#1-Treat the whole order as a preorder : #
If you choose this mode, the customer will be able to select a shipping date, and all products will be shipped together on that specific day. That day will be limited to the latest preorder date available, for instance, if the order has 3 different products marked as preorder ones:
- Product A will be available on the 1st of September
- Product B will be available on the 3rd of September
- Product C will be available on the 1st of October
Then, the minimum shipping date will be the 1st of October (i.e: the minimum date when all products will be available).
#2 Generate two separate orders, one for preorders and one for in-stock products : #
If you choose this mode, the customer will get two different orders generated, one for preorder products and one for in-stock ones. For instance, if your order looks like this:
- Product A is in-stock
- Product B will be available on the 1st of September
- Product C is in-stock
Then you will get an order which will be processed now, with products A and C, and then another order which will be shipped on the 1st of Septemb
#3 – Generate separate orders for each preorder products : #
If you choose this mode, then the customer will get one order for all in-stock products, and then one order for each preorder product, which will be shipped in each specific preorder date.
#4 – Order only preorder products or available one #
Use this mode if you want to only allow your customers to either choose preorder products or available ones.