Area81 Pre-orders for WooCommerce

Description

What it does

Area81 Pre-orders for WooCommerce turns any product into a pre-order with a deposit, a countdown to launch, and optional crowdfunding-style goals. The deposit is applied as a native WooCommerce cart fee rather than a mutated product price, so the product line always shows its real price and the balance due at launch appears as its own fee row. This keeps the numbers correct in the cart, checkout, mini-cart, WooCommerce Blocks, and page builders such as Breakdance and Elementor, and avoids conflicts with tax-display and multi-currency plugins.

Key capabilities

• Deposits shown as a separate, tax-aware “Balance due at launch” fee, with “Deposit due now” and balance notes under the product name in cart, mini-cart, and checkout
• Full pre-order breakdown on the product page: deposit, balance, cancellation fee, and refundable amount
• Countdown timer and crowdfunding progress display on the product page
• Per-variation reservation tracking, plus maximum pre-orders per product (run cap) and per customer
• Stock information hidden on pre-order products until release
• Click-to-use date and time picker for setting the launch date on the Pre-order tab
• [a81_preorder] shortcode to place the countdown, breakdown, and crowdfunding block in custom product templates
• Action Scheduler-powered bulk operations for handling large pre-order runs
• Cart self-healing that detects pre-order products even when added through a page builder’s own add-to-cart element
• Public helpers (A81_Order_Logic::cart_deferred_balance, is_preorder_cart_item) for developers building cooperating display plugins

Who it is for

Store owners launching new products, limited runs, or crowdfunded items who need deposits and reservations to work correctly across every gateway, currency, and page builder without custom development.