Cash flow is your Shopify store's lifeline. Run pre-order campaigns to let your customers reserve items with partial deposits while you secure revenue early and forecast inventory demand.
Don't let "sold out" mean lost sales. Capture commitments to buy now with back-orders or capture expressions of interest with back-in-stock notifications.
Set clear expectations for your customers and win time back for your team with automated processes for pre-order management and refunds. The best part? All of these comes with zero commission fees.
Secure cash flow early with partial deposits. Set clear expectations and keep customers informed about production timelines, reducing "Where is my item?" inquiries.
Negotiate better MOQs and avoid missing out on revenue when new designs sell out too quickly. Make informed production decisions based on pre-order data.
Validate demand before committing to larger inventory purchases and minimise your financial risk. Avoid overstocking but stay prepared for unexpected viral demand.
See how you can sell early while setting clear expectations for your customers.
Stop guessing what sells. Find your next potential best seller before investing in full production. Run campaigns with real-time reporting to sell limited pre-orders or as many as possible. Choose when to reserve inventory or fulfill orders - it's all under your control.
Don't let out-of-stock items cost you sales. Capture back orders to avoid losing the customer to a competitor, or automatically notify them when their desired items are back in stock. Use our campaign analytics to optimize inventory and reduce stockouts.
Say goodbye to abandoned carts. Increase your conversion rates and incentivise checkouts with customisable discounts. Cater to modern shopping habits with flexible split cart and deposit payment options.
Feeling like a robot stuck on repeat? Reduce your customer support tickets with automated pre-order delayed emails, self-service order confirmations, and refunds. Reduce your manual admin work by automatically capturing deferred payments.
Create localised pre-order experiences to reach a wider customer base. Change or translate every label to your preferred language for catering to international shoppers. Easily customise widgets to match your store's design.
Focus on selling, not tech hassles. Simple setup to enable pre-orders and back-in-stock immediately. No steep learning curve. We respect your store; there's no sneaky hidden code left behind when you remove our app.
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Besides having access to a dedicated UI (user interface) for pre-order analytics, you'll be able to automate capturing deferred payments. Your customers can confirm or update their orders by themselves (e.g. Changing addresses), to reduce your support tickets and save your time from having to manually process each pre-order.
You can also easily set up different pre-order payment settings (e.g. Partial payment, split cart payment) and additional discounts for any products and variants. Pre-orders can be scheduled, and the storefront buttons and interface can be customised easily.
A theme with built-in functionality would only be able to compete with other simple Pre-order apps that only helps you change the text of your "Buy Now" button, without the automation and customisation Early Bird provides.
In short, no. But to explain a little deeper...
Every app will have some impact on your store's speed, but for Early Bird the actual speed impact is negligible. We always strive to improve your customer's user experience, not detract from it.
Unlike most other apps, we have smart detection code in place to immediately swap out regular buttons and prices on preorder products, for your Early Bird configured ones, to avoid any flickering or delay which may confuse or disorient the customer.
There will be a couple of seconds where these loading states are shown, while we fetch your Early Bird campaign settings and set things up, but this process won't interfere with the rest of your store.
If you're curious about the technical details: We try and keep our app's bundle size as small as possible. We use mostly vanilla JavaScript (no framework) and limit the third party libraries. We send one request to our API to fetch your settings, and only on the product and collection pages, to minimise our impact and load time.
When you setup a pre-order campaign, you'll have the option to choose from capturing full payment upfront, or partial deposits.
Our app helps authorise your customer's credit card when they checkout, so they won't need to enter their credit card details again when making their deferred payments.
This makes the pre-order purchase process a breeze for your customers, while saving you time from manually processing each pre-order when the fulfilment date comes.
Our app allows your customers to add pre-order items and regular in-stock items to the same cart.
During checkout, Early Bird clearly distinguishes between pre-order and in-stock items, highlighting the different fulfilment times to your customers.
You can set up several payment options:
- Capture payment upfront for all pre-order and in-stock items in one transaction
- Split the cart, capture payment upfront for in-stock items, and defer payment for pre-order items
- Capture a deposit first for the pre-order items, then defer the rest of their payment
Pre-order emails such as delay updates and receipts for deferred payments can all be automated through Early Bird and sent from your own domain.
Our app allows your customers to add multiple pre-order items to the same cart.
You can set up several payment options:
- Capture payment upfront for all pre-orders in one transaction
- Capture a deposit first for the pre-order items, then defer the rest of their payment
- Split the cart, capture payment upfront for some pre-order items, and defer payment for others
Each pre-order is tracked and managed individually within the Early Bird app, accessible through our app or through Shopify's native orders section.
Pre-order emails such as delay updates and receipts for deferred payments can all be automated through Early Bird and sent from your own domain.
No, we take care to ensure our apps remove any registered scripts or extensions completely from your store if you uninstall the app. If this is ever not the case, we will make it clear to you and provide instructions for reverting any changes our app makes.
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Ideal for new Shopify stores. Test offering pre-orders and back orders on a few products. Gauge demand and avoid lost sales with basic features.
Ideal for new Shopify stores ready to streamline pre-orders and back orders operations. Increase sales volume with advanced features.
Ideal for growing Shopify stores ready to optimize pre-orders and back orders for higher profitability. Get priority support to grow with confidence.
Prices listed in USD. Contact us for custom plans.
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