Marketing & urgency

Countdown Timer

In the app: Countdown Timer. Add a limited-time countdown on product, cart, shop, or site-wide pages.

Countdown Timer widget preview
Countdown Timer widget preview

When to use it

  • Flash sales with a fixed end time
  • Launch windows for new products
  • Collection-wide urgency on shop pages
  • Recurring daily offers (happy hour style)

Countdown types

In the editor, choose how the timer is calculated:

ModeBehavior
StaticCountdown to a fixed end date/time (optional start now or schedule later)
EvergreenPer-visitor duration (days / hours / minutes / seconds); can repeat when finished
Daily RecurringRepeats on selected weekdays with time slots

Countdown Timer is a storefront urgency widget. It does not create a checkout product discount through Shopify Functions (unlike Normal Discount or Bundle Discount).

Setup

  1. Create Campaign → Countdown Timer
  2. Choose Static, Evergreen, or Daily Recurring
  3. Set timer rules and optional campaign Schedule
  4. Set trigger products or scope for shop-wide display
  5. Pages & Display, enable Product, Shop, Cart, and/or Entire site
  6. Choose in-page position per tab (display mode is In Page only for this type)
  7. Publish

Storefront behavior

Countdown on the product page
Countdown on the product page
Countdown on shop / collection product cards
Countdown on shop / collection product cards
  • Timer counts down in real time
  • When time expires, behavior follows your countdown and schedule rules

Placements

Product page, Shop page, Cart page, and Entire site, the broadest placement options in BundleWise.

Tips

  • Align end time with email or ad campaigns
  • Test on mobile, shop grid timers are easy to miss if contrast is low