Dibs – Preorders & Backorders

Shopify pre-orders app by Logbase·Pre-order manager for coming soon, presale & sold out products. Backorder out-of-stock items easily.

Snapshot

5.00(91 reviews)#21of 96 inPre-orders

Ongoing.AI tracks Dibs – Preorders & Backorders daily — category rank, keyword positions in App Store search, install footprint, listing changes, and reviewer sentiment — back to when we first observed the listing.

CategoriesPre-orders

Rating

5.00

91 reviews

Pricing

Free

free

Built for Shopify

Yes

Years live

1

launched Mar 24, 2025

Last updated

Jul 1, 2026

Shopify listing

Recent activity

Review trajectory.

Daily review count and rating drift. The blue line is cumulative review count; the dashed amber overlay is the rating on the right axis. Boring is good — sudden swings stand out against an otherwise stable curve.

New reviews

7-day Δ

+5

28-day Δ

+12

Rating change

7-day Δ

+0.00

28-day Δ

+0.00

#93#88#83#77#725.003.752.501.250.00May 28Jun 5Jun 14Jun 23Jul 2Total reviewsRating (0–5)
Dibs – Preorders & Backorders added 12 reviews over the last 28 days.

Category rank over time

Where Dibs – Preorders & Backorders sits day-by-day in Pre-orders.

Position across the Pre-orders page, snapshot daily. Lower is better — the Y axis is inverted so the strongest ranks sit at the top of the chart. Open the full Pre-orders leaderboard →

#6#8#9#11#12May 28May 31Jun 4Jun 8Jun 12Dibs – Preorders & Backorders · #10Amp Back in Stock | PreOrder · #9Early Bird · #11
Best position observed: #10. Dibs – Preorders & Backorders held steady over the window. Greyed lines: the apps sitting immediately around it on the latest snapshot.

Catalog position

Where Dibs – Preorders & Backorders sits in the App Store.

Rank and percentile inside the Pre-orders category — the competitive shape of the niche around this app.

Rank in Pre-orders

#21

of 96 active apps

Review count percentile

79th

vs category siblings

Rating percentile

71th

vs category siblings

Years on App Store

1

since 2025

Listing change cadence

What Dibs – Preorders & Backorders has changed lately.

Every pricing tweak, tagline refresh, and Shopify-side listing ping. Captured from Ongoing.AI’s per-scrape diff log — the cadence and the content of changes, in one strip.

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Shopify Lastmod · Jul 2

2026-06-30 → 2026-07-01

Shopify Lastmod · Jul 1

2026-06-29 → 2026-06-30

Shopify Lastmod · Jun 30

2026-06-28 → 2026-06-29

PricingIdentity & listingCadence

Reviews

What merchants are saying

5.00(91 reviews)
  • 100%positive94
  • 0%neutral0
  • 0%negative0

Popular mentions

  • ease of use
  • customer support
  • pre order management
  • feature quality
  • customization
  • feature request

Top themes

  1. ease of use2
  2. customer support2
  3. pre order management1
  4. feature quality1
  5. customization1
  6. feature request1

What merchants praise

“Really happy with Dibs so far. The app is free, easy to install and set up, and the ui is clean on our product pages. What stands out most is the support – any time I’ve had a question, the team has replied quickly and helped me get things sorted. For a free app, the value is awesome.”
Cub Campers · 5★

Capabilities

What Dibs can do.

The 24 capabilities Dibs lists across its category, in Shopify’s own taxonomy. Pulled directly from the App Store listing.

Order type

8
  • Coming soon
  • Crowdfunding
  • Back orders
  • Out of stock
  • Draft orders
  • Made-to-order
  • Product drops
  • Pre-sales

Customization

6
  • Buttons
  • Badges
  • Email notifications
  • Order limits
  • Availability date
  • Variants

Payment options

10
  • Deposits
  • Partial payments
  • Split payments
  • Deferred payments
  • Payment schedules
  • Payment reminders
  • Discounts
  • Mixed cart
  • Manual payment
  • Split shipping

FAQ

Dibs — frequently asked questions.

What is Dibs on Shopify?
Dibs, officially listed on the Shopify App Store as Dibs – Preorders & Backorders, is a Shopify app in the Pre-orders category. Boost sales with Dibs for pre-launch and out-of-stock scenarios. Manage pre order and backorders to enable purchase of coming soon items. Offer partial deposits, book now pay later and automate payment reminders for scheduled collections. Prevent overselling with checkout validation and inventory tracking. Perfect for made to order items, presales and product launches. Replace sold out with a preorder button and coming soon badge to recover lost sales, maintain momentum and keep growing. It averages 5.00 out of 5 across 91 merchant reviews on the Shopify App Store.
How much does Dibs cost?
Dibs is free to install and use on Shopify — there are no paid plans on this app.
Is Dibs free?
Yes — Dibs is free to install and use on Shopify. There are no paid plans.
When was Dibs launched?
Dibs launched on March 24, 2025 — over 1 year on the Shopify App Store. In that time it has gathered 91 merchant reviews.
Is Dibs Built for Shopify?
Yes — Dibs carries Shopify's Built for Shopify badge. This certification is awarded to apps that meet Shopify's published standards for performance, ease of use, and merchant value, and is reviewed by the Shopify team rather than self-declared by the developer.
What are the best Dibs alternatives?
Merchants commonly compare Dibs with Preorder, Back In Stock, Notify! Back in Stock|PreOrder, Preorder Now Presale Timesact, and PreOrder Globo. Each alternative covers a similar use case but differs on pricing model, integration depth, and the specific themes merchants praise in reviews — see the alternatives section above for a side-by-side.
What do merchants praise about Dibs?
100% of analyzed merchant reviews skew positive. The themes most often cited in positive reviews are ease of use, customer support, and pre order management — see the review fingerprint above for the full breakdown.

Alternatives

Apps merchants pick instead.

Artos Software

Preorder, Back In Stock ‑ STOQ

5.00★3,341

Notify Me!

Notify! Back in Stock|PreOrder

4.90★3,326

Kairock Partners SRL

Preorder Now Presale Timesact

4.90★1,900

Globo.io

PreOrder Globo | Back in Stock

4.90★1,786
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Methodology

Where the numbers come from.

Ratings, review counts, pricing tiers, “Built for Shopify”, launch date, and category memberships come from the live Shopify App Store listing — refreshed daily by Ongoing.AI’s crawler. The review-count trajectory is the diff between today’s snapshot and snapshots from 7 and 28 days ago. Topic counts and sentiment come from the review corpus, topic-tagged with Claude. Install footprint is observed via Ongoing.AI’s tech-detection pass against actively-tracked Shopify storefronts. Catalog position is computed at snapshot time against every active app sharing the primary category. Snapshot generated .

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