How to track pre-orders to see if customers are interested
When launching a new item or brand, business owners often use RSVP or pre-order posts to see if anyone is actually interested first. Taking these requests through phone calls or texts forces them to manually write down every response. They need a simple solution that automatically keeps track of these early commitments.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1Using a Google Form to collect RSVPsDid this help you?
- 2Taking phone calls or text messages and writing them down manuallyDid this help you?
- 3Setting up a pre-order item with a capped quantity using SquareDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“how to get eyes on my brand”source ↗
“so a just launched a luggage brand…”source ↗
“i run a food truck and we are wanting to put out a pre order/rsvp post for smoked turkeys for thanksgiving. (rsvp/pre order bc we are in a little town and have no idea if anyone would be interested so we want to see if anyone wants in first). i was thinking maybe a google forum or just take calls or texts and write it down but was hoping for something that would keep track for me?”source ↗
Where this came up
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