If your customers notify you of upcoming orders, or if you would like to enter forecasted orders, go to ApeksOPS > Sales and Invoices > Preorders.

There are two types of pre-orders: Firm and Forecast Only. You can have WooCommerce reserve stock on Firm orders, so that it cannot be purchased by other customers. To do this go to ApeksOPS > Settings and set “Deduct Firm Preorders From WC Stock Level” to “Yes”.

Your customers may view their Pre-orders on their My Account page. ApeksOPS can optionally add a tab to this page called “Booked Orders”. To turn on this option go to ApeksOPS > Settings and set “Show Preorders To Customer” to “Yes”.

You can optionally allow your customers to view their preorders in the WooCommerce My Account area. To do this go to ApeksOPS > Settings and set “Show Preorders To Customer” to “Yes”. ApeksOPS will add a tab to “My Accounts” called “Booked Orders”.

To convert a Preorder to a normal WC Order, go to ApeksOPS > Sales and Invoices > Preorders and click the Edit link to the right of the Preorder. Then click “Convert to WC Order”.