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Hey All,

Hey All, We're using Replo to upgrade our PDPs and I'm pumped with the way they're turning out (you can check them out HERE). Big (potential) blocker: Pre-order functionality. Right now we use an app called Timesact for preorders, which is a big part of our business. It doesn't integrate with Replo, and the Timesact team is looking into helping us...but polling the audience on a potentially better alternative. Thx!

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Carissa C.
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Hi Kyle! This is great feedback. I've created a feature request for you to track here: https://feedback.replo.app/p/timesact-integration-pre-order-functionality Hopefully you find some luck with their support team! Keep us in the loop. If they can provide some liquid snippet to inject onto Replo pages, it might be able to work.
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Chief S.
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Hey Carissa C. - here is a note from the Timesact founder - "I've been struggling to find a solution without implying Replo team but unfortunately there is no way without their help. Can you ask them if there is any way that when a variant is switched, to get the variant id (of the newly selected variant?)? Maybe they have a function or a way to extract the variant ID from somewhere - I couldn't find it in any place and my workarounds were not working. It would be very helpful if they can provide this because then I can quickly fix it." What's the best way to directly connect both parties here so this can be resolved efficiently? Thanks!
Chief S.
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Carissa C. following up here
Carissa C.
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Hi Chief S.! Sorry for the late response. We do have a custom dev doc here that sort of outlines how attributes update in the backend, but it seems to be out of date. So went ahead and asked our team about it. Will keep you updated here! Thanks for waiting
Carissa C.
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Okay, we actually have an ongoing thread with the Timesact team. We already communicated this with them but just for your visibility, here is a TLDR: While Replo doesn’t currently offer a built-in JavaScript event, it does update certain attributes in the page’s HTML when a variant is selected. In particular, elements such as the product form will reflect the new variant ID via attributes like data-variant-id. More details here: https://support.replo.app/articles/1799213363-custom-development-with-replo#product-form-data-9 This means it’s possible to respond to variant changes using standard browser tools that watch for updates to the page’s structure. One common approach developers use is a MutationObserver, which can detect when the relevant part of the page updates, allowing them to access the latest variant ID.
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