Shopify app
LeaderBuilt for ShopifyEssent Preorder Back in Stock
Pre-order manager & presale with back in stock alert waitlist
- Rating on Shopify
- 5.0(1,319)
- Reviews
- 1,319
- Developer
- Essential Apps
- Launched
- November 22, 2024
- Pricing
- Free plan available. Free trial available.
- Languages
- English, German, Danish, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish, Finnish, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, Polish, Russian, Czech, Hungarian, Indonesian, Romanian, Vietnamese
The facts
Every value below is read from the listing or computed by the published formula. Nothing is a verdict.
Bayesian rating
4.99
category median 4.67
Reviews in the last 180 days
3
from the 3 reviews on the listing page
1 and 2 star share
1%
8 of 1,319
Starting price
$4.95/month
band: Under $10 · 14-day trial
Pricing plans as listed on Shopify
All charges are billed in USD. Recurring and usage-based charges are billed every 30 days.
| Plan | Price | Billed yearly | Trial | Usage fee | Included |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | not offered | none | none stated | 25 preorders/mo FREE; 300 Back in stock notifications/mo FREE; 24/7 support; Customise button, sign up forms, email; Automated preorder, Back in Stock alerts; Unlimited Notify Me sign ups; Variant specific preorder, Back in Stock; Full & partial payment |
| Lite | $4.95/month | not offered | 14 days | $0.25 per preorder above limit; $1.00 per 100 notifications above limit | 100 preorders/mo; 1000 Back in stock notifications/mo; Translations; Preorder confirmation email & domain; Schedule preorder campaigns; Omnisend & flow integration; Advanced features unlocked; 24/7 premium support |
| Starter | $8.95/month | not offered | 14 days | $0.20 per preorder above limit; $1.00 per 100 notifications above limit | 300 preorders/mo; 2500 Back in stock notifications/mo; Translations; Preorder confirmation email & domain; Specific markets; Mixed cart validation; All features unlocked; 24/7 premium support |
| Essentials | $24.95/month | not offered | 14 days | $0.10 per preorder above limit; $1.00 per 100 notifications above limit | 500 preorders/mo; 10000 Back in stock notifications/mo; Translations; Preorder confirmation email & domain; Specific markets; Mixed cart validation; All features unlocked, priority support; Unlimited volume: Professional $59/mo |
Rating distribution
1,319 ratings on the listing at crawl time.
- 5 stars1,281(97%)
- 4 stars27(2%)
- 3 stars3(0%)
- 2 stars4(0%)
- 1 star4(0%)
Latest reviews
The 3 most recent of 3 on-page reviews, quoted to at most 25 words each. Full reviews are on the Shopify listing.
5 starsOct 19, 2026Trek Travel ShopUnited StatesAbout 1 month using the app
"We used Essential Preorder to pre-sell our fleet of bikes. It was very easy to set up and worked flawlessly! It seems like the least ..."
5 starsOct 12, 2026BeaA - Be At Home with YourselfLatviaOver 1 year using the app
"We’ve been using Essential Preorder for a long time, and we’re very happy with it! We’ve been with the app since its early days, and ..."
Developer replied. Read on Shopify
5 starsOct 12, 2026Suvika StudioIndiaAbout 1 year using the app
"Great app for managing preorders. We’ve been using Essential Preorder for our store and it has been very helpful for handling high-demand products and preorder ..."
Developer replied. Read on Shopify
Screenshots
5 of 7 listing screenshots, composed as review cards. Captions are the developer's own.
1 of 5: Essential preorder and back in stock app for Shopify merchants 
2 of 5: Preorder button on product page regardless of stock level 
3 of 5: Notify me waitlist and back in stock email alerts on restock 
4 of 5: Collect deposits, partial payment and split payment schedules 
5 of 5: Customize preorder buttons and preorder badges for your brand
Features Shopify lists for this app
Feature handles from the listing, grouped as Shopify groups them.
Order type
- Coming soon
- Back orders
- Out of stock
- Made-to-order
- Product drops
- Pre-sales
Customization
- Buttons
- Banners
- Custom branding
- Custom text
- Email notifications
- Multi-language
- Order limits
- Availability date
- Variants
- Alert settings
- Notification templates
- Notification button
- Pop-ups
- Waitlists
Payment options
- Deposits
- Partial payments
- Split payments
- Deferred payments
- Payment schedules
- Discounts
- Mixed cart
Notifications
- Auto-alerts
- Manual alerts
- Batch send
- Back in stock
- Pre-orders
- Multi-language
- Out of stock
- Custom alerts
Analytics and reporting
- Customer demand
- Inventory reports
- Performance reports
- Sales forecasting
- Inventory tracking
Works with
Third-party integrations link to their hub when 5 or more apps name them. Shopify's own surfaces are listed separately and never counted as integrations.
Shopify surfaces: Checkout, Shopify Flow, Shopify Admin, Flow
Data access
As disclosed on the listing. Never scored.
View customer data
Sensitive data, device and activity data
- Sensitive data: Name, email address, phone number
- Device and activity data: Geolocation, IP address, browser and operating system
View staff and contributor data
Store owner
- Store owner: Name, email address, phone number, physical address
View and edit store data
Customers, products, orders, Shopify Functions, Online Store, Shopify admin, other data
- Edit customers: Customer data
- Edit products: Product listings, inventory, products, collections
- Edit orders: Shipping information, order fulfillments, merchant managed fulfillment, all order history
- Edit Shopify Functions: Cart and checkout validations
- View Online Store: Theme
- Edit Shopify admin: Files
- Edit other data: Customer payment methods, locales, locations, Shopify Markets settings, payment mandate, payment terms, publications of products on sales channels, purchase options, product and variant inventory, product tags, selling plans
Developer
Essential Apps
- Apps in the dataset:
- 6
- Address:
- Baltupio g. 45 - 27, Vilnius, 08324, LT
- Website:
- essential-apps.com
- Support email domain:
- essential-apps.com
- English support:
- yes
- Resources:
- Privacy policy, FAQ, App Documentation, demo store
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Shopify's own similar-apps list first, then apps in the same category that share the most feature handles.
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From the Shopify listingDeveloper claims, shown verbatim and collapsed. 92 words.Show
- Pre order, backorder, presale on out of stock, coming soon, made to order items
- Partial payments: deposits, deferred payment, due date & split payment schedules
- Notify me button, out of stock alert form & waitlist on sold out products
- Send automatic back in stock email notifications when items are restocked
- Prevent mixed carts, preorder badges, Shopify Markets & B2B preorder support
Run pre-orders & presale with deposits, partial payments. Notify me waitlist + restock alerts
Set up pre orders, presale or Back in Stock campaigns for out of stock, coming soon and made to order items. Offer pay in full, partial payment, split payment & deposit with payment schedule. Customise the preorder widget, Preorder Now button and Notify me form on product, collection, search & Quick Buy. Prevent mixed carts, run preorders for Shopify Markets, control inventory & fulfillment rules. Works with Shopify Flow. 24/7 support for B2B preorders and back order flows.
Questions and comments
Questions people ask about Essent Preorder Back in Stock, answered from what this page shows. Entries marked Site editor are written by the EcomAppReviews editor. Reader comments appear after a person has read and approved them, usually within a day. E-mail addresses are never published.
Data as of Oct 20, 2026, from the public Shopify App Store listing. How the numbers are computed: methodology.
1,319 reviews counted on the listing. Rating and count in the structured data are the values Shopify displayed at crawl time.