Dispatch and handling time guides
Practical answers to the timing questions Shopify doesn’t answer natively. Each guide covers the free ways first; the app appears only where it genuinely earns its place.
How to show handling time on Shopify product pages
Shopify has no per-product handling time field. All four ways to add one, from a free store-wide notice to a metafield rendered with Liquid.
Shopify vacation mode: four ways to go away without closing
There is no vacation switch. Pausing, password pages, notices, and the option that keeps earning: honest extended dispatch dates.
Christmas cutoffs and holiday closures, without the January hangover
The last order date is per product, not per store. Working it out, showing it, and coming back in January with nothing stale.
Made to order on Shopify: lead times customers actually trust
There's no production time field. Measuring your real lead time, quoting a range you always hit, and keeping it true when orders queue up.
Estimated delivery dates on Shopify: promise what you control
Delivery is dispatch plus transit, and only one half is yours. Why estimator apps guess, and the honest pattern that holds instead.
Shopify processing time: what it is, and where it belongs
Processing, handling and dispatch time are one thing under three names. Measuring yours, and why the shipping policy is the wrong place for it.
Pre-order vs made to order: which one are you actually running?
They look identical to a shopper and need opposite messaging. One question tells you which you are, and which tooling you don't need.