---
title: "Exclude products from a preorder offer"
description: "Run a preorder offer on tagged products or all products while leaving specific products out."
url: https://help.stoqapp.com/preorders/exclude-products-from-preorder-offer/
product: "Preorders"
section: "Build your offer / Inventory and limits"
last_updated: 2026-10-22
---

# Exclude products from a preorder offer

> Run a preorder offer on tagged products or all products while leaving specific products out.

When a preorder offer targets products by tag or all products, you can still leave individual products or variants out of it. This lets you run one broad offer and carve out the few products that shouldn't take preorders.

## How offer targeting works

An offer applies to products in one of four ways, set in the offer's **Products** section:

| Targeting | What it covers |
|---|---|
| **Specific products** | Only the products you pick. Nothing to exclude, since you choose each one. |
| **Collection** | Every product in the chosen collection. |
| **Product tags** | Every product carrying one of the offer's tags, when it goes out of stock. |
| **All products** | Every product in your store when it goes out of stock. |

**Exclude specific products** applies to the **Product tags** and **All products** modes, where the offer would otherwise sweep in products you don't want. A **Collection** offer has no exclusion list, so take the product out of the collection in Shopify instead.

## Exclude specific products

On a phone, this menu is collapsed. In the **Shopify mobile app**, tap the **STOQ** logo at the top of the screen to open it, then choose the section named below. There is no hamburger icon. See [Finding the STOQ menu](https://help.stoqapp.com/general/getting-started-with-stoq/#finding-the-stoq-menu).

1. **Open the offer's Products section**

   1. In the left menu bar of the STOQ app, click **Preorders**.
   2. Click the **Offers** tab, then click the offer you want to edit.
   3. Open the offer's **Products** section.

   [Image: Preorders Offers tab in the STOQ app](https://help.stoqapp.com/images/general/r1.png)

2. **Open the product type settings**

   In the **Products** section, click **Change** next to the current product type. Excluding only applies when the product type is **Product tags** or **All products**. If it's set to **Specific products**, remove the product from the list instead.

   [Image: The offer's Products section showing its targeting mode](https://help.stoqapp.com/images/general/b1.png)

   [Image: The Select products picker with a product checked and the Select button](https://help.stoqapp.com/images/general/b2.png)

3. **Add products to Exclude specific products**

   Under **Exclude specific products**, click **Add products** and pick the products or variants that should not take preorders. To see the list, click **View**. In the **Excluded products** window, click **Remove** to take one product off the list, or **Clear all** to reset it.

4. **Save**

   Save the offer. Excluded products keep their normal Shopify behavior and won't show the preorder button.

## Check your setup

Open an excluded product on your **live** storefront and confirm it does not show the preorder button, while a non-excluded product in the same offer still does.

## FAQ

### Can I exclude a single variant instead of a whole product?

Yes. When you click **Add products** under **Exclude specific products**, you can pick individual variants, so the rest of the product can still take preorders.

### I'm on Specific products and there's no Exclude specific products option

That's expected. With **Specific products** you already control the exact list, so remove the product from it rather than excluding it. Excluding is for the broader **Product tags** and **All products** modes.

### Does excluding a product delete its existing preorders?

No. It stops new preorders on that product going forward. Orders already placed are unaffected.

### A product is in two offers, which wins?

A product can only be active in one preorder offer at a time. If a product shouldn't take preorders at all, exclude it from every offer that would otherwise cover it.

## Related guides

- [Add products to an offer](https://help.stoqapp.com/preorders/add-products-to-an-offer/): Choose specific products, a collection, or all products for an offer.
- [Show the preorder button by inventory](https://help.stoqapp.com/preorders/show-preorder-button-on-store-pages/): Control when the button appears for in-stock vs out-of-stock products.
- [Preorder inventory settings](https://help.stoqapp.com/preorders/preorder-inventory-settings/): Decide how inventory and locations affect preorder availability.
- [Find and view your offers](https://help.stoqapp.com/preorders/manage-preorder-offers/): Edit, duplicate, enable, and delete offers.