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Flash sales

A lower price on chosen products for a set time, with a live countdown on product pages and product cards.

Updated · 4 steps

On this page
  1. Create a flash sale
  2. What shoppers see
  3. Feature the sale on your homepage
  4. Good to know
  5. Related articles

Available on the Growth and Pro plans.

Flash sale on a product page: countdown, sale price and low stock

Create a flash sale

  1. Go to Offers → Create offer, click Flash sales at the top, then Use template under Flash sale.
  2. Name, for example "Flash sale: Canvas Tote", and Discount message ("Flash sale").
  3. In Products and price:
    • Click Choose products, tick the products on sale and click Select. Every item of these products gets the sale price while the sale runs.
    • Discount: Percentage off, Amount off each item or Fixed price per item, and the value (20%).
    Products and price: products on sale and the discount
  1. In Countdown:
    • Label shown on the countdown ("Flash sale");
    • Countdown style: Digit tiles, One line or Plain text;
    • Colors: Fire, Ruby, Midnight, Violet, Forest, Sun, or your own Background and Text colors;
    • where it shows: On product pages, under the price and/or On product cards (collections, search, homepage);
    • Show "Starts in" before the sale starts: shoppers see the coming sale price; the discount applies only from the start time;
    • Pulse the timer in the last hour;
    • Low stock message: "Only 6 left in stock" when a variant's tracked stock is at or below this number (0 turns it off). It uses your real inventory.
    • Preview: see the product card and product page Sale running or Before the start.
    Countdown settings with the live preview
  1. In Schedule, set the Start and End date and time, in your store's time zone. A new flash sale runs for 24 hours from now; a flash sale can last up to 31 days.
    Flash sale schedule: date and time in the store's time zone
  1. Click Create offer.

What shoppers see

  • Product page: the countdown under the price, the sale price, the regular price struck through, the saving, and the low-stock message if it is on.
  • Product cards in collections, search results and on the homepage: a badge with the saving and the time left.
    Flash sale badges with the countdown on product cards
  • Before the start (if "Starts in" is on): a "Starts in" countdown with the coming price.
    Countdown styles: one line, plain text, and "Starts in" before the sale

Feature the sale on your homepage

  1. In Shopify admin, go to Online Store → Themes → Customize.
  2. On the homepage, click Add section → Apps → Flash sale.
  3. Optional: set a Heading (empty uses the flash sale's label), a Flash sale ID (empty shows the sale that ends soonest; copy the ID from the offer page in Kitalo) and Products to show (up to 8).
  4. Click Save.
Flash sale block on the homepage

Good to know

  • The countdown always runs to the real start or end time: every shopper sees the same deadline, and it does not reset.
  • When the time is up, Shopify stops the discount and the countdown disappears from the page by itself. The offer then shows as Expired on the Offers list.
  • Change the "Ends in", "Starts in" and low-stock texts under Texts (Design and texts).
  • Flash sales cannot be A/B tested.

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