Wait List Notifications

WooCommerce Waitlist allows customers to sign up to be notified by email when an out-of-stock product becomes available.

As a store owner you can also review who is on the waiting list for which products and sort products by the number of people registered on the waiting list.

Products Listing Screen

WooCommerce Waitlist adds a new column to the Products listing in the WordPress administration area, displaying the number of users on the waiting list for a product. This column is sortable to enable Shop Managers to quickly find the most ‘sought after’ products in the catalog.

Waitlist Tab

This tab displays any customers that are currently on the waiting list for the product.

The shop manager can add single or multiple email addresses (separated by a comma) by clicking on the ‘Add New User’ button.

To send out in-stock notification emails, simply select the email addresses and click on Actions > Send in-stock email.

Once the email notification has been sent, click on Actions > Remove this will move the email addresses into the ‘Archive’ Tab.

Archive Tab

On the archive tab the shop manager has options to add customers back to the waiting list (these customers will remain in the archive until deleted), permanently delete customers from the archive or send the customers a custom email (if, for example, it is suspected a notification email has not reached them).  If a customer removes themselves from the archive (via the “My Waitlists” tab on the “My Account” page), this tab will also reflect this.

Options Tab

The options tab provides the ability to enforce specific options for certain products. If set here, these options will override the global options (for this product only).

Waiting lists are updated instantly when working on the product edit screen. This avoids having to update/save the product post each time an edit is required.

For variable products it is advised that the product is updated when changes are made to variations (for example, altering the stock level/status) as changes will not be instantly reflected on the Waitlist tab.

When sending out custom emails from these tabs the default mail client on your computer will be activated.

View more documentation: https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-waitlist/