What Shopify schedules
Discount codes and automatic discounts have active dates. Set a start and an end, and the discount turns on and off by itself. It applies at checkout.
What it doesn't
Product prices have no schedule outside Shopify Plus. To show sale prices on product pages, someone changes the prices when the sale starts and again when it ends.
Steps for a timed checkout discount
- Open Discounts and create a discount.
- Choose what it applies to and how much it takes off.
- Under active dates, set the start and the end, with times.
- Save, then check it in a test order.
Steps for timed sale prices
- Export the products' prices, so you have the originals.
- At the start, lower the prices and set compare-at prices with the bulk editor or a CSV import.
- At the end, import the original prices back and clear the compare-at prices.
With Market Manager
Set the products, the discount and the dates once. Prices drop at the start and every original comes back at the end, in your store's time zone.
