My RC Hangar review for Back in Stock: Restock Alerts
May 21, 2021
DO NOT USE. This app is open to abuse by allowing unauthenticated notifications to be raised against products: 1) Someone could falsely register interest in products resulting in stock purchases by the subscriber that do not represent demand 2) Someone could falsely register email addresses/email list resulting in spam complaints blocking of e-commerce store 3) Someone could falsely register product interest that results in your subscription level be unnecessarily increased to the next tier.
Thank you for your review and feedback; Our mission is to offer shops a solution to allow their customers to easily sign up for back in stock notifications. With that in mind, notifications can indeed be created freely, but they go through an internal validation process to verify and flag those created by automated systems or deemed unauthentic. Once flagged, such notifications are not visible and do not count towards the shops' quota. Also, we have the option to include (upon request) a reCaptcha, mitigating even further potential attacks on the storefront. Paid plans will never automatically upgrade regardless of usage. Plan changes require an explicit approval from the shop owner through Shopify's charge authorization flow. Kind regards, The Back in Stock Team
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