PreOrder Now Backorder WOD

Name: PreOrder Now Backorder WOD
Brand: Website on Demand Studio, LLC
Rating: 4.5 (1000 reviews)

Pricing: Free plan available. Free trial available.
Rating: 4.5 (1,000)
Developer: Website on Demand Studio, LLC

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Don’t lose sales when you’re out of stock. Learn demand, secure revenue early, and drive excitement

Running out of stock doesn’t have to mean losing sales. With PreOrder Now, let customers preorder before items are back, so you can capture demand early and secure revenue. Schedule launches around product drops, apply settings in bulk, and limit stock by variant. Customize your storefront experience, offer partial payments, track performance with Google Analytics, and keep inventory, customers, and cash flow moving smoothly year-round.

Mixed Cart Alerts: Alerts when both preorder & in-stock items are in the cart
Bulk Preorder Management: Apply settings to multiple variants, products, or tags
Preorder Scheduling: Automatically turn on preorders at a set time
Stylish Badges: Stylish preorder “badges” over product images on product pages
Inventory Rules & Limits: Set stock-based rules and limit preorder quantities

Popular with stores like yours: Based in United States

Languages

English

Works with

Shopify Admin
Google Analytics
In Cart Upsell
Pagefly
Product Customizer
Trackify X

Pricing

Free Plan

Free

Features

Publish 1 Free PreOrder Product
Dynamic Mixed Cart Alerts
Fast Email Support

Shopify Basic

$19.95 / month

$.01 per Notification Email Send for Personalized Email Feature

Features

UNLIMITED PreOrder Products
PreOrder Badges on Collection Pages
Offer PreOrder Discounts
Enable PreOrders by Product Tag
Accept Flexible Partial Payments
Display Preorder in Quickview
Instant Live Support (Chat & Email)

14-day free trial

Shopify Grow

$39.95 / month

$.01 per Notification Email Send for Personalized Email Feature

Features

UNLIMITED PreOrder products
PreOrder Badges on Collection Pages
Offer PreOrder Discounts
Enable PreOrders by Product Tag
Accept Flexible Partial Payments
Display Preorder in Quickview
Instant Live Support (Chat & Email)

14-day free trial

Shopify Advanced

$59.95 / month

$.01 per Notification Email Send for Personalized Email Feature

Features

UNLIMITED PreOrder Products
Includes all Features
Dedicated Success Manager Support

14-day free trial

All charges are billed in USD. Recurring and usage-based charges are billed every 30 days. See all pricing options

Reviews (1,000)

Overall rating

4.5

Counts per rating level

80% of ratings are 5 stars
796
10% of ratings are 4 stars
97
3% of ratings are 3 stars
32
2% of ratings are 2 stars
19
6% of ratings are 1 stars
56

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What merchants think

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Merchants find this app essential for managing pre-orders and maintaining cash flow during stock shortages. It prevents sales loss when items are out of stock and integrates seamlessly with Shopify. Features like partial payments and customization options enhance conversions and store aesthetics. Merchants praise its reliability and efficient customer support, which resolves issues quickly, often within minutes.

March 4, 2026

When the app works, it works great. But every time I change 1 setting, it changes many on the background. This has always been the case from the start. Just tonight I simply changed the preorder message, that's literally all I did. I didn't touch any other setting, button, at all. And now the preorder message has disappeared from my out of stock products, the app de-embedded itself, and the box checked to show preorder message on product page was unticked. I ticked it and fixed it as much as the AI assistant could help, but it still isn't working. Now waiting for a human. And all I did was change the preorder message. Ok I've figure it out and I'm so angry. After doing the above, I have found that the app removed the check from continue selling when out of stock for every product! And I should have known because it did this once before in this exact scenario! I just changed the review from 3 stars to 2.

Neda's Treasures

Australia

Over 5 years using the app

Website on Demand Studio, LLC replied March 6, 2026

Thanks for taking the time to share this and we’re really sorry for the frustration this caused. We understand how concerning it is to see multiple settings change when you only intended to update the preorder message.

What you described definitely isn’t the experience we want for merchants using the app. Our team has reached out to you via email so we can investigate what happened on your store and help restore everything properly.

When you have a moment, please reply to our email and we’ll work through this with you as quickly as possible. We appreciate you flagging this and giving us the chance to make it right.

- PreOrder Now Management Team

March 4, 2026

This app is working better than another pre-sale app I tried (which oversold the number I had set). The customer service was helpful in getting WOD set up and working on my site.

My only complaint is some orders are coming in without being tagged and apparently the customer is unaware it was on backorder. I noticed a slight delay in the button changing to "Backorder" and the shipping date showing up so I don't know if these customers are just super fast in hitting that "add to cart" button or if something else is causing the "backorder" to not be triggered. Perhaps it's a setting on that person's browser?

Safe Ride 4 Kids

United States

Over 3 years using the app

Website on Demand Studio, LLC replied March 6, 2026

Thanks for the kind words! We're really glad to hear the app has been working better for you and that our team could help get WOD set up smoothly. 😊

About the untagged orders, that can sometimes happen but it shouldn’t be frequent, so we’d be happy to review a few examples and your setup to see what might be causing it.

Please reach out to our support team, we'll be glad to help! 🚀

January 16, 2026

I would not recommend this app. We have done many pre sales over the past 6 years and this app absolutely failed. Forcing you to take part payments - ie, 50% now and 50% later was a fail and it stopped people from buying. Customer service was also very limited and because of the time difference (I'm in Australia and I guess they were in the US or worked US hours, meant it took days to get responses from them and issues sorted).
There are much better pre order apps - we ended up just removing the functionality of the app and dealing with pre-orders manually.

Wildcat Bikes

Australia

About 1 month using the app

Website on Demand Studio, LLC replied January 19, 2026

Thank you for taking the time to share such detailed feedback.

We’re genuinely sorry to hear how frustrating this experience was, especially given your prior success running preorder campaigns. You’re right that, in its current setup, PreOrder Now relies on Shopify’s selling plan structure, which can require partial payments in certain cases. We understand that forcing a 50% upfront payment isn’t suitable for every business, and we acknowledge that this limitation didn’t align with your expectations or needs.

We’re also sorry that the time zone difference added to the frustration while you were trying to get things resolved. While our team did work to assist and ensure your existing order could be completed safely, we understand that the overall experience fell short for you.

We’ve reached out to you directly by email so we can better understand your use case, gather your feedback in more detail, and see what we can improve or offer going forward. Your input is important to us, and it’s already been shared internally as part of our ongoing efforts to improve the product.

Thank you again for being honest about your experience — it helps us do better.