have two choices: bookmark it and remember to check back, or leave and never return. Most leave. A back-in-stock notification form changes that equation — it turns a dead end into a warm lead and brings the exact shoppers who already...