You shouldn’t have to wait until stock hits your warehouse to list your next product.

PreProduct lets brands capture pre-orders for future products at any point in the new product cycle. Allowing you to gauge demand and re·coup cash quicker. Payment links are only sent out when you trigger them, so you’re completely in control (and legally compliant).

Why use PreProduct?

• Validate and gauge demand for future products

• Capture pre-orders at any stage in the new product process

• Send out payment links and start charging for pre-orders once you're ready.

• Manage inventory and purchasing in a more precise way

• Collect revenue earlier and recoup cash quicker

• Lightweight on the front-end to keep your site's page speed fast

Features

• Customise your email campaign and payment links

• Trigger payment links once you're ready

• Monitor and edit pre-orders within their own system

• Customise front-end wording and colours

• Set custom shipping dates, discounts and other customer-facing information.

• Accept multiple variant/quantity pre-orders.

• List specific variants and set optional max order limits. Payment links can also be sent out by variant.

• Customer portals - each customer has their own specific URL, where they can monitor and update their pre-orders

• Integrates with Shopify and the native inventory/order/checkout system

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Types of product listing:

Pre-order

• Customers sign-up to buy the product, with the understanding that their payment link will be sent to them in the future (extended delivery time + early bird discount options included).

Crowdfunded Pre-order

• Customers sign-up to buy the product with the understanding it won’t come to market unless a minimum number of sales is reached (extended delivery time + early bird discount options included). • Payment links are emailed out when your sales target is met or when you trigger payment links from the dashboard. • Payment link emails are triggered from the PreProduct dashboard.

How does PreProduct work?

1. Create a future product listing through PreProduct in the Shopify admin dashboard.
2. Choose your listing type. If crowdfunding, enter how many orders you would need to bring the product to market. Also, how long until you would ship the orders.
3. The product will then appear in your storefront, but instead of a buy button, there will be a PreProduct widget that will explain the situation, as well as facilitate pre-orders/email-captures from customers.
4. These pre-orders will appear in your PreProduct dashboard. Once you’re ready for the pre-orders to transact, you can trigger payment link emails from the PreProduct dashboard. If you don’t trigger payment links, that’s the end of it, no further expectations.