Waitlist / Waitlist mode & the store

Waitlist mode & the store

Waitlist mode lets you ship your store early but keep it closed — only people you have invited can get in. When the waitlist is over, one toggle opens it to everyone. Your website code never changes.

What it does

Waitlist mode is a switch on the app (you can flip it from the app's settings or from the waitlist's detail page). It acts as a gate on the hosted store:

Waitlist mode	A visitor opening your store sees…
Off	The store, as normal. Anyone can buy or sign up.
On	A redirect to your waitlist form (or your custom “Store visitor redirect” URL). If neither exists: “Access by invitation only.” The store is hidden.
On + valid invite token	The store, unlocked — because they arrived from a working invite link.
On + spent/unknown token	“This invite link is invalid or has already been used.”

The gate is the same personal token from the invite email — it opens the store until its invite converts to Joined. That is what ties “I invited you” to “you can now reach the store”.

The post-invite redirect

Each waitlist has a Redirect URL after invite — where the invite link sends people. To gate your store, point it at the store. The Use store URL button fills it in for you. Onelo appends the token automatically:

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Redirect URL after invite:  https://onelo.tools/customer/app/your-app-slug
Link the user receives:     https://onelo.tools/customer/app/your-app-slug?onelo_token=…

You can also point the redirect at your own site (e.g. a registration page) — the ?onelo_token=… parameter is appended either way, and your SDK can check it.

The full launch sequence

Turn waitlist mode on

Embed your store now. With waitlist mode on, the public is sent to your waitlist form instead.

Collect signups

Run the waitlist form (link to it from the gated store, or run both side by side).

Invite in waves

Invite the top N. Each invited person gets a token link straight to the store.

They convert

Invited users sign up / buy and are marked Joined.

Go public

Turn waitlist mode off. The store opens to everyone — same embed, no code change.