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Shopify app for a fair queue during drops

Install Hibira Waiting Room from the Shopify App Store, turn on its app embed and schedule a drop. Shoppers wait in a fair line with their place and wait time and are let in at the rate you choose, and a checkout rule stops anyone who skips the line. No Shopify Plus needed.

Hibira Waiting Room (Shopify app)GitHub ↗

  • A hosted waiting page with each shopper's place, the people ahead and an estimated wait, in seven languages.
  • Queue the whole store or only products with certain tags, and open the line early so arrival order decides.
  • A checkout rule stops orders without a pass during the drop, including shared cart links and Buy it now.
  • Watch waiting and let-in counts live in your Shopify admin, and change the rate while the drop runs.
The app in the Shopify admin during a drop: 4 waiting, 21 let in, 25 joined, and the drop's times, rate and tagged products.
The app in the Shopify admin during a drop: 4 waiting, 21 let in, 25 joined, and the drop's times, rate and tagged products.

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  1. Install

    Shopify admin → Apps → Shopify App Store
  → search "Hibira Waiting Room" → Install
The app opens in your admin. There is nothing to sign up for.

  2. Turn it on in your theme

    Hibira Waiting Room → Setup → Open theme editor
  → turn on "Hibira Waiting Room" → Save
It does nothing until a drop is scheduled.

  3. Schedule a drop

    Hibira Waiting Room → Schedule a drop
  Drop starts / Drop ends        2026-12-01 10:00 → 12:00
  Open the queue early (minutes) 15
  Shoppers let in per minute     60
  Queue for                      Products with these tags: drop
  → Schedule drop

Before you start

  • The checkout rule is added for you under Settings → Checkout → Checkout rules and is on only during a drop. It works on every Shopify plan except Starter.
  • Free covers 5,000 queued shoppers a month. Drop, Launch and Event plans, and a one-off event pass, are billed by Shopify on your invoice. Development stores get test charges.
  • Each drop starts a new line from number 1. Changing the rate during a drop keeps everyone's place.

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