Configuration

All preorder settings are in one place: Preorder > Settings in your admin panel.

Core Settings

Enable Preorder

Turns the entire preorder system on or off without deactivating the plugin. When disabled, all preorder badges, buttons, and customer dashboard features are hidden.

Default: Enabled

Allow Mixed Cart

Controls whether customers can add both regular products and preorder products to the same cart:

• Enabled (default) — Customers can mix regular and preorder items freely
• Disabled — Cart must contain only regular items or only preorder items. Useful when preorder items have different shipping timelines.

TIP

If disabled and a customer tries to add a preorder item to a cart that already has regular items, they'll see an error message asking them to complete the current order first.

Default Price Type

Sets the default pricing strategy when creating new preorder products. You can override this per product.

Price Type	How it works	Example ($100 product)
Full Price	Customer pays the full preorder price at checkout	Pays $100 now
Deposit Percentage	Customer pays a percentage upfront, balance due later	30% = pays $30 now, $70 later
Deposit Fixed	Customer pays a fixed amount upfront, balance due later	$20 deposit = pays $20 now, $80 later

Default: Full Price

Default Refundable

Whether new preorder products allow refund requests by default. Can be overridden per product.

Default: Enabled

Display Settings

Badge Text

Text shown on preorder product badges throughout the store (product cards, product pages, cart).

Default: "Pre-Order"

Badge Color

Hex color for the preorder badge.

Default: #f59e0b (amber)

Button Text

Text for the preorder add-to-cart button, replacing the regular "Add to Cart".

Default: "Add to Pre-Order"

Display Style

Controls how preorder information appears on the product detail page:

Style	What it shows
Detailed (default)	Full info card with pricing breakdown, availability date, discount label, and custom message
Minimal	Compact badge with brief text

Default Message

Fallback message shown on preorder products when no custom message is set. Supports the :date placeholder, which is replaced with the formatted availability date.

Example: This product is available for pre-order. Expected availability: :date

Vendor Settings

Vendor Management Enabled

INFO

Only appears when the Marketplace plugin is active.

When enabled, vendors can create and manage their own preorder products and orders from the vendor dashboard.

Default: Disabled

Permissions

Preorder adds these permissions that you can assign to admin roles at Admin > Users > Roles:

Permission	What it allows
preorder.index	Access preorder admin menu
preorder.products.index	View preorder products list
preorder.products.create	Create new preorder products
preorder.products.edit	Edit existing preorder products
preorder.products.destroy	Delete preorder products
preorder.orders.index	View preorder orders list
preorder.orders.edit	Update order status
preorder.orders.destroy	Delete preorder orders
preorder.settings	Access preorder settings page

Suggested role setups

Store Manager — All preorder permissions

Sales Staff — View products, view and edit orders. No settings or delete access.

Customer Service — View products, view orders. Cannot edit or delete.

Cronjob

The plugin registers a daily command to automatically disable expired preorder products. Make sure your server's cronjob is configured:

* * * * * cd /path-to-your-project && php artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

The command preorder:disable-expired runs daily at midnight. It sets any published preorder product with Auto-Disable enabled and a past availability date to draft status.

You can also run it manually:

php artisan preorder:disable-expired