Looking for a Purple Dot alternative?
STOQ integrates natively with Shopify for seamless performance, offers superior brand customization, and simple pricing with 0% transaction fees on preorder payments - keeping your preorder management smooth and profitable.
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Why STOQ
STOQ vs Purple Dot: What you will get
Thinking about switching from the Purple Dot Shopify preorder app? You’re not alone. Here's what STOQ delivers that merchants actually love and rely on every day.
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Simple Pricing
Clear, honest plans with every feature included - no tiers, upsells, or hidden costs. Even on our free plan, you keep 100% of the revenue you generate, i.e. 0% transaction fees, so what you sell is what you take home.
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Setup Effortless Preorders
Setup preorders in a clean, full-screen editor with everything grouped into simple sections. As you change settings, a live preview updates instantly, and short tooltips explain each option so you always know how it will look on your store.
Sync with communication tools
Stay in sync with the tools you already use. STOQ automatically pushes preorder and back-in-stock signups into Klaviyo, Omnisend, Mailchimp, and more, so your marketing flows, segments, and campaigns stay up to date without extra manual work.
Side by Side
Feature Comparison
STOQ
Purple Dot
Compared Plan
Plan
Unlimited at $69/month
Pay as you go
Preorders- Plan Limits
Preorder Limit
Unlimited
Unlimited
Fee per order
0
$0.75/order
Preorders- Offers
Create & manage unlimited offers
Yes
Yes
Customize everything with preview
Yes
No
Notify me on preorder products
Yes
No
Preorder widget
Yes
Yes
Preorder badge
Yes
No
Require customer to accept terms
Yes
No
Start and End date
Yes
Yes
Multi-language
Yes
Yes
Edit with AI
Yes
No
Preorders- Payments
Full or partial payment
Yes
No
Preorder discount
Yes
No
Show payment & discount in cart
Yes
No
Reschedule payment due date
Yes
No
Auto-collect payment on due date
Yes
Yes
Preorders - Shipping & Fulfillment
Shipping Information
Yes
Yes
Quantity Limits
Yes
Yes
Show payment & shipping in cart
Yes
No
Custom cart attributes
Yes
No
Split or hold fulfillments
Yes
Yes
Bulk fulfillment controls
Yes
Yes
Sell preorders by market (Shopify Markets)
Yes
No
Require customer acknowledgment
Yes
No
Preorders - Order type
B2C & B2B
Yes
No
Point of Sale (POS)
Yes
No
Preorders- Products
Unlimited Products
Yes
Yes
Sell preorders for out of stock products
Yes
Yes
Sell preorders for in-stock products
Yes
Yes
Add products by vendor, type etc
Yes
No
Import with CSV
Yes
Yes
Link to Collection
Yes
No
All Products
Yes
No
Preorders - Analytics & Reports
Manage Preorders
Yes
Yes
Insights
Yes
No
Weekly & monthly reports
Yes
No
Preorders -Notifications
Shipping update alert
Yes
Yes
Preorder confirmation email & SMS
Yes
Email Only
Customize alerts
Yes
Limited
Use your own email
Yes
Yes
Remove ‘Powered by Brand’
Yes
Yes
Multi language
Yes
Up to 4
Send preorder emails & SMS through Klaviyo
Yes
No
Preorders- Pages
Online Store
Yes
Yes
Shopify Markets
Yes
No
Back in stock - Notifications
Notifications per month
Unlimited
-
Email alerts
Yes
Yes
SMS alerts
Yes
No
SMS fees
$0.25/seg
-
Customize alerts
Yes
Limited
Automatic back in stock alerts
Yes
Yes
Minimum restock quantity
Yes
Yes
Reminder alerts
Yes
Yes
Use your own email
Yes
Yes
Remove ‘Powered By’
Yes
Yes
Multi-language
Yes
Up to 4
Send emails & SMS with Klaviyo
Yes
No
Custom HTML template
Yes
No
Branded links in SMS alerts
Yes
No
Send when product is published
Yes
Yes
Notify if any variant is restocked
Yes
Yes
Back in stock - Channels
Online Store
Yes
Yes
Product page
Yes
Yes
Back in stock - Analytics & Reports
Insights
Yes
No
Weekly & monthly reports
Yes
No
Track product demand in real time
Yes
No
Manage subscribers
Yes
Yes
Integrations
Shopify Flow
Yes
Yes
Sync to Klaviyo, Omnisend & Mailchimp
Yes
No
Translate & Adapt
Yes
Limited
Back in stock & preorder alerts with Klaviyo
Yes
No
Developer
SDK & APIs
Yes
-
Metafield
Yes
-
Dev Mode
Yes
-
Support
24x7 human support
Yes
Yes
Slack
Yes
No
Other
Languages
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*Feature Comparison Note: Features compared reflect STOQ's Unlimited plan vs Purple Dot's Pre-Order Pro. Purple Dot uses pay-as-you-go pricing with no fixed tiers.
Migrate in minutes
Switching is simple
Switching to STOQ doesn’t mean starting over. If you already have sign-ups from another app, you can easily bring them with you - so your customers keep getting timely back-in-stock alerts without missing a beat. Here's how simple it is:
Install STOQ
Pick a plan that fits your needs, then follow our easy step-by-step onboarding or schedule a support call for personalized help.
Export Your Data
Export your existing alert subscriber info from your current app.
Import to STOQ
Upload that data into STOQ’s provided template format to ensure your customers stay connected seamlessly.
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