Waitlist is the simplest way where customers can subscribe to a product that is out of stock on WooCommerce Shop. By sending the email notification regarding product availability to subscribed customers helps you in increasing the sales and customers satisfaction. In this article, we have listed Top 3 Best Waitlist plugins.

1. YITH WooCommerce Waiting List
2. WooCommerce Waitlist
3. SUMO WooCommerce Waitlist

1. YITH WooCommerce Waiting List

YITH WooCommerce Waiting List is developed by Yith. It allows customers to add the out of stock item to a product waiting list. Once the product back into your e-commerce store, they will receive the email about product availability.

Key features offered by this plugin are as follows,
– Add to WAITING LIST button will be automatically added when the product becomes out of stock
– An email notification will be sent to subscribed customers when the product is back in stock
– You can use the plugin in combination with Mandrill
– Option for the site admin to keep the user list even after the email has been sent
– Customize the style of the Subscription button
– Site Admin can manage the wait lists by Edit, Delete, Forward the emails or add users manually
– It allows the registration to the list on any page of the site
– It allows users to unsubscribe from a waiting list

2. WooCommerce Waitlist

WooCommerce Waitlist is developed by the team at the WooCommerce. It allows you to build a waiting list of the customers who are subscribed for the unavailable item and it will automatically notify those customers when a product becomes in stock.

Some of the main features offered by this plugin are as follows,
– Sends email notification to customers regarding when they can purchase the item that is currently out of stock
– Allows maintaining users record list that has been emailed an in-stock notification
– Allows customers to edit their waiting list and easily review
– It helps to easily identify ‘most wanted’ products to prioritize re-stocking

Some of the other features are,
– Option for the site admin to display the Waitlist Buttons on archive pages(e.g. the shop page/product category pages)
– Email notification to a site administrator when a customer joins a waitlist
– Options to add google analytics tracking codes to WooCommerce Waitlist emails
– Option for the site admin to set a minimum stock before WooCommerce Waitlist in-stock notifications are sent out

3. SUMO WooCommerce Waitlist

SUMO WooCommerce Waitlist is developed by FantasticPlugins. It allows customers to subscribe a product when it is Out of Stock on the WooCommerce Shop. Customers who are interested in purchasing that product can subscribe and get an email notification when the product becomes In-stock.

Key features offered by this plugin are as follows,
– Works with both Simple Product and Variable Product
– It works for both Guests and Members
– Supports Email Subscription Form when Product becomes Out of Stock
– An email notification will be sent to the subscribed customers when the product is available on the store
– Export Waitlist as CSV file
– Each Product page displays its respective Email Subscriber list in the backend
– Email Id will be pre-filled in the Subscription Form for members
– Option to Lists the number of Subscribers to be notified for each Product using which you can understand the Product Priority for Restocking
– Option to clear Back In Stock Notify List after successful notification
– A list of subscribed products will be displayed in each customer account
– Option to leave the Waitlist for Logged-In User
– Allows site admin to send manual emails for All Subscribed Users/Selected Subscribed Users
– Allows site admin to track conversion for waitlist products
– Option for the site admin to set a minimum inventory threshold for sending automatic In-Stock emails
– Option for the site admin to enable double Opt-In for waitlist subscription
– Waitlist Subscribers can be exported as a CSV[All Products/Individual Products] – Site admin will be notified by email If the number of subscribers exceeds the maximum threshold
– Option for the site admin to view the reports about the waitlist