Daily recurring timer

Run a timer on chosen weekdays between a start and end time, repeating every week.

A Daily recurring timer runs inside a window you define — for example every weekday from 9 am to 11 am — and counts down to the end of that window. Outside the window it shows nothing at all, and it comes back on its own the next time the window opens.

The app describes it as "Daily recurring timer." with the example "E.g. every weekday from 9 am to 11 am."

Use it for a happy hour, a lunchtime flash sale, a weekend-only promotion, or a daily deal.

Steps to set it up

1

Create the countdown

Click Create countdown from the dashboard or the Countdowns page.

2

Pick a Countdown timer template

Leave the type tab on Countdown timer, choose a design, and click Select.

3

Name it

Something that captures the schedule, like "Weekday happy hour 9–11".

4

Write the text

On the Settings tab, open Content and set the Title, Subtitle, and timer labels. Copy that suits a repeating window — "Today's deal ends in:" — reads better than a one-off deadline. See Timer text and button.

5

Choose Daily recurring timer

In Setting timer, set Time type to Daily recurring timer.

The section changes to show three groups of fields: a date range, the weekdays, and the daily time window.

A recurring timer needs a date range, the weekdays, and the daily hours.

6

Set the campaign's date range

Under Date between, set Start date and End date. This is the outer boundary — the whole recurring campaign only runs between these two dates.

Set the End date far in the future for an open-ended promotion, or to the end of the month for a month-long one.

7

Pick the weekdays

Under Weekday, tick the days the timer should run: Monday through Sunday. All seven are selected by default — untick the ones you don't want.

Tick only the days the offer runs.

8

Set the daily window

Under Time between, set Start time and End time, each with hours, minutes, and seconds.

On every selected weekday, the timer appears at the Start time and counts down to the End time. The defaults are 9:15 to 10:15.

9

Choose what happens at zero

Set When countdown timer end. Hide countdown block is the natural fit — the window closes, the timer goes, and it returns tomorrow. See When the timer ends.

10

Style it, place it, and save

Adjust the Design tab if you want, then on the Display tab tick Product page or copy the Shortcode, and narrow it with Conditions if needed.

Set the status to Active and click Save.

11

Check it during the window

Open a matching page on your live storefront while the window is open — the timer should be visible, counting down to the End time.

Check it outside the window too. Seeing nothing then is the correct result, not a fault.

How the window is evaluated

Three things must all be true for the timer to show:

1. Today falls inside the Date between range.

2. Today is one of the ticked Weekday days.

3. The current time is between Start time and End time.

If any one fails, nothing renders.

The check runs against the shopper's own device clock and calendar. A shopper several timezones away therefore sees the window at their 9 am, not yours — which is usually what you want for a "happy hour", but is worth knowing if your promotion is tied to a specific moment in your own timezone. For that, use Count down to a date instead.

Nothing appearing when you expect it to? Check the End date hasn't already passed, and that today is one of the ticked weekdays. Both are easy to leave behind after a campaign has run for a while.

Next steps

• When the timer ends

• Count down to a date

• Countdown not showing

• Display conditions