Shipclock Pre-Orders for WooCommerce

Shipclock Pre-Orders lets you sell WooCommerce products before they are available – new releases, limited editions, made-to-order items or the next batch of a bestseller.

You enable pre-orders per product, set an optional release date, and Shipclock handles the rest: the product shows a pre-order button, message and countdown; customers can order pre-orders together with in-stock products; and on the release date the orders are released automatically and customers are notified.

Free features

• Pre-orders on any simple or variable product, on as many products as you like.
• Mixed carts: pre-orders and in-stock items in the same order. Prefer stricter rules? Allow only pre-orders together, or one pre-order per order. The customer’s cart is never emptied when a pre-order is added.
• Release date and time with automatic release, or release manually whenever you are ready.
• Live countdown on the product page, plus [shipclock_countdown] and [shipclock_release_date] shortcodes.
• “Pre-order” badge and release message in the shop, custom button text (“Pre-order now”) and “Place pre-order” at checkout.
• Works with the Cart & Checkout Blocks and the classic checkout. HPOS compatible.
• Pre-order dashboard: units on pre-order, customers and money collected per product. Release now, change the date, email all customers of a product or cancel – in one click.
• Change the release date and notify every customer automatically.
• Pre-ordered order status, a pre-order column in the orders list and a pre-order box on each order.
• My Account → Pre-orders for customers, with release dates and (optional) cancellation.
• Emails: pre-order confirmed, available, release date changed, cancelled, custom message, and admin notifications – all editable in WooCommerce → Settings → Emails.
• Clean stock handling: stock goes negative to show units owed, no “out of stock” or “backorder” email spam for pre-orders, and pre-order products stay visible even with “Hide out of stock items”.
• [shipclock_products] shortcode and ?pokit_filter=only / ?pokit_filter=exclude shop filters.
• Staging mode to switch off automatic releases on test copies of your shop.

Shipclock Pro

For shops that need more flexibility, Shipclock Pro adds:

• Deposits and pay-on-release, with automatic balance payment links that work with every payment gateway
• Customer choice: pay in full, pay a deposit or pay on release
• Per-variation pre-orders, each with its own date and limit
• Release automatically when stock arrives, first come first served (partial shipments too)
• Pre-order limits, max per order and “Only 3 left” scarcity text
• Early-bird discounts or pre-order surcharges
• Cancellation requests with approval, and automatic refunds
• Balance reminders, auto-cancel of unpaid balances, auto pre-order when a product sells out, CSV export

Pro is a one-time payment of €29.99 – no subscription.

Shipclock is developed by vdelafuente.com.

External services

This plugin uses the Freemius SDK for licensing, updates of the Pro version, and an optional opt-in.

• What is sent and when: nothing is sent unless you click “Allow & Continue” on the opt-in screen. If you opt in, your site URL, WordPress, WooCommerce and PHP versions, plugin version, site language and admin name and email are sent to Freemius when you opt in, and plugin activation/deactivation/uninstall events afterwards. You can skip or opt out at any time from the plugin’s account page.
• Service: Freemius, Inc. – Terms of Service – Privacy Policy