Pre-Orders & Back-Orders

Generate excitement and capture sales that might otherwise go to competitors

Good inventory management can help prevent problems, but sales can't stop just because of stock-out. And promoting upcoming products is a great way to build excitement and forecast demand. Elastic Path Commerce can capture sales in both these situations, with functions to take pre- or back-orders and delay both payment processing and fulfillment until the product is in stock.

If customers buy a combination of in-stock and out-of-stock items, the Commerce Manager can split the order into multiple shipments so you can ship the in-stock items immediately while waiting for the back-ordered or pre-ordered items.