--- title: "Show the Notify me button on preorder products" description: "Add a back in stock Notify me button to preorder products so customers can also sign up for restock alerts." url: https://help.stoqapp.com/preorders/show-notify-me-on-preorder-products/ product: "Preorders" section: "Build your offer / Look and storefront" last_updated: 2026-10-19 --- # Show the Notify me button on preorder products > Add a back in stock Notify me button to preorder products so customers can also sign up for restock alerts. Use this guide if you want preorder products to show a **Notify me when available** button alongside the Preorder button, so customers who'd rather wait for stock can sign up for a back in stock alert instead of preordering. You turn this on from the **Back in stock** section of the preorder Widget editor. ## Before you begin | Requirement | Detail | |---|---| | Back in stock widget on | The Notify me button only works if your back in stock signup widget is enabled. It's on by default. See [Turn the Notify me widget on or off](https://help.stoqapp.com/back-in-stock/turn-notify-me-widget-on-or-off/). | | Shop-wide setting | This is one setting for your whole store, not per offer. You reach it from inside an offer's editor, but turning it on shows the Notify me button on preorder products across every offer. | ## What customers will see With this off (the default), a preorder product shows only its **Preorder** button. With it on, eligible preorder products also show a **Notify me when available** button, so a customer can either preorder now or join the waitlist for when the item is back in normal stock. A product counts as a "preorder product" here when the selected variant is selling as a preorder through a STOQ offer, or its Shopify **Continue selling when out of stock** setting is on and its inventory is at or below zero. For the full rules on which products and variants show the button, see [Choose which products show the button](https://help.stoqapp.com/back-in-stock/notify-me-product-eligibility/). ## Set it up 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 Widget section** 1. In the left menu bar of the STOQ app, click **Preorders**. 2. Click the **Offers** tab. 3. Click any offer to open its **Overview** tab, then click **Customize** to open the editor. 4. In the editor sidebar, click **Widget**. [Image: Preorders Offers tab in the STOQ app](https://help.stoqapp.com/images/general/r1.png) [Image: An offer's Overview tab with the Customize button](https://help.stoqapp.com/images/general/r2.png) [Image: The Widget item in the offer editor sidebar](https://help.stoqapp.com/images/general/r3.png) 2. **Turn on the Notify me button** Scroll to the **Back in stock** section and check **Show 'Notify me' button on preorder products**. A note explains that customers will then see a "Notify me when available" button to sign up for restock alerts too. [Image: The Back in stock section with the Show 'Notify me' button on preorder products checkbox](https://help.stoqapp.com/images/general/r10.png) 3. **(Optional) Design the button** Use the **Customize** link in that section to style the Notify me button and its signup form. See [Design the Notify Me button](https://help.stoqapp.com/back-in-stock/design-notify-me-button/). [Image: The Customize link for styling the Notify me button](https://help.stoqapp.com/images/general/u3.png) 4. **Save changes** Click **Save changes**. The button setting takes effect across your store. [Image: The Save button in the widget editor](https://help.stoqapp.com/images/general/u2.png) ## Check your setup Open a preorder product on your live storefront, in an incognito window, with a preorder variant selected. Confirm both the **Preorder** button and the **Notify me when available** button appear, and that clicking Notify me opens the signup form. ## FAQ ### Is this per offer or for my whole store? Your whole store. Even though you turn it on inside one offer's Widget editor, it's a single shop-wide setting, so it applies to preorder products across all offers. It's the same setting as **Show 'Notify me' widget on preorder products** in the back in stock widget settings. ### Does the customer still see the Preorder button? Yes. This adds the Notify me button alongside the Preorder button; it doesn't replace it. The customer chooses whether to preorder now or wait for a restock alert. ### The Notify me button isn't showing on a preorder product Confirm the setting is on, the back in stock widget is enabled, and the selected variant is selling as a preorder through a STOQ offer, or has Continue selling when out of stock on with inventory at or below zero. See [Choose which products show the button](https://help.stoqapp.com/back-in-stock/notify-me-product-eligibility/). ### Where do these back in stock signups go? Into your normal back in stock waitlist and reports, the same as any other Notify me signup. When the product is genuinely restocked, those customers get your back in stock alert. ### Do customers in markets where my preorder isn't available see Notify me? Yes, even with this setting off. If a variant is out of stock and its preorder offer is limited to other markets, customers in the excluded market see a Notify me button and can sign up for a restock alert. See [Restrict a preorder offer to specific markets](https://help.stoqapp.com/preorders/preorder-markets/). ## Related guides - [Choose which products show the button](https://help.stoqapp.com/back-in-stock/notify-me-product-eligibility/): The full eligibility rules, including tags and multi-variant products. - [Design the preorder widget](https://help.stoqapp.com/preorders/design-preorder-widget/): Style the Preorder button, badge, and disclaimer. - [Design the Notify Me button](https://help.stoqapp.com/back-in-stock/design-notify-me-button/): Style the Notify me button and its signup form. - [Turn the Notify me widget on or off](https://help.stoqapp.com/back-in-stock/turn-notify-me-widget-on-or-off/): The switch the Notify me button depends on.