Early Bird: Preorder & Restock

Early Bird: Preorder & Restock

Pricing
Free plan available
Highlights
Use directly in Shopify admin
Works with the latest themes
Rating
4.7 (21)
Developer
Shopside

Native preorders and backorders with partial payments, and back in stock alerts to increase sales.

Secure cash flow early with native preorders and backorders. Schedule pre order campaigns with a partial deposit and customizable discounts. Vault card details and auto-capture the remaining balance later. Avoid lost sales for sold out items with back-orders. Capture interest on waitlists and send real-time back in stock notifications to notify customers when you restock. Track performance with several reporting dashboards. Perfect for apparel, beauty, collectibles/toys, indie stores and more.

Secure cash flow early with native preorders and backorders. Schedule pre order campaigns with a partial deposit and customizable discounts. Vault card details and auto-capture the remaining balance later. Avoid lost sales for sold out items with back-orders. Capture interest on waitlists and send real-time back in stock notifications to notify customers when you restock. Track performance with several reporting dashboards. Perfect for apparel, beauty, collectibles/toys, indie stores and more. more
  • Schedule pre order campaigns with customizable discounts and reporting dashboard
  • Real-time back in stock notifications to capture interest and recover lost sales
  • Setup partial payments for pre-orders and auto-capture the remaining balance
  • Customize/translate all labels, messaging, badges and styling shown to customers
  • One-click, no-code theme integration with no jarring page flicker on products
Highlights
Use directly in Shopify admin
Works with the latest themes

Languages

English

Pricing

Free

Free

  • Unlimited products
  • Unlimited restock signups
  • 10 preorders/mo
  • 10 emails/mo
  • Custom localization and styles
  • No commission fees
  • No app branding

Launch

$19 / month

or $190/year and save 17%

  • All previous features
  • 200 preorders/mo
  • 500 emails/mo
  • Partial payments
  • Auto capture deferred payments
  • Custom email domain and template

Grow

$49 / month

or $490/year and save 17%

  • All previous features
  • 500 preorders/mo
  • 5,000 emails/mo
  • Priority support
  • 1:1 onboarding call & marketing call

Scale

$99 / month

or $990/year and save 17%

  • All previous features
  • 1,000 preorders/mo
  • 10,000 emails/mo
  • Contact us for higher limits
  • Top priority support
  • 1:1 onboarding & marketing call

All charges are billed in USD. Recurring and usage-based charges are billed every 30 days.

Reviews (21)

Overall rating
4.7
Counts per rating level
  • 90% of ratings are 5 stars
  • 5% of ratings are 4 stars
  • 0% of ratings are 3 stars
  • 0% of ratings are 2 stars
  • 5% of ratings are 1 stars
February 7, 2025

Brilliant app, easy to use, and the customer service is above and beyond. The sales were instant from the first day we started our first campaign. Three campaigns in and the sales have been great We have had zero negative feedback from any of our customers, so they've also found it clear and simple to use. I'm very excited to see what we can achieve going forward with this app, in terms of back in stock notifications and preorders. Wish I'd found it sooner.

Earlwood Equine
Australia
16 days using the app
January 4, 2025

This app is almost perfect... was easy to install, has great functions for setting up pre-orders and back in stock notifications and the support team is super responsive.

However, the only way for customers to place pre-orders is through our website - there is no straightforward way to take phone or in-person pre-orders and all pre-orders must be paid for using credit card (gift cards are blocked and debit cards are not a payment option through our website). The app does not work with the order creation tools in Shopify admin nor does it work with Shopify POS. As a result, we've had customers annoyed as they don't understand how we are not able to take their phone or in-person pre-orders.

To be fair, the Early Bird developers say these are Shopify system limitations. So, Shopify, if you are listening: stores that have both online and in-store sales channels need to be able to serve their customers properly. Limiting apps like this is very frustrating, since it is clear that many Shopify customers use the POS app alongside the web tools.

Sage Garden
Canada
About 2 months using the app
February 4, 2025

It will let the customer purchase into zero and negative amounts without indicating that any purchase of an item when the inventory goes from zero or below will be a backorder. Basically, if a product has an inventory of 1 it will allow the customer to purchase 4, in a single order, without indicating that 3 will be a backorder. The customer is left unaware that 3 items are not in stock, and we the merchants are stuck dealing with this. They require you to check "continue selling when out of stock" to enable the backorder function but did not take into account going zero or below in inventory on a single purchase. Not to mention Google lists your products in stock when inventory is zero or below because of the "continue selling when out of stock" requirement to use the backorder function.

MPM Hobbies
United States
About 1 month using the app
November 25, 2024

Impressive in its simplicity and functionality. Wish it were more affordable. We're just starting out and the profit margins on our products would require us to sell 20-30 products before we break even. But if you have a store that's already selling well, this is a great product to go with.

Christian Pure
United States
About 1 month using the app
November 28, 2024

Jay and Josiah have been phenomenal to work with since we started using EarlyBird! From day one, their support has been next-level. Jay reached out personally to ensure I was set up for success, offering guidance that made onboarding effortless. He helped me with a whole bunch of unrelated tasks as well. Honestly A+++++ service.

The app itself is intuitive and easy to navigate, but it’s the team’s thoughtfulness and attention to detail that truly stand out. They’ve been incredibly responsive to any questions I’ve had, making the whole experience smooth and stress-free.

This is sooo valuable when you are establishing a business and PALMA are super grateful.

PALMA Eyewear
Australia
17 days using the app

Support

App support provided by Shopside.

Developer

Shopside

8/462 Hawthorne Road, Bulimba, QLD, 4171, AU

Launched

June 20, 2024

Data access

This app needs access to the following data to work on your store. Learn why in the developer's privacy policy .

View personal data:

Customers, store owner

  • Customers

    Name, email address, phone number, physical address, geolocation, IP address, browser and operating system

  • Store owner

    Name, email address, phone number, physical address

View and edit store data:

Customers, products, orders, Online Store

  • Edit customers

    Customer data

  • Edit products

    Inventory, products, or collections

  • Edit orders

    Merchant managed fulfillment, all order details, or third-party fulfillment

  • View your Online Store

    Theme

  • Edit other data

    Customer payment methods, locations, Payment mandate, or purchase options

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