• How it works
  • Implementing pre-orders and TBYB in a theme

Pre-orders and Try Before You Buy (TBYB)

Merchants are able to offer various options for purchasing goods and services at checkout through a pre-order or TBYB app. For example, customers can pre-order a product delivery, pay nothing upfront, and have it delivered a month later. Only once delivered will the customer be charged.

Tip

To be eligible to use Shopify subscriptions, merchants must meet the qualifying criteria.

How it works

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To enable pre-orders, apps create selling plan groups, within which they create selling plans. These selling plans are linked to products and product variants. For example, a selling plan group called "Pre-order" can offer selling plans that enable the customer to choose the amount they pay at the time of purchase. Merchants can offer multiple optional selling plans to customers, or specify a required selling plan for a product, such as "pre-order-only" offers.

Product page with a pre-order option.

Implementing pre-orders and TBYB in a theme

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You can use Liquid and JavaScript to integrate pre-orders and TBYB into your theme. You should also review the UX guidelines for pre-orders and TBYB to ensure a great user experience.

Add pre-orders and TBYB to your theme

Learn more about how to integrate pre-orders and TBYB into your theme.

Pre-orders and TBYB UX guidelines

Learn how to build a pre-order or TBYB experience and style components in your theme.

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