Introducing The "It's Available!" Module
We've just released a new feature that's not only going to help you sell more music and merch, but also help you to easily see how in demand your "Coming Soon" and "Out of Stock" items are. We're calling it the "It's Available!" Module, and it's extremely versatile, so let's take a look at how it works.
Pre-Orders
Probably the biggest and most important use of "It's Available!" will be alerting your customers about an item that just went up for sale. Specifically, pre-orders. A typical scenario for a pre-order involves a label or band announcing that on a certain date, a new album will be available. Beyond that, things get complicated. Labels and bands might release the time it will be up for sale. That time may not be met. Massive amounts of refreshing happens. People get annoyed, frustrated, post nasty comments on Facebook pages, threaten to jump from rooftops. Just all around ugliness. So to avoid said ugliness, customers can now choose to be notified when the item becomes available. They do this by entering their email address into the "It's Available!" notification request screen. As soon as you make the item available for purchase, you'll be prompted to send out notification emails to everyone that requested.
Out of Stock Items
Another great use for this feature is on items that are out of stock. For example, clothing that's not available in a certain size or maybe when the current pressing of a piece of vinyl has sold out. With both these items, it always helps to know what the demand is for an item you're considering printing or pressing again. Just going by emails you get, or comments on social media networks, may not tell the whole story. With "It's Available!", it makes it extremely easy for customers to let you know they're still interested in a certain item.
Other Cool Stuff
Just like your "Coming Soon" products, fans will want to be notified right when tickets for a show become available. So, we made "It's Available!" also work great when you're selling tickets.
Another thing we did with this feature is to let you choose which customers you'd like to notify. You can of course notify everyone at once, but maybe you have a VIP list or maybe just some really great customers you'd like to give a head start to. On the other hand, maybe you know the email address of a vinyl flipper and you'd like to leave them out. Either way, you have control of who gets notified and when.
Lastly, when anyone makes a request, their email address will also be sent to your Customers Module and included in the CSV download so you can add them to your newsletter.
Okay, I'm Sold!
To get started with "It's Available!", just follow these steps:
- Go into your dashboard by signing in on the homepage.
- Go to your store's "Modules" > "Manage Modules" area.
- Install the "It's Available!" Module.
As always, if you have any questions, please send us a message.