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Bulk-edit pre-order products: quantity, dates and templates

The Products page in Timesact lets you change many product variants at once: set a new pre-order quantity, move the start and end dates, swap the Customer Experiences (templates) they use, or remove them from Timesact. You select the variants in the Products list, then pick an action from the bar that appears above it. Find it under Timesact → Products.


Plan: All plans · Where: Timesact → Products → select variants → bar above the list


Before you start

  • The variants are already in the Products list, attached to at least one Customer Experience. See Adding Products.
  • Each variant (one size or colour) keeps its own settings for each Customer Experience: start date, end date and pre-order quantity. The bulk actions change those settings on every variant you select.
  • Dates are in your store's time zone, set under Billing & Account → Store settings → Time zone. The date fields show it underneath ("Times are in … timezone").


Select the variants

  1. In Timesact, open Products.
  2. Narrow the list if you like: use the tabs (for example Pre-order), the filters or Search products….
  3. Tick the checkbox on a product row to select all its variants, or expand the product and tick single variants.
  4. To select every variant on the page, tick the checkbox in the list header, then click Select all variants.


The Products list shows 25 products per page, and a selection covers the products on the page you are on. For a larger change, filter or search so the products you want are listed together, then repeat the action page by page.


Once something is selected, a bar appears above the list with Edit products and the … menu, which holds Update pre-order quantity, Update start and end dates and Delete products. On a phone, tap Actions instead.


Timesact Products list with variants selected and the bulk actions menu open



How to update the pre-order quantity

The pre-order quantity is the most pre-orders a variant accepts before the pre-order closes.


  1. Select the variants.
  2. Open the … menu and click Update pre-order quantity.
  3. The Update pre-order quantity window shows how many variants and products you selected.
  4. Enter the new number in Pre-order quantity (1 or more), or tick Unlimited pre-order quantity for no limit.
  5. Click Save.


Update pre-order quantity window in Timesact with an unlimited option and a quantity field



The quantity applies to every variant you selected, on every Customer Experience attached to it, and each variant keeps its own count: a quantity of 50 lets each selected variant take 50 pre-orders. Pre-orders already taken stay counted, so the variant's Pre-order quantity sold carries on from where it was. A message such as "Pre-order quantity updated to 50 for 12 variants" confirms the change.


How to update start and end dates

  1. Select the variants.
  2. Open the … menu and click Update start and end dates.
  3. Set the Start date. When all the selected variants share the same dates, the window opens with them filled in; otherwise it starts from today.
  4. To stop on a set day, tick Set an end date and choose the End date. It must be after the start date.
  5. Click Save.


Update start and end dates window in Timesact with start date, end date and time zone



The new dates apply to every Customer Experience on the selected variants. A Customer Experience starts at midnight at the beginning of the start date and stops as the end date begins, both in your store's time zone. With Set an end date left unticked, the selected variants have no end date after you save, and the Customer Experience stays on until you change it. A message such as "Start and end dates updated for 12 variants" confirms the change.


How to change the Customer Experiences on many variants

  1. Select the variants.
  2. Click Edit products.
  3. The Assign Customer Experiences page opens. Click View selection to check which products you picked.
  4. Under Select Customer Experiences, tick each template the variants should use. You can tick more than one.
  5. For each ticked template, set the Start date, and if you want, Enable end date and Pre-order quantity (on templates with Pre-order).
  6. Click Save.


The templates you tick replace the ones the selected variants had. A template you leave unticked comes off those variants. For a template that stays on a variant, its pre-order sold count is kept.


With a single variant selected, Edit products opens that variant's own page instead. It lists each Customer Experience on the variant with its Schedule, Pre-order quantity limit and Pre-order quantity sold, and you can change them there and click Save changes.


How to remove products from Timesact

  1. Select the variants.
  2. Open the … menu and click Delete products.
  3. The Delete products window shows how many variants and products you selected. Click Delete.


The variants come off every Customer Experience and leave the Products list, and Timesact stops showing its button, message and badges on them. The products stay in your Shopify store as they are. To use them again, add them back from Add Products.


What happens next

While an update or delete runs, a progress bar appears at the top of the Products page. Keep the Timesact tab open until it finishes, because closing the tab stops the operation partway. Updated variants show Processing as their functionality status for a short time, then their live status, and the storefront follows the new settings from then on.


If some variants could not be updated, the message "Couldn't update N variant(s). Please try again." appears. Select those variants and run the action again. If you see "The selected variants have no Customer Experiences to update.", the selection has no template attached yet: attach one first with Edit products.


Questions merchants ask

Does changing the pre-order quantity reset the number already sold?
No. Update pre-order quantity keeps each variant's Pre-order quantity sold, so a variant that has sold 30 with a new limit of 50 can take 20 more.


Is the pre-order quantity shared across the variants I select?
No, each variant gets its own limit. Setting 100 on five sizes lets each size take 100 pre-orders.


Can I set different dates for two templates on the same variant?
Yes, from the variant's own page: expand the product, click the variant's edit link and set each Customer Experience's Schedule. Update start and end dates gives every template on the selected variants the same dates.


How do I end a pre-order on many products at once?
Select them, click Update start and end dates, tick Set an end date and pick the day it should stop. When that day begins, the row reads Ended and your theme's normal button returns.


Can I bulk-edit with a spreadsheet instead?
Yes, the CSV upload can add, update and remove variants per Customer Experience. See [Add products to a Customer Experience with a CSV file](NEW: add-products-with-csv).


Updated on: 11/11/2026

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