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# Pre-order quick start
> Enable Bloom in your Shopify theme, style the pre-order button and messaging, set oversell limits per variant, and add the checkout and order status blocks - live in under 10 minutes.
Get pre-order live on your store. New here? Start with the [Pre-order overview](/bloom/pre-order/overview).
By the end, sold-out variants you choose will sell on pre-order with a ship-date message on the product page, in the cart, and at checkout.
## In a nutshell
1. Enable Bloom in your theme
2. Style the pre-order button and messaging
3. Set oversell limits and ship dates per variant
4. Show pre-order info during and after checkout
**Before you begin**
* Shopify 2.0 Theme (some 1.0 themes are also compatible)
* Admin access to edit your theme
## Follow the in-app setup guide
The Bloom home page (**Apps → Bloom**) has a **Pre-order** tab with a badge that flips to **Active** once pre-order is live. The **Get started** card on the **Welcome** tab lists the three setup steps with a **Set up** button that deep-links to the right screen.
## 1. Enable Bloom in your theme
Enabling the Bloom app embed is the only theme change required. The pre-order message auto-injects next to your **Add to cart** button on every product page.
1. From Shopify admin, go to **Online Store → Themes**.
2. On your live theme click **Customise**.
3. Open the **App embeds** panel (the puzzle-piece icon in the left sidebar).
4. Toggle **Bloom** on.
5. Click **Save**.
From inside Bloom, the **Theme editor** button on the setup guide opens this screen with the Bloom embed pre-activated - just save.
We recommend **disabling instant checkout** (Shop Pay, Google Pay, and other dynamic checkout buttons on the product page) for pre-order products. Instant checkout skips the cart, so shoppers miss the pre-order line item message and cart messaging that explains what they're agreeing to.
### Product page block
Most themes need nothing more than the app embed. Add the **Bloom Product** block to your product template only if:
* The pre-order button flickers or doesn't appear on your theme.
* You want per-template, market or locale overrides.
See [Add the Bloom Product block](/bloom/pdp-block).
## 2. Design & messaging
1. In Shopify admin, open **Apps → Bloom**.
2. Go to **Design**, then the **Pre-order** tab.
3. Work through the sections in the left column - **Add to cart**, **Product page** and **Cart messages** - adjusting text, buttons, colours, borders and spacing.
4. Check your work in the **Preview** panel. Switch it between **Product page** and **Cart**, and between the **Pre-order**, **Sold out** and **Add over limit** states.
5. Click **Save**.
The pre-order message sits below **Add to cart** by default. Move it in [Pre-order settings](/bloom/pre-order/settings#message-placement).
Set your default language on the product page & cart under **Apps → Bloom → Content → Pre-order**, then click **Save**.
Tailor messaging on specific templates, locales or markets with the Bloom blocks in your theme customiser. See [Tailor template, market or locale](/bloom/theme-template-and-locale-overrides).
Pay special attention to the cart language for orders that mix pre-order and in-stock items. Do you deliver everything when the pre-ordered items arrive, or split into two orders? See [Split orders](/bloom/pre-order/split-orders).
## 3. Configure products
Pre-order shows when a variant has pre-order enabled, has an oversell limit greater than zero, and is out of stock.
1. In Shopify admin, open **Apps → Bloom**.
2. Go to **Products**, then the **Pre-order** tab.
3. Load the variants you want: **Select Products**, **Select Collection**, or **Sold out products** for everything currently at zero.
4. Edit the **Apply to all** row to set every loaded variant at once, or edit a single product or variant row.
5. Set oversell limits, messaging, ship dates, and when pre-order should start.
* [Configure a pre-order product](/bloom/pre-order/product-config)
* [Schedule a pre-order](/bloom/pre-order/schedule)
6. Click **Save**.
The **Status** column tells you where each variant stands: **Active** (selling on pre-order now), **Scheduled** (start date set, not yet live), **Pending**, **Finished** (oversell limit reached) or **Draft**.
The **Release orders** tab alongside **Configure products** is where you release pre-orders once stock lands. See [Releasing pre-orders](/bloom/pre-order/releases).
## 4. Show pre-order info during and after checkout
Bloom ships three customer-facing blocks beyond the product page:
| Surface | Block | Notes |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Checkout page** | *Bloom Pre-order Banner* | Shopify Plus only - Shopify gates the checkout editor for Plus stores. |
| **Thank you page** | *Bloom Pre-order Banner* | Shown immediately after a successful order. |
| **Order status page** | *Bloom: Pre-order Order Status* | Per-line, with a *Last updated* tag if the ship date has changed since purchase. |
**Where the copy comes from:**
* Banner text on Checkout and Thank you: **Apps → Bloom → Content → Pre-order → Checkout banner**.
* Per-line text on Order status: each variant's **Message in cart**.
Change a variant's **Message in cart** after orders are placed and the order status block updates automatically - see [Updating pre-order info on existing orders](/bloom/pre-order/updates).
### Add blocks to checkout, thankyou & order status
1. Open the relevant editor in Shopify admin (the setup guide's **Checkout**, **Thank you** and **Order status** buttons link straight there):
* **Checkout** and **Thank you**: **Settings → Checkout → Customize** (Shopify Plus).
* **Order status**: **Settings → Customer accounts → Customize**.
2. Switch to the page, click **Add app block**, pick the Bloom block. 
3. Click **Save**.
Bloom does not display on gift card products.
## Related
* [Pre-order overview](/bloom/pre-order/overview)
* [Configure a pre-order product](/bloom/pre-order/product-config)
* [Releasing pre-orders](/bloom/pre-order/releases)
* [Pre-order order confirmation email](/bloom/pre-order/emails)