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Pre-saver intel: the actual list

Pre-saver intel: the actual list

Most platforms give you a pre-save number. BCKSTG gives you the list. Names, cities, BCKSTG fan accounts, opt-in emails, every fan who pre-saved your release.

Open it from Dashboard → Releases. Click the pre-save count on any release and the drawer slides in.

What you see

For every pre-saver:

  • Name and city (collected at the Green Room pre-save modal).
  • The exact date they pre-saved.
  • Whether they are a BCKSTG fan account or a Spotify-only pre-save.
  • Their email if they are a BCKSTG fan or opted in at the modal.

If a fan skips name and city, they still count toward the pre-save total. They just appear as anonymous in the drawer.

How to actually use it

Geo-target your release-day blast. If 40% of pre-savers cluster in two cities, send the SMS at 7 a.m. local time in those two cities. The rest gets the email.

Spot a tour market early. A city you were not planning to book that is pulling 8% of pre-saves is a city you should book. Pre-save heatmaps tend to beat streaming geo by weeks.

Pitch labels, agents, press with receipts. "412 pre-saved this single in Mexico City before release day" lands very different from "we have a following down there."

Reach the real ones. The pre-savers with a name and a BCKSTG account took 30 seconds to fill out a form for your music. That is a different list than your full subscriber base. Tag them.

Where the data comes from

Green Room is the BCKSTG pre-save modal. When a fan taps your pre-save link, they see a branded modal with your artwork instead of a raw Spotify auth screen. Name and city are asked there. Spotify gets the pre-save action, BCKSTG gets the fan.

Privacy

Anonymous pre-savers are real Spotify accounts that chose not to share profile info. You see the count, not the identity. Their privacy stays intact, your number stays honest.

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