Setting up scheduled sales for products: available until a certain date #

In Autorespond you can set a start date and an end date for the sale of a product. The product can optionally stay visible on your website, but customers can no longer order it after the end date you set.

When to use scheduled sales #

Scheduled sales are useful for:

• Webinars with a fixed date: sales stop automatically after the webinar
• Early bird offers: stopping automatically on a certain date
• Seasonal products: available up to a certain period
• Temporary promotions and discounts

How to set up scheduled sales #

1. Go to Shop → Products
2. Open the product you want to limit
3. In the right-hand sidebar, in the ‘Publish’ section, you can adjust the ‘available until’ date
4. Enter the dates you want:
   • Published date/time: from when the product should be visible in the shop (optional)
   • Available Until date/time: until when the product is available
5. Optional: tick the box to hide the product completely after this date

Once you have set this, you also see it in the product overview:

How it works for customers #

After the end date you set, the following happens:

• The product stays visible on your website (if you have not unticked the box)
• The “Add to cart” button disappears
• The text “This product is currently unavailable” appears
• Customers can no longer order the product

Scheduled sales versus stock management #

Scheduled sales work differently from stock management:

You can combine both functions. A product then stops selling as soon as the stock runs out OR the end date is reached, whichever comes first.

Tips for webinars and events #

For a webinar on Wednesday you set the end date to Wednesday 23:59. Sales then stop automatically at midnight and you do not have to think about it any more.

For early bird prices you can create two products: an early bird version (available until a certain date) and the regular version (available from that same date).