How Purple Dot supports your WMS/ERP software depends on whether Purple Dot is integrated into your Shopify store as separate checkout or as a payment provider inside Shopify's checkout. See more here to learn about these two options. When using Purp

<h1 id="shopify-stores">Shopify stores</h1>How Purple Dot supports your WMS/ERP software depends on whether Purple Dot is integrated into your Shopify store as separate checkout or as a payment provider inside Shopify&apos;s checkout. See more <a href="https://docs.getpurpledot.com/docs#feature-comparison" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a> to learn about these two options.<h2 id="as-separate-checkout">As separate checkout</h2>When using Purple Dot in this way, any sold pre-order is held outside your Shopify store until stock arrives.All WMS/ERP systems are compatible with this version of Purple Dot.That is just a natural consequence of having 0 un-fulfillable orders inside your Shopify store until stock arrives.&#xA0;When stock arrives, Purple Dot will automatically turn the pre-orders it has collected into orders in Shopify, at which point the same fulfillment flow you already run for regular orders will kick in.If you want to see data about pre-orders ahead of fulfillment, you can look at various Waitlist/Pre-order/Sales reports inside our merchant portal, or use our <a href="https://docs.getpurpledot.com/docs/purple-dot-apis/private-api" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Private API</a> to access the data programatically.<h2 id="as-payment-provider-inside-shopify-checkout">As payment provider inside Shopify checkout</h2>When using Purple Dot in this way, all sold pre-orders will land&#xA0;in your Shopify store right after purchase.&#xA0;However, Purple Dot still ensures that you have 0 un-fulfillable orders inside your downstream systems until stock arrives.WMS/ERPs already supported<ol id="isPasted"><li style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.fulfil.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fulfill.io</a></li><li style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.flexport.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Flexport</a></li><li style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.shipstation.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ShipStation</a></li><li style="font-size: 16px;">(coming soon) <a href="https://www.linnworks.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Linnworks</a></li></ol>What if my WMS/ERP is not listed above?When using Purple Dot with Shopify checkout, any sold pre-order lands in your Shopify store right after purchase. Purple Dot does a couple of things to ensure that this does not create problems for fulfilment<ul><li id="isPasted" style="font-size: 16px;">all pre-order line items are automatically assigned to a &quot;Purple Dot Virtual Location&quot;&#xA0;</li><li style="font-size: 16px;">all pre-order line items can be additionally automatically put &quot;On hold&quot;</li></ul>These actions should indicate to your WMS/ERP that they are not ready for fulfillment.Here&apos;s how a pre-order purchased through Shopify checkout may look.&#xA0;<img src="https://attachments.gorgias.help/Oro0V7L0kw79d83N/hc/qgaXzxaKYN2vDWOp/2026012915-9d2a074f-fad4-442d-9937-2d4e06421897-screenshot%202026-01-29%20at%2014.54.10.png" style="width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">In this example, the shopper has purchased the &quot;ACOTAR Tights&quot; on pre-order alongside buying &quot;Huggy Light Compression Tights&quot; that weren&apos;t on pre-order and could be fulfilled right away.Come Dec 9 -15 - when stock arrives for the &quot;ACOTAR Tights&quot; - Purple Dot will automatically<ul><li style="font-size: 16px;">remove the &quot;On hold&quot;</li><li style="font-size: 16px;">re-assign it to one of the real locations in your Shopify store (respecting the same sotck allocation rules as regular orders, although you do have the ability to assign all pre-orders for a particular product to a specific location)</li></ul>If your WMS/ERP is able to&#xA0;<ul><li style="font-size: 16px;">ignore line items in a Shopify order that are either &#x201C;On hold&#x201D; or assigned to &#x201C;Purple Dot Virtual Location&#x201D; when first ingesting the order, and then</li><li style="font-size: 16px;">re-ingest line item(s) from existing orders because &quot;On hold&quot; was removed and the location assignment had changed</li></ul>then it will be compatible with Purple Dot without any work required!If your WMS/ERP does not support these Shopify order state changes, Purple Dot will (and can) integrate with it directly.<h1 id="other-stores">Other stores</h1>Purple Dot is compatible with any eComm platform that can make use of our <a href="https://docs.getpurpledot.com/docs/purple-dot-apis/private-api" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Private API</a>. Talk to use at <a href="mailto:sales@getpurpledot.com">sales@getpurpledot.com</a> to get started!

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How do I set up a waitlist?

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My stock is further delayed, what do I do?

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I’m ready to export a waitlist to Shopify, how do I do this?

How do pre-orders affect my inventory in Shopify?

What do the different waitlist statuses mean?

Only one pre-order item is ready to be exported, can I split the pre-orders?

With auto-exports, do my waitlists pause when stock arrives?

How do I use Waitlist Releases?

Can my orders automatically export when the stock arrives?

Can I use Waitlist Releases to set different ship dates on my product variants/SKUs?

Can I align my automatic exports to match when my Shopify inventory syncs?

Do I still need to close out waitlists if I use export automation?

How do I bulk edit waitlists?

If I click the "add future discount" box when adjusting a waitlist's expected ship date, how does this work?

If there's a warehouse delay, can I update the Timed Export setting same day?

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Managing your waitlists

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A customer wants to change their pre-order item, how do I do this?

The item was shipped and it has been returned, how do we refund it?

How can I change a customer’s shipping address or email?

Are PD pre-order and the exported Shopify order numbers the same?

A customer has requested a different variant/SKU of the product after we exported the order. Is this possible?

Can I export a single pre-order or multiple single pre-orders?

If I have to cancel / close a waitlist does it cancel the line items of that product or the entire pre-order of the shopper?

If we schedule a waitlist what does the shopper see?

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I want to give customers the choice ship their mixed cart together

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I only want to offer free shipping IF they also purchase an in-stock item

As a US company we need to add Purple Dot as a vendor. How do we do this?

How do I customize the shipping configurations available to shoppers?

How do our manual rates work?

How Purple Dot’s separate checkout works with Avalara

I want certain items not to ship separate from their pre-orders

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Can we allow the use of discount codes?

Do you support affiliate tracking?

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When am I invoiced vs when am I paid out?

For pre-orders, can a shopper use gift cards and discount codes on the same order?

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Why do I see a debit on my bank account for orders refunded in Shopify?

What makes up the "Held balance" total on the finance page?

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I am using Purple Dot’s Paypal integration. Are these funds included in the Finance tab of your dashboard?

Why doesn’t the latest “Closing balance” match the current “Held balance”?

Why is my “Upcoming payouts” figure negative?

What does the “currency exchange” line represent in my statement?

Are the total “Payments received” the same as my total gross sales for that time period?

I have multiple stores that are using Purple Dot. Which are included in my Finances figures?

How does Purple Dot handle fraudulent transactions?

If I have an existing Stripe account that I connect for Purple Dot, where do I see the transactions?

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I want to connect Purple Dot with Klaviyo

We closely monitor “Reached checkout” conversion metric. Are orders placed through your checkout included in that Shopify metric? If not, is there a way to include them to make our conversion data more accurate?

Can I change the language of the emails and checkout?

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Can I turn off Purple Dot abandoned cart emails?

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Can I remove "Pre-order protected by Purple Dot?"

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How do I turn on Tracking and Analytics for Purple Dot?

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We have some previous customers that are not able to checkout with us due to fraud concerns. How does this work with Purple Dot?

How do I automate the publishing of my sales channels for pre-orders?

I want to connect Purple Dot with Ometria

I want to connect Purple Dot with Braze

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How can I make a gift with purchase product work with Purple Dot?

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I need a payout report for reconciliation. Where do I find this?

Is there a report for waitlist performance?

How do I determine the sales of just pre-order products?

How do we get our pre-order download report into one currency?

For brands that charge at shipment, when does the GMV count towards their package?

Pre-order Report: Can I download a report of all pre-orders?

Pre-order Report: Why do the order totals only show on a single row?

Pre-order Report: How do I analyze if we're meeting our estimated ship dates?

Pre-order Report: How do a I download a subset of pre-order?

Pre-order Report: Why do I have multiple shipping rates for an order?

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How does a Customer make a pre-order?

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My exports are failing. What's wrong?

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