<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Kelso Journal</title><description>Practical, sourced notes on back in stock apps for Shopify: migration, deliverability, and pricing.</description><link>https://kelsohq.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Back in stock alerts for a specific size or color, not the whole product</title><link>https://kelsohq.com/blog/back-in-stock-alert-specific-variant-shopify/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kelsohq.com/blog/back-in-stock-alert-specific-variant-shopify/</guid><description>Why a product-level notify-me trains customers to ignore you, how variant-level back in stock alerts work on Shopify, and a five-minute test to check which one you actually have.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to test your back in stock alerts before you trust them</title><link>https://kelsohq.com/blog/test-back-in-stock-alerts-shopify/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kelsohq.com/blog/test-back-in-stock-alerts-shopify/</guid><description>Restock alerts fail quietly, and you usually find out from a sales dip, not an error message. Here is a ten-minute self-test any merchant can run on any app to prove alerts actually fire and land before you rely on them.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>4 back in stock email templates you can copy today</title><link>https://kelsohq.com/blog/back-in-stock-email-templates-shopify/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kelsohq.com/blog/back-in-stock-email-templates-shopify/</guid><description>Four real back in stock email templates for Shopify, from a basic restock alert to a win-back for something long out of stock, plus what makes a restock subject line actually get opened</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SMS opens faster than email, but that is not the whole back in stock story</title><link>https://kelsohq.com/blog/back-in-stock-sms-vs-email-shopify/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kelsohq.com/blog/back-in-stock-sms-vs-email-shopify/</guid><description>A plain comparison of SMS and email restock alerts on Shopify: real open and conversion numbers, actual per-message SMS costs, opt-in law, and when each channel makes sense.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to add a back in stock button to your Shopify product pages</title><link>https://kelsohq.com/blog/add-back-in-stock-button-shopify/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kelsohq.com/blog/add-back-in-stock-button-shopify/</guid><description>Three real routes for adding a notify-me button when a variant sells out: theme code, Shopify&apos;s native workarounds, and a purpose-built app block, plus what to check before you trust any of them.</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stocky is shutting down August 31. Here&apos;s what small Shopify stores can do</title><link>https://kelsohq.com/blog/stocky-shutting-down-august-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kelsohq.com/blog/stocky-shutting-down-august-2026/</guid><description>Stocky&apos;s shutdown timeline, what breaks and when, the supplier data you need to export now, and an honest roundup of native, budget, and enterprise alternatives for small Shopify stores.</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your restock email is late, and that is deciding who gets the sale</title><link>https://kelsohq.com/blog/restock-alert-timing-shopify/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kelsohq.com/blog/restock-alert-timing-shopify/</guid><description>How demand decays after a restock, why batch pacing and send speed both matter, and how to audit your back in stock app&apos;s actual send latency, timestamp by timestamp.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Back in stock apps for Shopify: what the pricing actually costs at scale</title><link>https://kelsohq.com/blog/back-in-stock-app-pricing-shopify/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kelsohq.com/blog/back-in-stock-app-pricing-shopify/</guid><description>A line-by-line pricing teardown of Swym, Appikon, Amp, STOQ, Notify!, and Kbite, plus what per-subscriber vs. per-send metering means for your actual monthly bill as your list grows.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why restock alert emails fail at the exact moment they matter</title><link>https://kelsohq.com/blog/back-in-stock-email-not-sending/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kelsohq.com/blog/back-in-stock-email-not-sending/</guid><description>The four reasons back in stock alerts go missing or don&apos;t help: bad webhooks, burst sends, no audit trail, and Markets mismatches. 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