Setting Up Pre-Orders
For Plain Jane and Plain Jane Interactive
What You’ll Learn
How to enable a "Pre-Order" label for selected products using metafields in Shopify Admin and display them using Plain Jane

1. Create the "Preorder" Metafield
To classify products as pre-orderable, start by creating a metafield:
In your Shopify Admin, go to Settings

Click Custom data from the sidebar, then choose Products

Click Add definition in the top right

Fill out the fields as follows:
Name:
Preorder
Namespace and key:
custom.preorder
Type:
True or False

Click Save to create the metafield.
2. Add Preorder Info to a Product
Now that the metafield is set up:
Navigate to the Products section in your admin.
Select any product you’d like to enable for preorder.
Scroll down to the Product Metafields section.
You should see the new preorder metafield.
Set the value to True to activate preorder status for this product.


💡 Tip: You can toggle preorder status on and off for any product anytime using this field.
3. Theme Output
Once a product has preorder: true
, the OpenSpaces theme will automatically:
Display a "Pre-Order" button on the product page
Tag the product with a "Pre-Order" label wherever it appears (featured, collections, etc.)


⚠️ Warning: Ensure the product is in stock or available for backorder so customers can actually complete checkout.
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