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SellRules guides to Waitlist on Shopify, with setup steps and checks for day-to-day operations.
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When a customer says the back-in-stock email never came, check the signup, then stock and the sold-out switch, then the Delivery log, then the inbox. What each status means, and when you can and can't resend.
Compare Shopify pre-order apps on payment timing (full payment, deposits or pay later), sales rules, notifications and pricing. We checked the listings for Timesact, STOQ, Essent and SellRules on October 19, 2026 to see which stores each of the 4 apps suits.
Collect email addresses before a Shopify product launch and let customers know when pre-orders or sales open. Learn what signup promises, how to change the SellRules form, which email arrives, how to test on Free and how to check subscribers after launch.
Add a back-in-stock signup form to sold-out Shopify products and email subscribers when stock returns. Set up the app embed and sold-out switch, test with your own address, and check who gets notified and what happens if you switch to pre-orders.
For a sold-out Shopify product, should you take pre-orders, make it to order, offer back-in-stock alerts or use Shopify's “Continue selling when out of stock”? A decision table based on restock timing and how many you can fill, what customers see, and how to move from alerts to pre-orders once the date is set.
The 5 things to decide before you take pre-orders on Shopify (products, dates and limit, ship-date wording, when you get paid, delay notices), and what customers see and receive, in order, once one product is set up in SellRules.