HOW TO CREATE A PRE-ORDER (GROUP ORDER)
1. GO TO YOUR PRODUCT LINK AS SHOWN IN THE IMAGE.
2. ADD A PRODUCT (click on the + sign)
3. CREATE A PRODUCT. (Please pay attention to the In Stock field and make it 0. This enables the system to understand that it's a pre-order, meaning that the stock is not available). Make sure you SAVE.
4. THEN CLICK ON THE PRE-ORDER TAB AND FOLLOW THE PROMPTS AS SHOWN IN THE IMAGE. YOU CAN CHOOSE WHETHER YOU ONLY WANT TO COLLECT PARTIAL PAYMENT e.g. 50%, 75% etc.
5. ONCE A CUSTOMER MAKES A PURCHASE, YOU WILL SEE A RECORD OF THE PRE-ORDER TRANSACTION.
6. CLICK ON THE ORDER NUMBER AND YOU WILL SEE THE DETAILS OF THE ORDER Including CONTACTING CUSTOMER IF NEEDED.
7. CUSTOMER WILL RECEIVE A PREORDER REMINDER OVER EMAIL WITH LINK TO BUY, TO FULFIL THE SECOND PART OF THE ORDER (IF THEY WERE CHARGED PARTIALLY)
8. THE LINK WILL TAKE THEM TO THE SIGN IN PAGE THEN DIRECTLY TO THE SAME ORDER WHERE CUSTOMERS CAN FULFIL IT. CLICK ON THE REORDER THIS ORDER AND IT WILL COMPLETE THE ORDER.
9. TO CLOSE THE ORDER, CHANGE THE STATUS TO COMPLETE