How to schedule a Shopify sale that ends automatically

Shopify discount codes and automatic discounts have start and end dates, but in most themes they only show in the cart and at checkout, not as a crossed-out sale price on the product page. For a visible sale price you have to change the product price itself, and Shopify cannot schedule that.

Option 1: automatic discounts

Good when a checkout discount is enough. Set start and end dates under Discounts. The product page still shows the full price.

Option 2: change prices by hand

Set compare-at price to the current price and lower the price, then reverse it when the sale ends. This works for a handful of products and fails at scale: someone has to be awake at the end time, and without a record of every original price, mistakes stay.

Option 3: schedule it

SaleGuard sets a start and end time for a price-based sale, records every original price first, checks every change landed, and restores every price exactly at the end time with nobody watching.

SaleGuard — Run store-wide and scheduled sales that always put every original price back, with one-click undo.
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