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A product is on pre-order when either is true:
  • it has the tag in Theme settings, Product cards, Pre-order product tag (default pre-order);
  • its variant tracks inventory, is at zero stock, and has Continue selling when out of stock turned on.
What shoppers see.
  • A Pre-order badge on cards and on the product page.
  • The button reads Pre-order instead of Add to bag.
  • The text of the product metafield custom.preorder_note shows above the button, for example Ships from 4 December.
  • The note is added to the cart line as the property Pre-order, so the order says when it ships.
A pre-order product

A product on pre-order with its note and button

Set it up.
  1. In Settings, Custom data, Products, add custom.preorder_note as Single line text.
  2. On the product, add the tag pre-order, or turn on Continue selling when out of stock for its tracked variants.
  3. Fill in the Pre-order note with the ship date.
Deposits. To take a deposit now and the rest later, add a pre-order or deposit selling plan with an app. The product page then shows the purchase options and what is due today. Elsewhere. The slideshow’s featured product and shop the look link pre-order pieces to their product page, so the Pre-order property is always added.

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In the theme editor

Product card settings

The pre-order tag is set in 1 Theme settings · 2 Product cards