Pre-sell Kickstarter style but in Shopify?

Topic summary

A business owner wants to implement a pre-selling campaign system where customers vote on future products by pre-purchasing them, similar to Kickstarter’s model but integrated within Shopify.

Key Requirements:

  • Email customer base with product options
  • Customers “vote” by committing money/pre-ordering
  • Only produce items that receive sufficient pre-orders

Seeking:

  • Examples of successful implementations
  • Shopify app recommendations that support this functionality
  • Direct experience from others who’ve run similar campaigns

The discussion remains open with no responses yet, leaving the question unanswered about which tools or approaches work best for this pre-selling validation strategy.

Summarized with AI on November 22. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

I want to run campaigns where we email our customer base to have them vote on the next product we put into production, but vote with their dollars. Essentially pre-selling.

Has anyone seen a good example of this done, or a Shopify app that suits it best, or have any experience in it?