Run a timed sale

A sale is a Window with a Variant prices change: prices drop at the start and go back at the end. Variant prices are on the Extra and Unlimited plans.

Set up the sale#

1. 1

   Start from the template

   Select New schedule, then the Flash sale prices template: 20% off for 48 hours, then back. Or start blank and choose Window.

2. 2

   Set the window

   Choose when the sale Starts and Reverts, in your store's time zone or another.

3. 3

   Pick the products

   Add a Variant prices change and choose products (all their variants) or single variants.

4. 4

   Set the price

   Choose how the price changes:

   • Set a price: every variant gets the same price.
   • Take a percentage off: above 0, up to 100.
   • Take an amount off: in your store's currency.
5. 5

   Round and show it's on sale

   Pick a Rounding: Round down to .99, Round down to .95 or Round down to a whole amount. Rounding goes down, so a discount is never less than you set.

   Set Compare-at price to Set to the price before the change to show each variant as on sale, with its old price crossed out.

Try the numbers:

What happens at the end#

With Revert, each variant gets back its own price and compare-at price from before the sale, whatever they were. Metascheduler saved them at the start.

If someone changed a variant's price during the sale, that variant is left alone and shows in Needs you, where you choose to restore the old price anyway or keep the new one. See How reverting works.

Good to know#

• Prices are in your store's currency.
• A change that would take a price below zero isn't made for that variant, and the editor warns you.
• If a Shopify rollout turns on a discount at the same time, the editor warns that prices may clash. The buyer could get both.
• To keep the sale prices after the end, choose Keep under At the end.