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Accept preorders with partial payments or deposits. Send back in stock email alerts when sold out products restock. Notify Me waitlist and 24/7 support.
Free plan available, paid plans from $5/month. Prices are the published USD list prices on the Shopify App Store and exclude usage charges.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free | Free |
| Lite | $5/month |
| Starter | $9/month |
| Essentials | $25/month |
The ladder spans 5× from the cheapest paid plan to the most expensive, so the price you start on is unlikely to be the price you stay on — check which limit moves you up a tier.
99% of ratings are 4 or 5 stars, and 4 merchants have left a 1-star review.
Across the 60 most recent reviews, the merchants writing them were mostly in United States, United Kingdom, Germany. 17% had been running the app for a year or more before reviewing it. The developer replied to 38% of them.
At $5/mo to start, Essent Preorder Back in Stock is priced below the category — the median entry price across 8 apps in this category is $9.9/mo.
Aggregated from 37 reviews with written feedback — we analyse the sentiment behind the ratings, we don't reprint reviews.
From our daily App Store rank tracking and review history — signals a static listing doesn't show.
Measured against the 16 reviewed apps in Pre-orders, where it currently sits at #7 of 17 listings.
| Essent Preorder Back in Stock | Pre-orders median | |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 5 | 4.95 |
| Reviews | 1,212 | 661 |
Review volume is around the middle of the category, so read the rating as a real but not decisive signal.
The most-reviewed apps in Pre-orders, with their current rating and entry price.
| App | Rating | Reviews | Price from | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back In Stock,Notify Me: Kbite | 5 | 4,157 | $5/mo | compare |
| Notify Me! Back in Stock Alert | 4.9 | 3,859 | $9.90/mo | compare |
| Preorder, Back In Stock ‑ STOQ | 5 | 3,542 | $10/mo | compare |
| Preorder Now Presale Timesact | 5 | 2,072 | $5/mo | compare |
| PreOrder Globo | Back in Stock | 4.9 | 1,848 | $9.90/mo | compare |
| Preorder, Back In Stock REZ | 5 | 1,445 | $4.99/mo | compare |
| Amp Back in Stock & Preorder + | 4.9 | 841 | $19/mo | compare |
| Preorder, Back in stock Duck | 5 | 480 | $9/mo | compare |
Built by Essential Apps, on the App Store since November 2024.
Essent Preorder Back in Stock has a free plan, and paid plans start at $5 per month. The free tier is normally capped on volume, so check the limit against what your store does today.
Essent Preorder Back in Stock publishes 4 plans: Free (free), Lite at $5/month, Starter at $9/month, Essentials at $25/month. These are list prices from the Shopify App Store and exclude any usage-based charges.
Essent Preorder Back in Stock holds 5 out of 5 from 1,212 merchant reviews, with 99% of them at 4 or 5 stars. That is a large enough sample to take the rating seriously — only about 2% of apps on the store reach 1,000 reviews.
The most-reviewed alternatives in Pre-orders are Back In Stock,Notify Me: Kbite, Notify Me! Back in Stock Alert and Preorder, Back In Stock ‑ STOQ. The comparison table above shows each one's rating, review count and entry price.
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