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title: "Shipping pre-orders"
slug: "shipping-pre-orders"
updated: 2026-07-09T09:33:11Z
published: 2026-07-09T09:33:11Z
canonical: "docs.newstore.com/shipping-pre-orders"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Shipping pre-orders

To ship pre-ordered products for your business, use the same [order routing strategy](/v1/docs/about-order-routing#routing) and shipping options that you use to ship regular orders. The only differences from shipping regular orders are:

- Pre-orders are not shipped till the date from when the product becomes available to sell. See the [tutorial](/v1/docs/tutorial-importing-products#creating-product-data).
- Fulfilling pre-orders have higher priority over fulfilling regular orders.

NewStore fulfills oldest orders captured in the platform first, and does not prioritize fulfilling pre-orders over regular orders. When products with pre-orders become available to sell, they are automatically shipped based on available inventory.

> [!NOTE]
> Important
> 
> Be aware that if regular orders are placed online or via NewStore Associate App before pre-orders are routed, these orders will consume some of the inventory that was imported to ship pre-orders.

For more information about how shipping and fulfillment works at NewStore, see the [integration guide](/v1/docs/integrating-a-shipping-provider#integ-shipment) or the [tutorial](/v1/docs/tutorial-setting-up-a-fulfillment-configuration-legacy-method#tutorial_fulfillment-config).

**See also:**

[Configuring pre-orders](/v1/docs/configuring-pre-orders-in-newstore-associate-app)

[Enabling pre-orders](/v1/docs/getting-started-with-the-newstore-platform#preorders)