Blog
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Feature update (July – October 2026): A Polaris Redesign and Built for Shopify
TLDR: Introduction This roundup covers what we’ve shipped since our last feature update, up to early October 2026, including the biggest visual change PreProduct has had in a long while. We’ve redesigned the app on Shopify’s Polaris design system, and PreProduct now carries Built for Shopify status. Alongside that, multi-location stores can opt into managed…
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Oli talks pre-orders with Startup Stacked
Oli, one of the co-founders of PreProduct, recently sat down with Jake from Startup Stacked to talk about building PreProduct, what merchants often get wrong about pre-orders, and what we’ve learned from helping ecommerce brands manage them at scale. They also cover charging customers later, fulfilment, the operational side of pre-orders, and where the category…
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Holiday Pre-orders on Shopify: Dates, Charging and Black Friday Cyber Monday
TLDR: Holiday pre-orders are set by one date you don’t control: the last day your carrier can get a parcel there before Christmas. In 2026 that’s 17 December for USPS Ground Advantage, and your 3PL’s last pick date comes earlier still. Work backwards from it. Sort every product into “arrives before Christmas” or “ships in…
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Shopify Sold Out Checker
This free Shopify sold out checker lists every variant in your store that’s sold out and not already on pre-order, with its image, SKU and a link to it. Add your email and the report lands in your inbox every Thursday, starting with what sold out since last week. Rather keep selling them? PreProduct can…
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Mixed Cart Pre-orders: When to Isolate and When to Combine
TLDR: Mixed cart pre-orders happen when a customer puts an in-stock item and a pre-order item in the same basket. You get three options: isolate pre-orders into their own order, combine and ship the in-stock half now, or combine and hold the lot until the pre-order lands. Two questions decide it, in order. Can your…