If you follow a fixed delivery schedule every day, but there are occasions when you want to block or hide specific delivery time slots so that they are not shown to your customers during checkout.
This guide will walk you through the process of blocking delivery time slots for selected dates or weekdays using the Flexi Delivery & Pickup Date app.
Block Time Slot Settings #
- From your Shopify admin panel, go to Apps> Flexi Delivery & Pickup Date > Settings > and click on the Block Time Slot tab.
Under the “Block Time Slot for” setting, you can click on the ‘+Add More‘ button, which will open up a pop-up with different settings to configure.
Blocking Time Slots for Specific Dates #
If you want to temporarily block time slots for one or more dates:
- Select the Dates option.
- Use the calendar to pick the date(s) when you won’t be able to deliver.
- After selecting the date(s), scroll down to choose the time slot(s) you want to block.
Admin Configuration
You run an online Strawberries and Jam store and deliver every hour between 11:00 and 18:00. But on 27th April, you won’t be able to deliver between 14:00 and 16:00.
→ Select 27 April from the calendar and then pick 14:00 to 16:00 from the time slot dropdown.
Frontend Experience #
When the customer visits the checkout page, the time slot 14:00 to 16:00 on 27th April will no longer be available for selection during checkout.
Blocking Time Slots for Weekdays #
If you want to temporarily block time slots for a specific weekday:
- Select the Weekdays option.
- Choose the weekday (e.g., Tuesday).
- Pick the time slot(s) you wish to block for that weekday.
Admin Configuration
You deliver every Tuesday, but cannot fulfill orders from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM.
→ Choose Tuesday, and select 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM in the time slot dropdown.
Simply select the slots you want to hide from the dropdown.
Note: You can also select
- A single time slot for multiple dates/weekdays
- Multiple time slots for a single date/weekday
Frontend Experience #
If a customer selects Tuesday, April 29th, the 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM time slot (which you’ve blocked) will not be displayed.
They will only see other slots depending on the date and time slot settings you have set in the delivery schedule settings.
When the customer selects other weekdays, they will only see the time slots that are available for those specific days, based on the delivery schedule settings you have configured.
View and Manage Blocked Time Slots #
Once added, all your blocked time slots will appear in a table under the Blocked Time Slots section.
- Unblock: Click the Unblock button next to a time slot to make it available again.
- Delete: Select one or more time slots using the checkboxes, choose Delete from the Bulk Actions dropdown, and click Apply to remove them completely.
