Smart Window
Smart Window
Smart Window gives you more control over when customers can edit their orders based on your real fulfillment schedule.
Instead of using one fixed edit timeframe for every order, Smart Window lets you restrict editing based on:
- specific days of the week
- daily cutoff times
- blocked time ranges during the day
This is useful when your warehouse or fulfillment team works on a set schedule and you need order edits to stop before processing begins.
Important: When Smart Window is enabled, the preset edit timeframe is disabled. Only Smart Window rules will apply.
How to Enable Smart Window
To turn on Smart Window:
- Go to Settings → Time Period
- Scroll to the Smart Window section
- Check Enable Smart Window
- Configure at least one restriction:
- Fulfillment Days
- Daily Cutoff Time
- Pause Editing During Certain Hours
- Click Save
Note: Smart Window requires at least one restriction. If none are configured, you will see a validation error.
Fulfillment Timezone
All Smart Window rules run based on one timezone.
By default, this is your store timezone, but you can change it to match your warehouse or fulfillment center if needed.
To update it:
- Go to Settings → Time Period → Smart Window
- Under Fulfillment timezone, select the timezone your fulfillment team uses
- Save your changes
All selected days, cutoff times, and blocked time ranges will be evaluated using this timezone.
Fulfillment Days
This setting lets you disable order editing on specific days of the week.
Use this when you want editing to be unavailable on certain days, such as weekends or non-operating fulfillment days.
How it works
- Enable Disable order editing on specific days of the week
- Select the days when customers should not be allowed to edit orders
- Save your changes
On those selected days, customers will see that editing is unavailable.
Example
If you select Saturday and Sunday, customers will not be able to edit their orders on weekends.
Daily Cutoff Time
This setting lets you stop order editing after a certain time each day.
It is useful when your fulfillment team starts processing orders at a fixed time and you want all edits finalized before then.
How it works
- Enable Set a daily cutoff time
- Enter your cutoff time
- Optionally add a buffer before cutoff
- Save your changes
Once the cutoff is reached, customers can no longer edit their orders for that fulfillment cycle.
Buffer Before Cutoff
The buffer setting allows you to stop edits earlier than the cutoff time.
This gives your team extra time to begin processing before fulfillment starts.
Buffer examples with a 5:00 PM cutoff
Buffer | Editing stops at |
|---|---|
0 Minutes | 5:00 PM |
15 Minutes | 4:45 PM |
30 Minutes | 4:30 PM |
1 Hour | 4:00 PM |
2 Hours | 3:00 PM |
4 Hours | 1:00 PM |
Example
If your cutoff is 5:00 PM and your buffer is 30 minutes, customers will stop being able to edit orders at 4:30 PM.
Pause Editing During Certain Hours
This setting lets you block editing during specific time ranges each day.
You can create multiple blocked ranges if needed.
This is helpful if you want to pause editing during picking, packing, or other fulfillment windows.
How to set it up
- Enable Block order editing during specific time ranges each day
- Click + Add time range
- Choose a From time and a To time
- Add more ranges if needed
- Click Save
To remove a range, click the ✕ icon next to it.
Rules for Time Ranges
When configuring blocked time ranges, keep these rules in mind:
- Start and end times cannot be the same
- Time ranges cannot overlap
- Duplicate ranges are not allowed
- If a range crosses midnight, it will continue into the next day
Example
If you set a range from 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM, editing will be paused from 10:00 PM until 6:00 AM the following day.
A warning banner will appear in the app to confirm that the range spans midnight.
Example Use Case
You may want to block editing during two fulfillment periods each day:
- 6:00 AM to 8:00 AM for morning picking
- 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM for afternoon packing
In this setup, customers can still edit outside those time ranges, but not while your team is actively processing orders.
Smart Window and Preset Timeframe
Smart Window and the preset edit timeframe do not work together at the same time.
When Smart Window is enabled
- The preset timeframe setting is disabled
- The preset timeframe is ignored
- Only Smart Window rules are used
When Smart Window is disabled
- The preset timeframe works as normal again
You do not need to remove your preset timeframe setting. It will remain saved and start working again if Smart Window is turned off.
Summary
Smart Window helps you align order editing with your actual fulfillment process.
You can use it to:
- disable editing on certain days
- stop editing after a daily cutoff
- pause editing during fulfillment hours
- apply all rules based on your warehouse timezone
This gives you more control and helps prevent last-minute edits from interfering with fulfillment.
Updated on: 25/03/2026
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