# Create your first waitlist form

## 1. Formats 

Use the Format section to customize text, control buy button visibility, and adjust marketing settings.

#### Text

* **Message:**Add a custom message and style it freely. Change colors, apply bold or italic text, highlight important parts, and more.
* **Label Title:** Add a title above the email collection field.
* **Placeholder:** Use a placeholder to emphasize your message and guide customers on what to enter.
* **Sign-up Button Text:** Customize the text displayed on the sign-up button.

**Color**

* **Label Font Color:** Change the color of the label title text.
* **Sign-up Button Color:** Customize the button color to match your brand.
* **Border Color:** Adjust the border color of the waitlist form.
* **Background Color:** Set a background color that fits your store design.

#### Size

* **Font Size:** Adjust the font size for all text elements.
* **Sign-up Button Radius:** Control the roundness of the sign-up button corners.

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### Additional Questions on Waitlist Form

Add extra fields—such as name or phone number—to your waitlist form if needed.\
Click this option then customize these fields based on your requirements.

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{% hint style="warning" %}
This feature was released on **January 9, 2026**. If the app was installed earlier, go to **Customer Restock Notifications** and click **Convert to New Format** to enable it and start collecting customer names.

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### Buy Button Visibility&#x20;

Control whether the buy buttons are hidden automatically. There’s no need to remove them manually in your theme editor.

{% hint style="info" %}
When this option is enabled ✅ , the buy button is hidden and replaced with the waitlist form you created.
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="danger" %}
If buy buttons were already removed manually and this option is also enabled, it may cause conflicts. Please review this guide to avoid issues.
{% endhint %}

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### &#x20;**Marketing Settings - GDPR**

Select a marketing consent option to stay GDPR-compliant.

**Option 1: Automatic subscription**\
Customers are automatically subscribed to your email marketing list. All collected emails will be added without showing a consent checkbox.

**Option 2: Customer opt-in**\
Show a marketing consent checkbox on the form, allowing customers to choose whether they want to receive marketing emails.\
The consent message can be customized, and the checkbox can be set as selected by default or left unchecked.

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## 2. Visibility

Use the Visibility section to choose where your waitlist form appears. Control product selection, automate behavior for sold-out items, and set display rules.

### Display settings

Select the products where the waitlist form should be shown.

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### Automated Waitlist **Sold-Out Products**

Enable this option to automatically show the waitlist form only when products are sold out.

{% hint style="warning" %}
If this option is disabled, the waitlist form will appear on all selected products, regardless of stock status.
{% endhint %}

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### Schedule&#x20;

Set a start and end date to show the form during a specific time period, on top of your existing visibility rules.

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## 3. Customer Restock Notification

Enable email alerts to automatically notify customers when a product is back in stock.

Email content can be customized, and test emails can be sent to preview the message before it goes live.

Choose one of the following sending methods:

* **Minimate Apps default domain:** `notification@minimateapps.com`
* **Your custom domain**

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## 4. Other Notifications

Enable additional email notifications for your business. Alongside customer restock notifications, two more notification types are available:

#### **Merchant Notifications**

Receive an email notification when a customer joins a waitlist.

{% hint style="info" %}
When enabled, an email is sent to your store’s email address each time someone subscribes to a product waitlist.
{% endhint %}

#### **Customer Confirmation Notifications**

Send a confirmation email to customers after they join a waitlist.

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This can be set up using **Shopify Flow** and the **Shopify Email app** with our ready-to-use [Shopify Flow template](https://admin.shopify.com/store/ferhat-development-store/apps/flow/editor/templates/0195241b-9ba0-74be-bebd-fb0b3e5a9be0).

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For a step-by-step walkthrough, watch our setup video on YouTube:&#x20;

{% embed url="<https://youtu.be/T_xDuVTDHr0?si=BKuoNyMqXMeHdtsc>" %}


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