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Pre-orders made easy
Our platform solves the #1 issue we hear from eCommerce brands when scaling pre-orders: Warehouse and 3PL compatibility.
Purple Dot holds pre-orders outside your downstream systems until stock arrives – avoiding warehouse confusion.
And with deep configurations, you can handle things like splitting mixed ship date orders and automated workflows to ensure you are never oversold.
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Trusted by your customers
Pre-orders can get a bad reputation with shoppers – resulting in low conversion and increased customer service calls. With Purple Dot, we build trust in your pre-order experience with a clear UX, dedicated post-purchase emails, and a self-service portal for your customers to check and amend their pre-order – so they always feel they are in the loop
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Full FTC Compliance
When charging upfront for pre-orders, you need to tick all the regulatory boxes. Purple Dot does this for you by ring fencing sales until the pre-order ships, and ensuring all the necessary customer communications and cancellation rights when charging upfront for their pre-order. This gives you full confidence in paid customer demand while ensuring compliance doesn’t hold you back from converting sales.
How it works
Use cases
We’ve got all the gritty pre-order details – handled
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- Perfect for merchants with a 3PL that supports Shopify's On Hold status and mixed fulfillment. Unsure? Ask Us.
- 100% Pay Later: Customer card vaulted on checkout + charged when ready to ship
- With Pay Later and charging on ship, it's easy to stay compliant with FTC guidelines on pre-orders
- High-quality, out of the box customer comms and self-service tools