Does the customer pay right away?

Yes, version 1.0 works with full payment at checkout, using your usual payment methods. The order then moves to the Pre-order: awaiting stock status, which is neither shippable nor cancelled by mistake. A deposit followed by a balance payment on availability is planned for version 1.1.

What happens when the stock arrives?

The module computes the units actually available for pre-orders and suggests an allocation from the oldest orders to the most recent. You confirm it, or tick the orders to serve yourself. Orders whose lines are all allocated move to the ready-to-ship status and trigger a customer e-mail. Allocation can also run automatically.

Can I limit the number of pre-orders?

Yes, with a global maximum quantity for the rule and a maximum quantity per customer. The limits are enforced server side on every cart save, so a customer cannot work around them. A progress bar can show visitors how many units are already reserved.

How do I warn customers when a date slips?

Change the estimated shipping date on the rule and leave the notification option on. All waiting pre-orders are updated and every affected customer receives an e-mail with the new date and a link to request cancellation. Cancellation requests land in the dashboard, where you accept or refuse them.

What about carts that mix in-stock items and pre-orders?

You choose: allow silently, allow with a warning saying the order ships in one go, or forbid the mix. In that last case the module removes the item that causes the problem and explains why to the customer.

Is the module compatible with PrestaShop 9?

Yes, from PrestaShop 8.0 to PrestaShop 9.x with the same ZIP, in multistore and multilingual setups. It relies on ModuleAdminController and uses no Composer dependency. Module strings ship in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish and Portuguese.

PrestaShop Pre-Order Module 8 & 9: Sell Out of Stock

PrestaShop Pre-Order Module 8 & 9: Sell Products That Are Out of Stock

Take the orders while your supplier is still packing the delivery.

An out-of-stock product is a sale walking to a competitor. This module turns the shortage into a pre-order: the button becomes Pre-order, the estimated shipping date shows on the product page, and the order is paid as usual. In the back office you always know how many units are reserved, how many to order from your supplier, and when the delivery lands you serve customers oldest first in one click. If the date slips, a single action e-mails every affected customer with the new date and a cancellation link.

At a glance

Pre-order automatically when out of stock, forced for a launch, or between two dates
Estimated shipping date, countdown and reserved-units bar on the product page
Global and per-customer quantity caps, timestamped consent checkbox at checkout
Allocation screen for incoming stock, oldest orders served first
One action e-mails every waiting customer when the date changes, with a cancellation link

PrestaShop 8 & 9 FIFO allocation Release date Multistore

30-day refund

12 months updates

24h support

The long version

Everything you'd want to know before you install.

A detailed look at how PrestaShop Pre-Order Module 8 & 9: Sell Products That Are Out of Stock works, why we built it the way we did, and the thinking behind the features above.

§ 01

What PrestaShop does, and what it does not

PrestaShop can allow orders when a product is out of stock, and that is where it stops. No reliable availability date on the product page, no pre-order cap, no tracking of what is reserved, no way to share a partial delivery between the customers who are waiting. This module adds that layer: a rule decides when pre-orders are open, what the customer sees, how many units you accept, and how incoming stock is distributed.

§ 02

One rule per product, or per combination

Size M is out of stock while L is available: a rule on the M combination alone is enough. On every cart save the module checks that the other combinations still follow the original shop setting, and blocks the ones that must not be orderable. Rules are created one by one, in bulk by category, brand or supplier, or through a CSV import for a whole catalogue.

§ 03

Pre-orders you can actually serve

A pre-order lowers the stock like any other order, which pushes it below zero. The module relies on that behaviour: the units actually available for pre-orders are the waiting units plus the current stock. The dashboard shows, product by product, what is reserved, what can be allocated right now and what is left to order from the supplier, with a CSV export ready to send.

§ 04

Follow-up on the customer side

Customers find their pre-orders in their account, with the status of each line and the estimated date. E-mails follow them at every step: confirmation at checkout, notice when the date changes, announcement when the items are ready to leave. If they no longer want to wait, a link lets them request cancellation, which you confirm or refuse from the back office.

§ 05

Built for real catalogues

The module handles multistore, eight languages, carts that mix stock and pre-orders according to the policy you choose, deferred payments such as bank wire, and the schema.org PreOrder output so Google does not show your products as unavailable. The code follows PrestaShop conventions, uses no Composer dependency, and runs from PrestaShop 8.0 to 9.x with the same ZIP.

PrestaShop Pre-Order Module 8 & 9: Sell Products That Are Out of Stock

The short version.

Three ways to start a pre-order

The customer knows what they are buying

Incoming stock distributes itself

A delay takes three clicks

Everything you'd want to know before you install.