Quick verdict
Notify Me! is worth investigating for the use cases below, but this is not a scored or final recommendation. BestStorefront has researched its public documentation; hands-on workflow, support, billing, and reliability testing are still pending.
Fit
Best for
- Shopify stores that regularly sell out of popular products or run limited drops.
- Merchants that want preorders and restock alerts in one app rather than several.
- Small teams that want demand capture without a full email/SMS platform migration.
Limits
Who should skip it or consider alternatives
- Stores not on Shopify or BigCommerce.
- Brands that already run back-in-stock flows inside Klaviyo or another lifecycle platform and do not need preorders.
- Catalogs that rarely go out of stock.
Product role
What it does
Notify Me! is a Shopify app that captures demand for out-of-stock products through back-in-stock alerts, preorders, low-stock urgency, and wishlists, and sends notifications by email, SMS, and WhatsApp.
Back-in-stock alerts
Shoppers subscribe to an out-of-stock variant and are notified when it returns.
Preorders
Accept orders before stock arrives, per Notify Me!'s product pages.
Low-stock urgency
Display low-stock signals on product pages.
Wishlists
Let shoppers save products; wishlist actions count toward plan limits.
Jobs to be done
Ecommerce use cases
- Measuring demand for a sold-out product before reordering.
- Running preorders for a launch or restock.
- Recovering sales that would otherwise be lost to out-of-stock pages.
Implementation
Setup complexity
Low. As a Shopify app it installs from the Shopify admin; the main work is configuring widget placement, message templates, SMS/WhatsApp sending, and preorder terms (payment timing, shipping expectations) that customers will see.
Connections
Integrations and ecosystem
Built for Shopify. Notifications go out by email, SMS, and WhatsApp. Confirm whether it connects to the email/SMS platform you already use before relying on it for customer data.
Commercial terms
Pricing: verify the current offer
Notify Me!'s pricing page shows a Kickstart plan at $9.90/month, available only for Basic Shopify stores in their first year, with limits on back-in-stock requests, notifications, SMS and WhatsApp credits, preorders, and wishlist actions. On the Shopify App Store, Notify Me! also lists Starter at $19.90/month and Standard at $39.90/month (USD, billed every 30 days, 7-day free trial; annual billing saves about 33%), with further plans available inside the app. Enterprise is priced on request (checked Oct 7, 2026). Note: a different app named “Notify Back in Stock Preorders” exists on the Shopify App Store; do not confuse the two.
Last verified: Oct 7, 2026 against first-party pages.
Check current official pricingPros and tradeoffs
Research observations
Strength: combined demand capture
Restock alerts, preorders, and wishlists sit in one tool.
Strength: low entry cost
A free-forever plan and a $9.90/month Kickstart plan keep the entry cost low.
Limitation: usage limits
Plans cap requests, notifications, and message credits, so costs scale with demand.
Limitation: overlap
Lifecycle platforms may already offer back-in-stock flows, creating duplicate tooling.
Shortlist
Alternatives to investigate
Klaviyo
Lifecycle platform that can run back-in-stock messaging as part of wider email/SMS.
Omnisend
Ecommerce email and SMS platform for broader lifecycle marketing.
Postscript
Shopify-focused SMS retention, if SMS is the main channel.
Evidence status
Our evidence
This page is based on first-party sources. BestStorefront has not yet created an account or run hands-on tests for this product.
| Evidence | Status | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Official documentation reviewed | Verified | First-party product, pricing and help pages linked below. |
| Pricing independently verified | Source-checked | Compared with the official pricing page (Oct 7, 2026). |
| Account created | Not tested | No BestStorefront test account yet. |
| Core workflows tested | Not tested | Category protocol tasks. |
| Support contacted | Not tested | Vendor support response. |
| Billing tested | Not tested | Invoice reconciled against published pricing. |
| Cancellation / export tested | Not tested | Exit path and data portability. |
Hands-on agenda
What we still need to test
- Widget behavior on variant-heavy product pages.
- Notification timing when stock returns.
- Preorder checkout and fulfillment handling.
- Real cost at typical monthly request volume.
Standard lifecycle, email and sms protocol — tasks every product in this category goes through:
- Import contacts and confirm consent fields
- Build a segment from behavioral and order data
- Create and send a campaign
- Build and trigger an automation
- Review campaign and revenue reporting
- Test suppression, unsubscribe and consent handling
- Export contacts and cancel the plan
No score or final verdict will be added until this work is complete.
Where it fits
Editorial assessment
Notify Me! is a focused tool for one recurring ecommerce problem: demand that arrives when stock does not. It is worth investigating for Shopify stores with frequent sell-outs or drops. Stores already running a full lifecycle platform should check for overlap before adding it.
This assessment is based on public first-party documentation, not hands-on testing, and carries no score.
Documentation
Sources and official product
This overview is based on the vendor's public documentation. Feature availability and commercial terms can change; verify details with the vendor.
Decision support
Frequently asked questions
Is Notify Me! free?
Yes, there is a free plan. Notify Me!'s pricing page lists a Free plan at $0/month, "free forever," capped at 100 lifetime back-in-stock requests, 10 notifications a month, 5 SMS and 5 WhatsApp messages (lifetime), 5 preorders and 50 wishlist actions. The cheapest paid plan is Kickstart at $9.90/month, available only to Basic Shopify stores in their first year (checked Oct 7, 2026).
Does it work outside Shopify?
Mostly Shopify, but not only: Notify Me!'s pricing page says it is used by "Shopify and BigCommerce merchants."
Has BestStorefront tested Notify Me!?
No. This overview is based on first-party sources; hands-on testing is pending.
What changed
- Oct 7, 2026: Added the free-forever plan and Shopify App Store paid tiers; noted BigCommerce support.