Configuration and Settings of Mconnect Pre Order & Backorder Extension for Magento® 1

The Configuration of Mconnect Pre-Order Extension Magento Extension:

To know how to install this extension visit our video section.

Before you proceed with using the extension, you need to do the configuration of the extension as shown below:
 

1.  Sign in to the Magento configuration panel. 

      
 
2.  Navigate to 'system' menu and select 'configuration' menu option.
 

 
3.  Scroll down in Configuration to find 'M-Connect Media Extensions' click on 'Pre-Order'.
 
     

4. Now, configure the settings for Pre-Order, Back-Order Email, and Pre-Order Email.  
 
Pre-Order Screen opens.
 
 
 
5. Pre-Order: Allow pre-order and back-order of the products in your store from this section.
 
 

• Enabled: Enable the pre-order and back-order facility at your store from here.
• Back Order Button Text: This is the name of your back-order button.
• Pre-Order Button Text: Name of the pre-order button.
• Pre-Order: Select at which location you want to provide the pre-order facility.
        

6. Back-Order Email: From here, configure your back-order email settings to give information to the customer about their back-order.

 

• Email Template for Back-Order: Select the email template to send the back-order email in the selected format to the customer.
• Sender Name: This is the name of the email sender.
• Sender Email: Sender will send the email from this email-id.
• Subject: This is the subject of the back-order email.
• Send Alerts: Activate alert to send the email notification to the customer when their back-order products become available in the store.
   

7. Pre-Order Email: From here, configure your Pre-Order email settings to give information to the customer about their Pre-Ordered products.
 
 
 

• Email Template for User: Select the email template to send the pre-order email in the selected format to the customer.
• Sender Name: This is the name of the email sender.
• Sender Email: Sender will send the email from this email-id.
• Subject: This is the subject of the pre-order email.
• Send Alerts: Activate alert to send the email notification to the customer when their pre-order products become available in the store.
   

Note: Admin can create the email templates from System > Transactional Emails

After performing the configuration settings, now allow the products to be preordered and back-ordered.
 
 
How to Make Products to be Pre-Order or Back-Order?
 
1. Navigate to Catalog>>Manage Products.

 
2. Double click on a product to open it.
 
3. Go to 'Inventory' from Product Information at left.
     
4. Under Inventory section, you will view Backorders/Pre-Orders field.
 
   

5. From here, select pre-order to allow customer pre-order an item. This is done for new arrival item or select back-order to allow back-order of an item when the product is out of stock.
 
6.  Click on 'Save' to save the settings.
 
 
Now, if a product is available for pre-order, then 'Pre-Order' button will be available as shown below at storefront.
 

Get ‘Back-Order’ product display at a storefront as depicted below.

• Admin: After Order Placement  

Now, when the customer will place an order then the status of the order can be viewed under Sales > Order.
 
For pre-order and back-order items, below statuses are displayed:
 

• Pending Pre-Order/Back-Order: Meaning that the order is placed by the customer and no action is performed by the seller.
• Processing Pre-Order/Back-Order: Meaning that, the order is being processed by the seller.
• Complete: Once the product is shipped to the customer, then the status change to complete.

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