Pre-registration
Create excitement and awareness of your apps and games before they’re launched
Go to Play ConsoleBuild anticipation
Publish your store listing before you launch with a call to action that will improve your metrics on launch day
Start building user relationships
Users who pre-register for your game will receive a notification at launch, and eligible devices will be able to have the game auto-installed
Offer rewards
Help drive interest, installs, day-1 conversions, and retention by offering users a reward for pre-registering for your app or game
Best practices
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Turn on pre-registration 3-6 weeks before your planned launch date and prior to starting your pre-registration marketing campaign
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Make your app eligible for auto install so users can opt-in to have Play deliver your app to their device automatically on launch day
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Drive traffic to your store listing by including the official pre-registration badge throughout your marketing campaign
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Create a custom store listing during pre-registration, tailoring your assets and messaging for specific countries and pre-launch
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Capture people’s interest and generate an early install base for your app or game before a launch with App campaigns for pre-registration
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Allow users to engage with your app or game before launch with a Google Play Instant version
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Maximize pre-launch momentum
Learn how pre-registration can help you capture consumer demand and activate it at launch
Pre-launch best practices for mobile games
Release early versions of your app for feedback and drive awareness with a pre-registration campaign
How to implement pre-registration
Enable pre-registration for your app or game with these step-by-step guides on the Play Help Center
Pre-launch marketing tools
Learn how to use our tools to customize and experiment with your store presence in this talk from Google I/O'19
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Nexon increases retention and monetization with pre-registration rewards
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Etermax drives almost 30% engagement lift with pre-registration milestone rewards
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Panzerdog doubles retention and drives 3x conversion through testing and Google Play Instant
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League of Legends: Wild Rift drove nearly 40M pre-registrations on Google Play
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More on growing your audience
Accelerate your user growth with our reporting and optimization tools, including unique market insights exclusive to Google Play
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Create excitement and awareness of your apps and games before they’re launched