Fordeer

Shopify pre-orders app by Fordeer Commerce·Help stores generate revenue even when out of stock, replace out-of-stock with preorder buttons.

Snapshot

3.90(17 reviews)#42of 96 inPre-orders

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

Rating

3.90

17 reviews

Pricing

Free

free

Built for Shopify

No

Years live

2

launched Nov 9, 2023

Last updated

Jun 30, 2026

Shopify listing

Category rank over time

Where Fordeer 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 →

#50#54#58#61#65May 28May 31Jun 4Jun 8Jun 12Fordeer · #58PreOrder Now · #57Preorderly • Preorder PreSale · #59
Best position observed: #54. Fordeer slipped 4 positions over the window. Greyed lines: the apps sitting immediately around it on the latest snapshot.

Catalog position

Where Fordeer 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

#42

of 96 active apps

Review count percentile

57th

vs category siblings

Rating percentile

27th

vs category siblings

Years on App Store

2

since 2023

Listing change cadence

What Fordeer 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.

Listing changes · last 21 days+17shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-09 → 2026-06-11shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-11 → 2026-06-14shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-14 → 2026-06-16shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-16 → 2026-06-18shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-18 → 2026-06-19shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-19 → 2026-06-20shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-20 → 2026-06-23shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-23 → 2026-06-25shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-25 → 2026-06-27shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-27 → 2026-06-28shopify_lastmod: 2026-06-28 → 2026-06-30Jun 10, 26Jun 21, 26Jul 1, 26

Shopify Lastmod · Jul 1

2026-06-28 → 2026-06-30

Shopify Lastmod · Jun 29

2026-06-27 → 2026-06-28

Shopify Lastmod · Jun 28

2026-06-25 → 2026-06-27

PricingIdentity & listingCadence

Reviews

What merchants are saying

3.90(17 reviews)
  • 87%positive26
  • 0%neutral0
  • 13%negative4

Popular mentions

  • customer support
  • app broken
  • responsiveness
  • functionality
  • reliability
  • performance
  • downtime

Top themes

  1. customer support2
  2. app broken1
  3. responsiveness1
  4. functionality1
  5. reliability1
  6. performance1
  7. downtime1

What merchants praise

A massive thank you to Tessa who helped solve my problem very quickly and efficiently. She also provided me with useful documentation to help me solve another problem I was having outside the fordeer app so greatly appreciated for such exceptional service.
HARMONIOUS SOCIETY · 5 · 2024-10-21

What merchants complain about

yup, the app went down and crashed out in the middle of a pre sale campaign. I had no idea for hours that this was the case. cost me tons of sales.
Painting Passports · 1 · 2026-02-17

Capabilities

What Fordeer can do.

The 26 capabilities Fordeer lists across each of its 2 categories, in Shopify’s own taxonomy. Pulled directly from the App Store listing.

Pre-orders

Order type

4
  • Coming soon
  • Back orders
  • Out of stock
  • Pre-sales

Customization

4
  • Custom text
  • Email notifications
  • Multi-language
  • Order limits

Payment options

6
  • Deposits
  • Partial payments
  • Deferred payments
  • Payment schedules
  • Payment reminders
  • Discounts

Stock alerts

Notifications

5
  • Low stock
  • Back in stock
  • Pre-orders
  • Email
  • Out of stock

Customization

4
  • Alert settings
  • Notification templates
  • Notification button
  • Stock counter

Analytics and reporting

3
  • Inventory reports
  • Performance reports
  • Inventory tracking

FAQ

Fordeer — frequently asked questions.

What is Fordeer on Shopify?
Fordeer, officially listed on the Shopify App Store as Fordeer: PreOrder Now PreSale, is a Shopify app in the Pre-orders category. 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. Accept partial payments and send automated back-in-stock emails easily. 24/7 support. It averages 3.90 out of 5 across 17 merchant reviews on the Shopify App Store.
How much does Fordeer cost?
Fordeer is free to install and use on Shopify — there are no paid plans on this app.
Is Fordeer free?
Yes — Fordeer is free to install and use on Shopify. There are no paid plans.
When was Fordeer launched?
Fordeer launched on November 9, 2023 — over 2 years on the Shopify App Store. In that time it has gathered 17 merchant reviews.
Is Fordeer Built for Shopify?
Fordeer does not currently carry Shopify's Built for Shopify badge. The badge is awarded to apps that meet Shopify's published standards for performance, ease of use, and merchant value — many high-quality apps operate without it.
What are the best Fordeer alternatives?
Merchants commonly compare Fordeer with Back In Stock,Notify Me, Preorder, Back In Stock, Notify! Back in Stock|PreOrder, and Preorder Now Presale Timesact. 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 complaints come up about Fordeer?
13% of analyzed merchant reviews are negative. The pain points most often raised in critical reviews are customer support, app broken, and responsiveness — see the review fingerprint above for the per-merchant detail.

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 .

Find every brand running Fordeer.

Ongoing.AI tracks every Shopify brand’s app stack daily. Pull the full install list, filter by vertical or geography, and catch the moment merchants install — or churn off.

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