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Pre-order and made-to-order sales leave a gap between checkout and shipping where follow-ups get missed. Here's how to wire SellRules triggers through Shopify Flow so the right person hears about them.
For stores planning an early-access launch or a limited-quantity release. Four decisions — when to sell, who can buy, how many each person can buy and what happens after sellout — sort out when to use pre-orders, launch schedules, purchase limits and restock alerts.
For stores that make items after the order comes in. How to line up promised ship dates with your orders, decide what to make first, handle date changes and delay notices, and reconcile shipped orders against what's left.
For stores running members-only sales or early access that need to limit who can buy. The difference between Shopify's sign-in requirement and customer tags, how to set purchase eligibility per product, and how to prepare messaging for shoppers who can't buy.
For shops that want to collect email addresses for a new product before it goes on sale. A signup is not a purchase guarantee — it is a way to tell people when pre-orders begin. Learn what to say, how to build the schedule, how to test the notification and what to check after the start.
For shops thinking about moving to a different pre-order app. Learn how to record open orders and promised shipping dates, test only with new orders, and switch safely with a responsibility-scoped checklist.
For stores comparing Shopify pre-order apps: when customers pay (in full at order, a deposit first, or at shipping) plus selling rules, notifications and pricing — SellRules compared with 3 pre-order apps on the same criteria.
For stores that set up a pre-order in SellRules but don't see the button on the product page. The order to check the app embed, schedule status, dates, and target products, a symptom-by-symptom chart, and what to include when contacting support.
For stores selling pre-orders to customers in multiple languages. Learn how to check your published Shopify languages, review product-page wording and notification emails per language, and test by switching languages.
What to do when a pre-order product and a regular product end up in the same cart. How to decide between shipping together or splitting, what to say before purchase, how to check shipping fees, test orders and follow-up messages.
For shops that keep taking pre-orders but can't decide what to change next. How to run a weekly review: check sales, open orders, inventory and intake limits under the same conditions, then pick one setting to adjust.
For stores told that a restock alert never arrived. Narrow it down in order — Waitlist, notification conditions, Delivery log, then the recipient's side — and decide whether to retry or contact support.
For stores that want to curb bulk buying and reseller orders on limited-edition products. Learn when Shopify's built-in cart limit is enough, when per-product and per-customer limits call for an app, and how to set it up in SellRules.
For shops tired of opening the admin and editing the product page at launch time. Learn how to set announcement, pre-order and regular-sales schedules in SellRules and leave the switching to it.
Installed SellRules but not sure what to try first? Learn how to check switches and notifications with 1 product and decide whether to keep using it.
For shops sending restock messages one by one. Learn how SellRules collects email signups, sends a notice after stock returns, and how to test it with one product.
Want to take orders before a product arrives? See how SellRules switches between pre-orders and regular sales, what to try first, and what it costs.