Set when preorder runs and how many

In Waitly, choose Preorders, select the policy, and scroll to the When preorder runs card. It holds three settings, in the order Waitly checks them: the dates, the sold-out switch, and the unit limit.

Whenever this policy is on runs preorder for as long as the Offer preorder switch is on. Good for products you always sell ahead, like made-to-order pieces.

Between these dates opens and closes preorder at a set time. Fill in Opens on and Opens at, and Closes on and Closes at. Times are 24-hour, in your store’s time zone. Leave the opening empty to start now, or the closing empty to run until you turn the policy off. Clear empties one end.

Once saved, the card says how the policy reads, for example “This policy is on, and opens on …”.

With Offer preorder only while a variant is sold out ticked, a variant takes preorders only once its stock reaches zero, and goes back to normal selling when stock arrives. New policies start with it ticked.

Untick it to let every covered variant keep selling when out of stock for as long as the policy runs.

Type a number in Maximum units per product to stop preorders once a product has taken that many. It counts units ordered through this policy, all variants of a product together. A cancelled or refunded unit is given back.

Leave it empty for no limit. To stop preorder altogether, turn the policy off instead.

When a product reaches the limit, a line under the field names it, for example “Alpine parka reached 200 units, so it no longer offers preorder.”

Select Save in the bar at the top.

On the Preorders page, the Status column shows what each policy is doing: On with “Opens …” under it while it waits for its dates, On with “Ended” under it once they’ve passed, and “Limit reached on 2 of 12 products” when some products hit their cap.