Display overview
How the app decides which pages a countdown appears on, and where on the page it lands.
Every countdown has a Display tab, and it answers two separate questions:
Who and where? — the Conditions section narrows the countdown to certain products, pages, customers, languages, or countries.
Where on the page? — the Display position section puts it somewhere, either automatically or at an exact spot you choose.
Both have to be satisfied. A countdown with the right conditions but no position has nowhere to render; one with a position but conditions that never match renders nowhere.
The four pages to know
Two ways to place a countdown
Automatic. Tick Product page under Show countdown on and the app finds the Add to cart area on each product page and puts the countdown just below it. No theme editing, and it follows your theme's layout.
Exact. Copy the Shortcode from the Display tab and paste it into a Samita Countdown app block in your theme editor. The countdown renders precisely where you put that block — a homepage section, a collection banner, above the header.
You can use both on the same countdown. Most stores start with automatic placement and reach for the shortcode when they want the countdown somewhere else as well.
Cart countdowns are different
A cart countdown places itself at the top of the cart form, on both the cart page and the cart drawer, whenever the cart has items. Its Display tab carries no position or device options — instead it has Action after time expired. See When the cart timer expires.
The order things are checked
When a shopper loads a page, for each of your active countdowns the app checks:
Is the app embed on for this theme? If not, nothing happens at all.
Is the countdown Active?
Do its Conditions match this page, this product, this customer?
Does its timing say it should be visible right now?
Is there somewhere to put it — an Add to cart area on a product page, or a shortcode block?
Every one has to pass. When a countdown doesn't appear, working down that list finds the reason — see Countdown not showing.
Next steps
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