woothemes/woocommerce — Issue #211: Pre-order Downloadable Items
Author: paulhastings0
Created: 2011-11-16 23:53:15+00:00
State: open

This isn't a bug, more of a downloadable product enhancement. Apparently there's a whole bunch for 1.2.3 so I figured I'd add in my 2 cents.

A major part of many online stores is the ability to pre-order products. For example, my boss pre-ordered the Amazon Kindle Fire and got it in the mail today.

What if we could do that for downloadable products like songs, ebooks, apps, etc.? So basically the store manager would check a box in the product editor saying that the downloadable item is a pre-order.

Customers could still "pre-order" the item and pay for it just like other products, but the email would be different. The email wouldn't include the download link, but rather a "Thank you for pre-ordering" message.

Then, when the item is finally available for download an email would automatically be sent to all customers who had pre-ordered the item with their respective download links.

-Paul