This guide takes you from install to your first two live schedules: a product publish date and a scheduled price change. Plan on about ten minutes.
Key takeaways
- Install from the Shopify App Store and pick a plan. Both plans start with a 3-day free trial.
- Decide which products need a scheduled change and what that change is.
- Create a schedule with the Draft Helper for publishing, or a price schedule for pricing.
- Review the timeline view before and after a launch.
Before you begin
- Know your launch or sale dates and times, in your store's time zone.
- Decide whether the change is publishing status, a price change, tags, sales channels, or content.
- Have your product list and target prices or tags ready.
Step 1: Install the app and choose a plan
Open the Maestro Products Scheduler listing, click Install and approve the permissions. Choose a plan:
| If you want to | Choose |
|---|---|
| Schedule up to 10 product updates a month, in batches up to 50 products | Demo, $4.99/month |
| Schedule unlimited updates with no per-schedule product limit | Advanced, $9.49/month |
Step 2: Prepare what you want to schedule
- For a product launchCreate the product as a draft, add its content and media, and confirm it is ready to publish.
- For a price changeDecide whether the price should increase, decrease, be set to a fixed value, or use a rounding rule.
- For tagsDecide which tag should be added or removed, and when.
Step 3: Create a Draft Helper schedule
In Maestro, open the Draft Helper and choose the product or products, the action (publish, draft or archive) and the date and time. If the product should later move to draft or archive, add a second schedule for that.
Schedule the end of a launch or sale at the same time you schedule the start. That way a promotion can't stay live by mistake.
Step 4: Schedule a price change
Create a price schedule, select the products or a collection, and choose the type of change (increase, decrease, set price, or rounding). Set the date and time the change should take effect.
Step 5: Schedule tags, sales channels or content
Use Tags Scheduling to add or remove tags automatically, and schedule sales channels, titles, descriptions or media if the launch needs them to change too.
Step 6: Review the timeline and use rollback if needed
Before a big launch, check the timeline view for every upcoming schedule. If something needs correcting after it runs, use rollback to undo it.
Common mistakes to avoid
Do
- Test with one product first, scheduled a few minutes ahead.
- Schedule the start and the end of a sale together.
- Keep batch sizes within your plan's limit.
Avoid
- Scheduling a price change without checking your store's time zone.
- Forgetting to schedule the reverting change after a sale ends.
- Leaving old schedules in the timeline without reviewing them.
Frequently asked questions
How long does setup take?
Most merchants can create their first product schedule within a few minutes of installing the app.
Do I need to know code?
No. You choose products, an action such as publish or price change, and a date and time. There is no code to edit.
Which plan should I start with?
Start with Demo if you are scheduling occasional updates to a small batch of products. Choose Advanced if you need unlimited scheduled updates or no product limit per schedule.
Can I undo a schedule after it runs?
Yes. Rollback lets you undo a scheduled change if something needs to be corrected.