✅ Step 1: Open the Hoppy Countdown Timer
1️⃣ From your Shopify admin, open the Hoppy Countdown Timer app.
2️⃣ Select the Countdown Type — where you want the timer to appear on your store:
Product Page🛍️- Show a timer on product pages. This is ideal for flash sales or limited-time offers on specific items.
Top/Bottom Bar🔝🔽- A sticky bar at the top or bottom of your website is great for sitewide messages or storewide promotions.
Landing Page 🖥️– Use this when creating a special landing page for a campaign or product launch. The timer will be shown there to emphasize urgency.
Cart Page – Display the countdown on the cart page to encourage customers to complete their purchase quickly. Perfect for limited-time cart holds or shipping deadlines.
Email Timer✉️ – Generate a timer image to embed in your email campaigns. This helps drive urgency in email promotions with an actual ticking clock.
✅ Step 2: Customize Your Countdown Timer
3️⃣ Under the Content tab, fill in the following fields:
Title📢 – The main heading of your countdown (e.g., Hurry! Sale ends soon!).
Subheading📝 – Additional info to support the title (e.g., Offer valid until midnight!).
Time Labels📆 – Customize the text for days, hours, minutes, and seconds.
4️⃣ Scroll down to the Scheduling section and choose your Timer Type:
Countdown to a Date🕒 – Set a specific date and time for the countdown to end (perfect for limited-time events like Black Friday).
Daily Recurring Timer🔁– Resets daily when a visitor enters your store. Great for evergreen urgency like "Offer ends in 10 minutes!"
Fixed Minutes Timer☀️ – A countdown that starts when a customer visits your site and runs for a set number of minutes. Choose:
Start Now – The Timer begins as soon as the customer enters.
Schedule to Start Later – Select a future start time.
5️⃣ Choose what happens when the countdown reaches zero:
Unpublish Timer🛑– Automatically remove the countdown.
Show Custom Title📢 – Replace timer with a message (e.g., Offer has ended!).
Do Nothing⏸️ – Timer stays on the screen as-is.
✅ Step 3: Customize the appearance of the Countdown Timer
6️⃣ Navigate to the Design tab to personalize your timer:
Choose a Color Template 🎨
Change Background Color, adjust Fonts, and set Button Colors
Match the design with your brand style for a consistent experience.
✅ Step 4: Navigate to the Placement tab
7️⃣ Go to the Placement tab and set where and how the timer appears:
Time-on-Site Targeting ⏳ – Choose from the dropdown to either "Always Show" or "Show After a While" when a visitor arrives on your website.
Location on Store: Choose where to display the countdown:
All Product Pages 🛍️ – A Timer will appear on every product page.
Specific Product Pages 📦 – Select individual product pages to show the timer.
All Products in Specific Collections 🗂️ – Choose a collection to apply the timer to all products inside it.
Custom Position 🎯 – Manually place the countdown anywhere on your store using the provided selector.
✅ Step 5: Save & Publish
7️⃣ Once you're satisfied, click Save and Publish to activate the countdown timer.
8️⃣ Check your store to preview the countdown live in action!
9️⃣ If necessary, return to the Hoppy Countdown Timer app and make adjustments.
🎉 That’s it! Your Countdown Timer is live and ready to create urgency and increase conversions! 🏁