If your Shopify store lets customers choose a delivery date, pickup date, appointment date, or rental date, simply adding a calendar isn't always enough. Most businesses have scheduling rules that determine when customers can place orders and which dates are actually available.
For example, a florist may stop accepting same-day deliveries after 2 PM, a bakery may require several days to prepare a custom cake, while a furniture store may not deliver on weekends or public holidays. Without these restrictions, customers may select dates that your business can't fulfill, creating unnecessary order adjustments and customer support requests.
Shopify doesn't provide these scheduling controls by default. Its standard date picker can't automatically block holiday dates, disable unavailable weekdays, or apply daily order cutoffs.
With Easify Custom Product Options, the Date Picker option gives merchants much greater flexibility. You can configure Blockout Dates to control exactly which dates customers can select and use Cutoff Time to automatically remove delivery dates after your daily ordering deadline has passed.
In this guide, you'll learn how to configure both features to build a smarter scheduling experience—without writing a single line of code.
Key Takeaways
- Block holidays, weekends, and unavailable dates using Blockout Dates.
- Add preparation lead times before customers can place an order.
- Automatically stop accepting same-day or next-day orders using Cutoff Time.
- Combine your Date Picker with other Easify features such as Conditional Logic and pricing rules.
- Everything can be configured directly inside Easify—no coding required.
Why Shopify's Default Date Picker Isn't Enough
A standard Shopify date picker simply lets customers select a date. It doesn't understand your business schedule, delivery deadlines, public holidays, or the preparation time needed to fulfill an order.
For many businesses, this creates unnecessary fulfillment issues. Customers may choose dates when your business is closed, place same-day orders after your daily cutoff, or request deliveries before you've had enough time to prepare.
With Easify's Date Picker, you can control exactly which dates customers can choose and automatically remove dates that don't fit your delivery schedule.
If you're new to Easify, you can also read What is the Easify Custom Product Options app for Shopify? to learn more about the app.
Method 1: Block Holiday Dates and Unavailable Dates
The first step is deciding which dates customers are allowed to choose.
With Blockout Dates, you can either allow only specific dates or block dates that aren't available. This helps ensure customers only see delivery or booking dates that your business can actually fulfill.
To begin, create a Date Picker option, open Advanced Settings, then change Date for Selection from All Days to Blockout Dates.
Allow Only Certain Dates
If your business only accepts orders during specific periods, Easify lets you define exactly when customers can book.
There are two ways to do this:
- Enable specific date ranges allows customers to select dates only within the date ranges you specify.
- Enable specific dates allows customers to select only individual dates that you manually choose.
This setup works well for seasonal promotions, workshops, holiday campaigns, or businesses that only operate on selected dates throughout the year.
Block Dates You Can't Fulfill
For most merchants, it's much easier to block unavailable dates than to define every available one.
Using Blockout Dates, you can:
- Disable specific holidays or company closure dates.
- Prevent customers from selecting past dates.
- Require customers to place orders several days in advance.
- Limit how far into the future customers can book.
- Disable weekends or any specific weekday.
For example, a florist may block Valentine's Day once delivery capacity has been reached, while a furniture store could disable every Sunday because deliveries aren't available on weekends.
Add Preparation Lead Time
The Disable dates before setting helps create a preparation window before customers can select the earliest available date.
For example:
- A florist may require 1 day's notice before delivery.
- A bakery may need 2–3 days to prepare a custom cake.
- A furniture store may require 5 business days before delivery.
Because these settings work together, you can create more advanced scheduling rules—for example, blocking weekends while also requiring customers to place orders three days in advance.
Method 2: Set Daily Cutoff Times
Blocking unavailable dates is only part of the scheduling process. Many businesses also need to stop accepting orders after a certain time each day.
For example, a flower shop may offer same-day delivery only until 2 PM, while a bakery may stop accepting next-day cake orders after 5 PM. Rather than reviewing these orders manually, Easify can automatically update the available delivery dates based on the current time.
With Cutoff Time, customers only see delivery dates that your business can still fulfill, helping reduce scheduling mistakes and unnecessary follow-up.
Same-Day Cutoff
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Use Same-Day Cutoff if you only accept same-day orders before a specific time.
For example, if your cutoff time is 2:00 PM, customers ordering before 2 PM can still select today's delivery date. Once the clock passes 2 PM, today's date automatically disappears and tomorrow becomes the earliest available option.
This setup is ideal for businesses offering same-day local delivery, such as florists, gift shops, and food businesses.
Next-Day Cutoff
If your business also has a deadline for next-day delivery, configure a Next-Day Cutoff.
For example, if next-day delivery closes at 5:00 PM, customers ordering after 5 PM won't be able to select tomorrow anymore. Instead, the earliest available delivery date automatically moves forward by another day.
This is especially useful for products that require overnight preparation or production before shipment.
Configure Different Cutoff Times for Different Days
Business hours aren't always the same throughout the week.
Easify lets you configure different cutoff times for each weekday, making it easy to match your actual operating schedule. For example, you might use a 2 PM cutoff on weekdays, a 12 PM cutoff on Saturdays, and disable same-day delivery completely on Sundays.
Additional Settings
Once your scheduling rules are configured, you can combine the Date Picker with other Easify features to create a smoother customer experience.
For example, you can use Conditional Logic to display the Date Picker only when customers choose a Delivery option instead of Store Pickup. This keeps the product page clean by only showing the calendar when it's actually needed.
You can also add extra charges for premium delivery services. For instance, you might charge an additional fee for weekend delivery, express delivery, or deliveries during peak holiday periods. If the fee should only be charged once, even when multiple products are added to the cart, you can use Easify's Apply Fee Once feature.Â
Final Thoughts
Choosing a delivery or booking date should be simple for customers—but behind the scenes, merchants often have to manage holidays, preparation time, delivery schedules, and daily order deadlines.
With Easify's Date Picker, you can handle all of these scheduling rules in one place. Blockout Dates let you control exactly which dates customers can select, while Cutoff Time automatically updates available dates based on your daily ordering deadlines. Together, these features help prevent scheduling conflicts, reduce manual order changes, and create a smoother checkout experience.
Whether you're selling flowers, cakes, furniture, catering services, rental products, or appointment-based services, Easify makes it easy to build a scheduling workflow that matches the way your business operates.
If you're looking for an easy way to block holiday dates, configure delivery cutoffs, and create a smarter Shopify date picker, Easify Custom Product Options gives you everything you need—without writing a single line of code.
FAQs
Can I block holiday dates on my Shopify product page?
Easify's Blockout Dates feature allows you to disable any specific dates that shouldn't be available for delivery, pickup, or bookings. This includes public holidays, company closures, seasonal breaks, maintenance days, or any other unavailable dates. Once configured, customers won't be able to select those dates from the calendar, helping you avoid orders that can't be fulfilled.
Can I disable weekends in the Date Picker?
Easify lets you disable any weekday, including Saturdays and Sundays, with just a few clicks. This is especially useful for businesses that don't operate every day or only deliver during weekdays. You can also combine weekday restrictions with other Blockout Date settings, such as preparation lead times or holiday dates, to create a schedule that matches your business.