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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 7 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 13 reviewed apps in Pre-orders, where it currently sits at #5 of 13 listings.
| Essent Preorder Back in Stock | Pre-orders median | |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 5 | 4.9 |
| Reviews | 1,197 | 469 |
That is 3× the review volume of the typical app in this category — the rating is carrying a lot more evidence than most.
We track Shopify App Store search results daily. Essent Preorder Back in Stock currently sits at #3 for “presale”, and is in the top 10 for 13 of the terms we track it on.
| Search term | Position | How contested |
|---|---|---|
| presale | #3 | Hard(79/100) |
| essent | #3 | Hard(74/100) |
| backorder | #3 | Hard(78/100) |
| order management | #4 | Moderate(53/100) |
| back in stock | #5 | Hard(79/100) |
| preorders | #6 | Brutal(81/100) |
| preorder | #6 | Brutal(81/100) |
| pre orders | #7 | Brutal(84/100) |
| back in stock alert | #7 | Hard(79/100) |
| baback | #7 | Hard(78/100) |
| essentials | #8 | Hard(72/100) |
| preorder now | #8 | Hard(73/100) |
Its most contested win is “pre orders” at #7, a term we score 84/100 for difficulty — the apps competing for it hold thousands of reviews between them.
Showing its 12 strongest positions of 25 tracked search terms.
The most-reviewed apps in Pre-orders, with their current rating and entry price.
| App | Rating | Reviews | Price from | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notify Me! Back in Stock Alert | 4.9 | 3,544 | $9.90/mo | compare |
| Preorder, Back In Stock ‑ STOQ | 5 | 3,486 | $10/mo | compare |
| Preorder Now Presale Timesact | 5 | 1,945 | $1/mo | compare |
| PreOrder Globo | Back in Stock | 4.9 | 1,825 | $9.90/mo | compare |
| PreOrder Now Back in Stock WOD | 4.5 | 981 | $19.95/mo | compare |
| Preorder, Back in stock Duck | 5 | 469 | $9/mo | compare |
| Bat Preorders | Preorder Now | 4.9 | 257 | — | compare |
| Doran Back in Stock | Preorder | 4.9 | 137 | $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 1,197 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.
Essent Preorder Back in Stock currently ranks #3 for "presale" in Shopify App Store search, based on our daily rank tracking.
The most-reviewed alternatives in Pre-orders are Notify Me! Back in Stock Alert, Preorder, Back In Stock ‑ STOQ and Preorder Now Presale Timesact. The comparison table above shows each one's rating, review count and entry price.
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