A WooCommerce workflow for one-off pieces. Buy unrestored, reserve with a deposit, follow the workshop, then pay the balance when the work is finished.
Why Restore & Reserve
Restore & Reserve is for shops that sell individual pieces through a restoration. A customer can buy the piece at the unrestored price, or pay a deposit while it is in the workshop. That deposit locks the piece to them. Staff publish notes and photos, and the reserving customer is told when something changes. When the piece is finished, WooCommerce raises the balance order and the usual invoice. When that is paid, the piece is sold.
A better starting point
Each piece moves through Before, In workshop, Reserved, Finished and Sold. The deposit and the final balance are normal WooCommerce orders, so you keep the payment gateway you already use. The balance is the finished price minus the deposit already paid.
In practice
How the product fits into the work you already do.
The capabilities behind the product.
Set what the piece costs as it is, what it will cost when the work is done, and the deposit that holds it.
Once the deposit is paid, the piece stays with that customer for the restoration. Each product is sold individually.
Publish notes and photos from the WordPress media library. The reserving customer is emailed when an update goes out.
The reservation page sits inside the shop theme, with status, policy, timeline, photos and the balance payment.
Marking a piece Finished creates the remaining WooCommerce order and sends the normal customer invoice.
The countdown starts when the finished-balance invoice is created, not while the piece is still being restored.
Choose a policy preset or write your own. The wording states the shop’s rule. It does not replace statutory consumer rights.
WooCommerce → Restore & Reserve shows stage, estimated completion, the customer, and final-payment deadlines. Product settings live on a dedicated product-data tab.
Products, checkout, orders, stock and the customer invoice email. WooCommerce must be active.
Workshop photos come from the media library.
Deposits and balances use the gateway already on the shop.
The deposit is one order. The final balance is a second order for the finished price minus the deposit. No card token is stored for a later charge.
Reservations, timeline events and idempotency keys live in plugin tables. Product settings stay on the product, not as raw meta for the shop to edit by hand.
Customer templates can be overridden from the theme at restore-reserve/. The reservation page uses the active theme header and footer.
The plugin declares compatibility with WooCommerce custom order tables.
Reservation emails and the customer portal include the buyer’s order details. Workshop notes are visible to the reserving customer. Refund wording is the merchant’s policy, not legal advice.
Your toolkit, your choice
Choose an individual product licence or ask about Nought Suite. Contact us for pricing and availability.
Individual
Discuss this product and the right licence for your sites.
Ask about Restore & Reserve ↗The toolkit
Connected WordPress tools, with individual and agency options.
Explore the Suite ↗Remote operations
Some Nought.io plans include Suite products. What’s included depends on your plan.
Explore Nought.io ↗Yes. In the Before stage they can buy it outright at the unrestored price. Reservation is for when the piece is in the workshop.
Paying the deposit locks that one-off piece to the customer. Products are sold individually. For the strongest stock protection, turn on WooCommerce stock management and keep the quantity at 1.
Marking the piece Finished creates a second WooCommerce order for the finished price minus the deposit, and sends the normal invoice email. The payment countdown starts then.
Yes. There are four presets, and each product can override the wording. That text explains the shop’s rule. It does not override statutory consumer rights.
The reservation page renders inside the active theme. Templates can be copied into the theme, and colours default to the surrounding styles.
Also in the toolkit
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