Choose products with rules and exceptions

In Waitly, choose Preorders, then select the policy’s name. For a new one, select Create policy.

Two cards decide the products: Offer preorder on (any product or variant that matches one of these) and Except (leave out anything that matches one of these, even if it matches above).

Under Offer preorder on, type a product tag in the tag field and press Enter. Every product with that tag is covered, including ones you tag later.

Tags are a good fit when products come and go, like a “preorder” tag you add in Shopify as new items are announced.

Select Add products to open Shopify’s product picker. Tick a product to cover all its variants, or tick only the variants you want. Draft and archived products are listed too.

Select Add collections to cover every product in a collection.

Each rule gets a row with its name, what it is, and how many variants it reaches. Select ✕ at the end of a row to remove it.

Use Except the same way: a tag, Add products or Add collections. Anything listed here is left out, even if a rule above covers it.

For example, cover a collection and add one of its boards under Except to keep it selling normally.

Products this policy covers shows the result as you edit, before you save: a count such as “12 variants in 4 products”, and a list of products with how many of their variants are in and a View product link.

If the policy is off, the card says none of these has a Pre-order option yet.

A variant gets preorder from one policy only: the oldest one that is on and open. If an older policy already offers some of these products, the coverage card shows Another policy already offers some of these and names it. Those variants stay with the older policy.

If you turn on an older policy that covers products a newer one offers, the Status card warns Turning this on moves products before you save.

Select Save in the bar at the top. Waitly updates the Pre-order option in Shopify, and the In Shopify card shows Up to date when it’s done.