Countdown

Countdown shows customers the period of time when the product is on the promotion.

  • From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store -> Themes.

  • Find the theme that you want to edit, and then click Customize.

  • Choose Products from the dropdown window -> Choose Default product.

  • From the side menu, select Product information. Click + Add block and select "Countdown" block, or click the Search bar to enter a search term.

Setting
Description

Text

Add text to display as a block text. (Leave the field blank to hide the text)

Type

Select countdown type the dropdown menu:

  • For all products

  • For each product

  • For collection

Time

Add time with format to show countdown. (Example: Dec 31, 2025 18:00:00)

Collection

Select a collection to show products belong to that collection. When you choose: For collection

Section padding

Setting
Description

Top padding

Determines the height of the top inner space of the section. Can be from 0px to 100px, increasing arithmetically of 1px (pixel).

Bottom padding

Determines the height of the bottom inner space of the section. Can be from 0px to 100px, increasing arithmetically of 1px (pixel).


How to add new Metafields to use the 'For each product' option?

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Settings -> Custom data.

  2. Click Products → Add Definition.

  1. Please enter correct Namespace and Key as we noted below.

Name: Countdown
Namespace and key: custom.countdown
Select content type: Single line text

How to insert content for Product Metafields?

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products -> All products.

  2. Find and choose the product that you want to edit.

  3. In the Metafields, you need to insert timer structure for "Countdown".

Please use this structure below to insert countdown for your product. Example: Oct 11, 2025 18:04:00 - Oct (mm): This is abbreviation of October and please use the abbreviation of months in this countdown structure. - Please use 1 white space among mm dd yyyy.

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