Pre-Order option?

[vidmarc]

Is there a way of setting up future sale items as items that can be pre-ordered?

[bsmither]

I think the words that might describe your plan are: standing-order, back-order, wish-list, gift-registry.

 

So, even though you have product in stock, you have customers that will only place an order (automatically) if the price comes down to a stated cost?

[vidmarc]

We publish books and DVDs. We have a future release date, but customers can order the product before it's available and it is shipped out when it eventually arrives in stock, much like amazon does.

 

Here's an example:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Darkness-Blu-ray-Digital/dp/B00CTSDDVO

[bsmither]

So it's kind of like a back-order?

 

CubeCart allows for "out-of-stock" purchases. You may need to add some language to the product description that says "orders will be shipped on the release date".

[vidmarc]

I see, yes. That may do it. It would be great to have a buy button that says "Pre-Order in these cases.

[bsmither]

That would be interesting! The skin logic could determine if the product['stock_level'] is less than one and if so, print "Special Order" instead of "Add to Cart".

[bsmither]

In the skin template file content.product.php, find:

<input type="submit" value="{$LANG.catalogue.add_to_basket}" class="button_white" />

 

Change to:

<input type="submit" value="{if $PRODUCT.stock_level gt 0}{$LANG.catalogue.add_to_basket}{else}Special Order" class="button_white" />

[vidmarc]

Thanks for your help (again).

 

Do you know if this will work with the Blueprint skin?

[bsmither]

I believe it would.

[vidmarc]

Hi all, still in need of a "Pre-Order" button/option. Can anybody please help? It would need to enable an order before the stock has arrived, just like amazon:

 

example: http://www.amazon.com/Steel-Blu-ray-UltraViolet-Combo-Pack/dp/B008JFUPK8