Early Bird: Preorder & Restock
by Shopside by Piric Group
4.9
(68 reviews)
Best suited for merchants looking to build pre-orders and restock campaigns without a floor on store size.
Run preorder campaigns with partial pay, take backorders & send back-in-stock alerts to secure sales Avoid lost sales with flexible preorder campaigns & backorders. Accept partial pay or $0 deposits. Send back-in-stock alerts to convert waitlists into pre-sales. Auto-collect deferred payments. Email customers about shipment delays/early arrivals. Track real-time performance by product & variant. Perfect for coming soon launches, seasonal drops, presales & made-to-order items with long lead times. Trusted by brands to forecast demand, secure early revenue & avoid inventory holding costs. Avoid lost sales with flexible preorder campaigns & backorders. Accept partial pay or $0 deposits. Send back-in-stock alerts to convert waitlists into pre-sales. Auto-collect deferred payments. Email customers about shipment delays/early arrivals. Track real-time performance by product & variant. Perfect for coming soon launches, seasonal drops, presales & made-to-order items with long lead times. Trusted by brands to forecast demand, secure early revenue & avoid inventory holding costs. more Campaign-based preorder manager & backorder for launches, waitlists & restocks Mixed cart support: choose to split ship preorders or hold & ship all together Accept split/partial payments or $0 deposits with auto-collection & discounts Capture waitlist interest & auto-send back in stock alerts to convert into sales Email customers about shipment delays/arrivals & display expected delivery dates
Copy from the Shopify App Store listing, unedited.Pre-orders
Top line
conversion rate and average order value
From $19/mo
free plan available · 4 tiers
80/100
Well supported · from 66 reviews
What it does
Campaign-based preorder manager & backorder for launches, waitlists & restocks
Mixed cart support: choose to split ship preorders or hold & ship all together
Accept split/partial payments or $0 deposits with auto-collection & discounts
Capture waitlist interest & auto-send back in stock alerts to convert into sales
Email customers about shipment delays/arrivals & display expected delivery dates
What each step up actually buys you
This developer's plans are separated by features, not by how big your store is — so there is no volume that picks a tier for you. Here is what each one adds over the one below it.
Free: Get Started
Free
Keep 100% of your sales. No commission
Unlimited products & email signups
5 preorders/backorders/month
5 back-in-stock emails/month
Track pre-sale performance by campaign
Send preorder shipment timeline emails
Launch
$19/month
200 preorders/month
500 emails/month
Partial/Split payments & $0 Deposits
Auto-collect deferred final payments
Custom email domain and templates
Shopify Flow triggers
Grow
$49/month
500 preorders/month
5,000 emails/month
All Launch features included
Scale
$99/month
1,000 preorders/month
10,000 emails/month
All Grow features included
Pricing
Free
$19/month
$49/month
$99/month
80
/ 100Well supported
Scored on 66 merchant reviews we hold for Early Bird: Preorder & Restock, across five checks. Every figure is computed from those reviews — expand any row to see the counts behind it.
Review history
2024–2026 · 66 reviews read| 2024 | 11 reviews |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 reviews |
| 2026 | 23 reviews |
What merchants say
4.9
27%
of reviews get an answer2%
had used it a year when they wroteRecent merchant reviews
The newest 8 of 68. Open one to read it in full, with the developer's reply where there is one.
Fantastic app and very attentive developers. We previously used a different app for pre-orders, but Early Bird is by far easier to use, more intuitive and integrates natively in our store theme. I will keep this on our store regardless of items on pre-order, as it also allows us to work ahead for purchase orders, so we can cut out a lot of manual stock-management. The developers helped me with theme integration issues within less than 24hrs every time I reached out. Very happy with this find.
Customer service is excellent, but the app does not work with other upsell apps we typically use and does not push through to our warehouse as we wish it would. Definitely works and is user-friendly, just doesn't fully fit our needs.
good
App is good, support crew even better :)
I tried 3 other preorder apps before finally finding Early Bird. I LOVE that there is a FREE plan available for those of us with minimal/low preorders. Josiah was incredibly helpful. He reached out to us personally (using our names) and was prompt with his responses. Through email help with Josiah, I was easily able to get the app working and set up on our website within a very short period of time. He checked in a short time later to make sure everything was working still. Customer service/tech support was A+! Would highly recommend!
Works as promised, created good income during the time we awaited restock of our products again. Would highly recommend this Shopify app.
An excellent app that enables us to continue selling whilst we're waiting for more stock! It is 10/10
Excellent product and EXCELLENT customer service! The founder went above and beyond to answer my questions and help me find a custom solution. Highly recommend!
Early Bird: Preorder & Restock FAQ
Answered from this app's own listing and its full review record.
Best suited for merchants looking to build pre-orders and restock campaigns without a floor on store size.
There is a free plan, paid plans start at $19/month, and run to $99/month across 4 published tiers. Prices are as listed on the Shopify App Store and can change — confirm before installing.
Early Bird: Preorder & Restock's plans are separated by features rather than by store size — none of the tiers is capped on a volume you could state up front. Compare what each step adds over the one below it rather than trying to size yourself into a tier.
On our scorecard Early Bird: Preorder & Restock rates 80 out of 100 — well supported — read from 66 merchant reviews. The developer has published replies to 18 of 66 reviews. The score reflects what the review record shows, nothing more.
68 merchants have reviewed Early Bird: Preorder & Restock, averaging 4.9 out of 5. We hold the review history from 2024 to 2026, which is what the year-by-year chart on this page is built from.
At a glance
4.9 / 5 · 68 reviews
4.94 from 36 reviews
36 (was 27)
18 of 66 reviews
29 days
Free plan available
June 20, 2024
2024 – 2026
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