When Only Some Variants Are Out of Stock on Shopify

When Only Some Variants Are Out of Stock on Shopify

One product page, three different answers A shopper opens a product where size 42 is in stock, sizes 38 and 40 sold out last week, and 44 has never been made. Three states, one page. What should they see? The answer they should get is a different button per size — Add...
Enable the Timesact App Embed on Your Shopify Theme

Enable the Timesact App Embed on Your Shopify Theme

What the App Embed does The Timesact App Embed is the switch that lets Timesact elements appear on your storefront. It is a theme app extension: Shopify keeps it in the theme editor alongside your other app embeds, and turning it on is what allows the preorder button,...
Which Payment Methods Work With Shopify Preorders

Which Payment Methods Work With Shopify Preorders

A preorder checkout is a Selling Plan checkout A preorder is an ordinary Shopify order with one extra thing attached: a Selling Plan. The plan is the purchase option the item is bought under, and its Billing Policy is what decides whether the shopper pays in full now...
Shopify Preorder Shipping Dates: Fixed Date or Period

Shopify Preorder Shipping Dates: Fixed Date or Period

The date you set in March is wrong by April A preorder campaign that runs for one drop can carry one calendar date. “Ships 15 October” is precise, everyone who orders gets the same answer, and when the stock lands you are done. An always-on preorder is...
Shopify Coming Soon Pages That Collect Emails

Shopify Coming Soon Pages That Collect Emails

How do you create a Shopify coming soon page that collects emails before launch? You use two states together: Coming Soon puts the product into its pre-launch look, and Back in Stock (Notify Me) collects the email addresses. Coming Soon is a visual state — it replaces...
Shopify Preorder and Restock Text in Multiple Languages

Shopify Preorder and Restock Text in Multiple Languages

Can Timesact show preorder text in more than one language? Timesact template text is set once per template — you write each field once and it renders on every product and variant that template is assigned to. To present that wording in more than one language, you pair...