Setting Up a Schedule

Each shipping method has its own schedule. Go to Delivery Slots → Schedules to see them all.

Click a shipping method to edit its schedule. Shipping methods themselves are created in Commerce → Store Management → Shipping Methods.

Offer delivery times

Turn this on for customers to choose a slot for the method. While it’s on, customers can’t pay for an order with this method until they’ve chosen one. Turn it off to stop offering slots without losing the schedule.

Time windows

Each row is a window, such as 8–10am, that runs on the ticked days.

Column	Description
Start, End	The window’s times, in the site’s time zone
Mon … Sun	The days it runs
Orders per slot	How many orders the window takes on each day. 10 means ten orders on Monday, ten on Tuesday, and so on

To have shorter Saturdays, untick Saturday on the afternoon windows. For a window that takes more orders on one day, add a second row with the same times for that day.

Windows don’t have to be the same length. Pickup is often hourly, and delivery two- or four-hourly.

Ordering window

Setting	Description
Next-day cut-off	Orders for tomorrow close at this time today. With 8:00 PM, an order placed at 9pm on Monday can’t choose Tuesday. Leave it blank for no cut-off
Same-day slots	Let customers choose a slot later today. Off by default
Book at least	How many hours before a slot starts it can still be chosen. With 2 hours, the 2–4pm slot closes at noon
Show slots up to	How many days ahead the picker shows

Closed days

Dates with no slots, such as public holidays or a stocktake. The label is shown to customers in place of the slots, such as “Christmas Day”. Without a label, the day shows as “Closed”.

Weekdays with no windows, such as Sunday above, are closed every week; you don’t need to add them.

Changes on a date

A different limit for one window on one date, without changing the weekly schedule. Use it when a driver is away (fewer orders), for a big catering order (more), or to close one window for the day (0).

Column	Description
Date	The day
Window starting	The start time of the window to change, such as 8:00 AM
Orders per slot	The limit for that window on that day. 0 closes it

To close the whole day, use Closed days instead.

Zones

With Geo Maps installed, add the areas you deliver to, and give each its own days, order limit and fee. See Delivery Zones.

Pickup

Pickup works the same way: create a Pick up in store shipping method in Commerce, with a rule that matches every order, then give it a schedule. Turn on Same-day slots and set Book at least to 1 hour for “ready in an hour”. See the click and collect example.

Several stores

On a multi-store Commerce site, the Schedules page lists each store’s shipping methods separately, and each method has its own schedule.