Early Bird: Preorder & Restock vs Fordeer: PreOrder Now PreSale
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 13, 2026.
The short answer
- Early Bird is detected on 1.9× as many Shopify stores as Fordeer: 566 vs 303 as of Nov 13, 2026.
- On the Shopify App Store: Early Bird 4.8 from 75 reviews and Fordeer 3.5 from 18 reviews.
- Only Early Bird lists a free plan.
- Early Bird lists 16 features Fordeer’s listing doesn’t mention, including Auto-alerts, Availability date, Badges.
Head to head
- United States
- Australia
- United Kingdom
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Australia
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free: Get Started
- · 5 back-in-stock emails/month
- · 5 preorders/backorders/month
- · Keep 100% of your sales. No commission
- · Mixed cart split shipping support
- · No app branding
- · Send preorder shipment timeline emails
Launch
- · 200 preorders/month
- · 500 emails/month
- · All Free features included
- · Auto-collect deferred final payments
- · Custom email domain and templates
- · Keep 100% of your sales. No commission
Grow
- · 5,000 emails/month
- · 500 preorders/month
- · All Launch features included
- · Auto-collect deferred final payments
- · Custom email domain and templates
- · Keep 100% of your sales. No commission
Scale
- · 1,000 preorders/month
- · 10,000 emails/month
- · All Grow features included
- · Auto-collect deferred final payments
- · Custom email domain and templates
- · Keep 100% of your sales. No commission
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureAvoid 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.
Proactively making revenue from out-of-stock products by replacing the "Out of stock" button with a "Pre-order" button. Customers like to make pre-orders for their favorite products which are out of stock or coming soon with discounts, estimated delivery dates, and much more. Allowing your customers to purchase products before they become available.
- Schedule pre order campaigns with customizable discounts and reporting dashboard
- Activate back orders across your entire catalog, or for specific products only
- Setup partial payments for pre-orders and auto-capture the remaining balance
- Customize/translate any labels, messaging, badges and styling shown to customers
- Integrated 'Pre-Order' button to always sell products even when out of stock.
- Improve customer experience by removing the friction of out of stock products.
- Easy to use, set up, and create campaigns with just a few clicks.
- Powerful analytics dashboard for revenue and AOV data.
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  Early Bird |  Fordeer |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 566(ahead) | 303 |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | −4 |
| Stores added, 28 days | 12(ahead) | 2 |
| Big-brand share | 10% | 8% |
| Top store categories | Apparel & Accessories, Home & Garden, Health & Beauty | Apparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden |
| Top store countries | United States, Australia, United Kingdom | United States, United Kingdom, Australia |
Reviews
| Measure | Early Bird | Fordeer |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.8 ★(ahead) | 3.5 ★ |
| App Store reviews | 75(ahead) | 18 |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | 0(ahead) |
| Reviewers a year or more in | 13% | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Early Bird | Fordeer |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $19/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 4 | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | Early Bird | Fordeer |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #23(ahead) | #71 |
| Shopify App Charts | #12 in Pre-orders | #17 in Pre-orders |
| Built for Shopify | Yes | No |
| Launched | Jun 20, 2024 | Nov 9, 2023 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Shopside by Piric Group | Fordeer Commerce |
FAQ
Early Bird and Fordeer: common questions
- Which is more popular, Early Bird or Fordeer?
- Early Bird is detected on 1.9× as many Shopify stores as Fordeer: 566 vs 303 as of Nov 13, 2026.
- Is Early Bird or Fordeer cheaper?
- Only Early Bird lists a free plan. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- Which has better reviews, Early Bird or Fordeer?
- On the Shopify App Store: Early Bird 4.8 from 75 reviews and Fordeer 3.5 from 18 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Early Bird lists 16 the others don’t mention, such as Auto-alerts, Availability date, Badges, Batch send. Fordeer lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Low stock, Multi-language, Payment reminders, Stock counter. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Nov 13, 2026; estimated figures are labeled.
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How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Nov 13, 2026. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.