<p>Running out of stock is always frustrating. Can’t avoid it? Then turn it into something positive! Stop worrying about all the sales you are missing, and think about the customers you can bring back.</p>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-primary">
<li><strong>Turn your sold-out products into waitlists</strong> that anyone can join.</li>
<li><strong>Send automated emails</strong> to your customers when their favorite products are restocked.</li>
<li><strong>Recover lost sales</strong>, build customer loyalty, and gain deeper insights into your inventory.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Bring customers back to your store</h2>
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<figure id="attachment_6884861" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6884861" style="width: 796px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="wp-image-6884861" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bis-signup-bowtie.png?w=896" alt="Build waitlists and notify your customers when their favorite products are back in stock." width="796" height="375" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-6884861" class="wp-caption-text">Build waitlists and notify your customers when their favorite products are restocked.</figcaption></figure>
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<p><strong>Back In Stock Notifications</strong> gives your customers an effortless way to know when your products are restocked, and brings them back to your store. Here’s how it works:</p>
<ol>
<li>Customers who land on a sold-out product page are invited to sign up with their email and get notified when the product becomes available.</li>
<li>When the product is back in stock, all customers who joined the waitlist receive an automated notification.</li>
<li>Customers return to your store and complete their purchase!</li>
</ol>
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<figure id="attachment_6884865" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6884865" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-6884865" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bis-notification.png" alt="Did you know that up to 20% of the customers who sign up for stock alerts eventually return and complete their purchase?" width="980" height="1128" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-6884865" class="wp-caption-text">Did you know that up to 20% of the customers who sign up for stock alerts eventually return and complete their purchase?</figcaption></figure>
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<h2>Measure demand for out-of-stock products</h2>
<p>Stop hiding sold-out products in your catalog! With <strong>Back In Stock Notifications</strong>, you can:</p>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-primary">
<li><strong>Measure purchase intent</strong> for out-of-stock products.</li>
<li><strong>View your most wanted sold-out products</strong>, and restock them first.</li>
<li><strong>Gain deeper insights into your inventory</strong>, and make more accurate demand forecasts.</li>
</ul>
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<figure id="attachment_6895991" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6895991" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-6895991" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bis-dashboard.png" alt="" width="980" height="896" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-6895991" class="wp-caption-text">Use the Stock Notifications Dashboard to check customer activity and view key product insights.</figcaption></figure>
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<h2>Stay connected with your most loyal customers</h2>
<p>Customers who sign up for back-in-stock notifications send you a strong buying signal with high purchase intent. So why not take the opportunity to stay connected with them?</p>
<p><strong>Back In Stock Notifications</strong> stores your waitlist contact details even after all notifications have been sent, making it easy to export and use them in your favorite email marketing platform.</p>
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<figure id="attachment_6885695" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6885695" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-6885695" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bis-admin-notifications-list-table.png" alt="Turn stock-outs into an opportunity to grow your audience and build customer loyalty." width="980" height="872" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-6885695" class="wp-caption-text">Turn stock-outs into an opportunity to grow your audience and build customer loyalty.</figcaption></figure>
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<h2>Let your customers manage their preferences</h2>
<p>Concerned about your customers’ privacy? The plugin <strong>supports double opt-in</strong>, and handles opt-ins and opt-outs gracefully, giving customers with or without an account the freedom to manage their own preferences:</p>
<ol>
<li>Logged in customers can sign up without entering their email and can manage active notifications from their Account page.</li>
<li>Confirmation and notification emails include a handy “unsubscribe” link that gives your customers a frictionless way to opt-out of all alerts they have signed up for.</li>
</ol>
<figure id="attachment_8869723" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8869723" style="width: 1946px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="wp-image-8869723 size-full" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bis-my-account-view.png" alt="Enable your customers to manage their notifications directly from their My Account page." width="1946" height="1149" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-8869723" class="wp-caption-text">Enable your customers to manage their notifications directly from their <strong>My Account</strong> page.</figcaption></figure>
<h2>Experience WooCommerce at its finest</h2>
<p><strong>Back In Stock Notifications</strong> has been optimized to leverage the latest technologies built into WooCommerce, while making the most of the features you love.</p>
<ul class=""wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li><strong>Running a high-traffic store?</strong> Thanks to its integration with Action Scheduler, the extension can send thousands of back-in-stock alerts without breaking a sweat.</li>
<li><strong>Need full support for Variable products?</strong> The plugin stores the current variation selections when customers sign up, and restores their selections when they return.</li>
<li><strong>Using <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/product-bundles/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Product Bundles</a></strong>? With <strong>Back In Stock Notifications</strong>, your customers can sign up and get notified when bundles with insufficient stock become available.</li>
</ul>
<p>Settle for nothing but blazing-fast, battle-tested WooCommerce software, backed by a support team you can trust.</p>
<h2>Customize and extend it</h2>
<p>Looking for a way to limit notification sign-ups to logged in customers? Don’t want to create a new account for guests who sign up for stock alerts? No problem! <strong>Back In Stock Notifications</strong> comes with everything you need to make it work just how you want.</p>
<h2>How to get started</h2>
<ol>
<li>Buy <strong>Back In Stock Notifications</strong>.</li>
<li>Download and install it.</li>
<li>Make sure that <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/store-owners-guide/#requirements" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">out-of-stock products are visible</a> in your catalog.</li>
<li>Sit back and start recovering lost sales!</li>
</ol>

Back In Stock Notifications

<p>Notify customers when your products are restocked.</p>

<ul class="wccom-tick-list-primary">
<li>Allow customers to create Product Restock Request for WooCommerce when an item is out of stock.</li>
<li>Decide which products or categories will show the restock request form.</li>
<li>Configure the form fields to gather notes, quantity, email, and name.</li>
<li>Completely automatic alerts for your users when products come back in stock.</li>
<li>Restocks Request Management – Manage all restocks requests from your store backend.</li>
<li>Allow guests and registered users to request restocks</li>
<li>Find out which out-of-stock products customers want most and restock more wisely.</li>
<li>With customizable templates, you can customize email alerts to match your brand.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Turn ‘Out of Stock’ into Sales with Product Restock Request</h2>
<p>The product Restock Request for WooCommerce plugin is a must-have solution for the store owners who do not wish to lose out the sales due to out of stock products. With this powerful plugin, your customers can quickly submit requests to get restocks on any currently unavailable items and automatically receive back-in-stock notifications as soon as inventory is updated — and no manual follow-up required!</p>
<p>The WooCommerce pre-order plugin is specifically designed to work with your existing WooCommerce store & gives you complete control from the admin dashboard, allows you to support custom restock request forms and provides real-time product demand insights. This plugin is your secret weapon to getting higher conversions, happier customers, and smart inventory management that keeps you one step ahead!</p>
<h2>Feature Details</h2>
<p><strong>Easy Restock Requests</strong></p>
<p>Customers can quickly send restock requests when a product sells out. The Product Restock Request for Woo Commerce plugin automatically shows the request form based on the stock levels you set, making restocking smoother and better for users.<img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-18734005331121" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-nexolistech.com-2025.05.23-22_35_18.jpg?w=896" alt="Woocommerce product restock request form" width="896" height="454" /></p>
<p><strong>Show Where You Want</strong></p>
<p>Store owners can choose which products or categories show the restock form. This lets you control where it appears, perfect for highlighting popular or fast-selling items.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-18734005331119" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-nexolistech.com-2025.05.23-22_46_07.jpg?w=896" alt="WooCommerce out of stock Manager" width="896" height="454" /></p>
<p><strong>Instant Notifications</strong></p>
<p>When an out-of-stock product is restocked, the plugin sends automatic email alerts to interested customers right away. This helps boost sales by encouraging quick purchases.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-18734005331118" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-nexolistech.com-2025.05.23-22_47_05.jpg?w=896" alt="Back in stock Notifier for WooCommerce" width="896" height="391" /></p>
<p><strong>Full Admin Control</strong></p>
<p>You get full control with an easy admin panel inside WooCommerce. Store owners can view, filter, and manage all restock requests easily. Each request is organized for better tracking and decisions.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-18734005331120" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-nexolistech.com-2025.05.23-22_44_58.jpg?w=896" alt="Store owners can view, filter, and manage all restock requests easily" width="896" height="454" /></p>
<p><strong>Support for Guests & User Roles</strong></p>
<p>You can decide if restock requests are open to everyone or only certain users (like logged-in customers or wholesalers). This makes the plugin great for both B2C and B2B stores.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-18734005331117" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/screenshot-nexolistech.com-2025.05.23-22_48_21.jpg?w=796" alt="woo commerce product restock request This makes the plugin great for both B2C and B2B stores " width="796" height="244" /></p>
<p><strong>Know What’s in Demand</strong></p>
<p>Track how many requests each product gets to understand what customers want most. This makes it easier for you to concentrate on restocking the most popular products.</p>
<h2>Use Cases</h2>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-primary">
<li data-start="139" data-end="215">
<p data-start="142" data-end="215">Notify customers when out-of-stock products become available again.</p>
</li>
<li data-start="216" data-end="281">
<p data-start="219" data-end="281">Analyze product demand before deciding to restock items.</p>
</li>
<li data-start="282" data-end="365">
<p data-start="285" data-end="365">Measure interest in seasonal or limited-edition products before re-launch.</p>
</li>
<li data-start="366" data-end="432">
<p data-start="369" data-end="432">Build a waitlist for upcoming or soon-to-launch products.</p>
</li>
<li data-start="433" data-end="507">
<p data-start="436" data-end="507">Help B2B/wholesale buyers stay updated on bulk item availability.</p>
</li>
<li data-start="508" data-end="583">
<p data-start="511" data-end="583">Allow guest users to express interest without creating an account.</p>
</li>
<li data-start="584" data-end="648">
<p data-start="587" data-end="648">Grow your email list through restock request submissions.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Benefits</h2>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-primary">
<li>Make it simple for customers to ask for restocks and keep them happy.</li>
<li>It automatically sends alerts to customers as soon as the item is back in stock.</li>
<li>Use up-to-date customer demand data to better plan your inventory.</li>
<li>Bring back interested shoppers and increase sales with ease.</li>
<li>The Product Restock Request feature helps you recover lost sales by reaching out to ready-to-buy customers.</li>
</ul>

Product Restock Request

<p>Let customers request restock alerts in WooCommerce. Boost sales and engagement by automating product restock notifications.</p>

Back In Stock Notifications vs Product Restock Request