Introduction

The Date Picker feature in circuly enables you to provide your customers with the ability to select a delivery or pickup date when finalising their subscription product order on your checkout page. This feature allows for greater flexibility, helping customers schedule deliveries or pickups according to their preferences. Whether you use the calendar for delivery, pickup, or both, the Date Picker enhances customer experience by streamlining the ordering process.

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Feature Overview

The Date Picker feature allows you to integrate a calendar on your checkout page, where customers can choose their preferred delivery or pickup date. This feature can be customised to suit various needs, including specifying which days are available for delivery, setting limits on the number of deliveries per timeslot, and defining specific times for delivery or pickup. You can also include custom messages to guide your customers through the selection process.

Key options include:

• Custom note: Display a personalised note on the checkout page and in the self-service portal.
• Days availability: Choose the days of the week available for delivery or pickup.
• Ignore quantity: Decide if there should be limits on how many deliveries/pickups can be scheduled for a given time slot.
• Lead time: Specify how many days in advance a customer can select a delivery/pickup slot.
• Quantity: Set the total number of deliveries/pickups available in a given timeslot.
• Timeslot Days: Determine the number of available slots per day.
• Timeslot Duration: Define the duration of each time slot.
• Start and End Time: Control the earliest and latest available time slots.

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Step-by-step setup guide

Follow these steps to set up the Date Picker and customise the options for your customers:

• Navigate to Settings > Checkout > Delivery Date.
• Click on the arrow to expand the section.
• Enable the switch for Allow selecting delivery date.
• Custom Note: Add a custom note to be displayed on the checkout page and in the self-service portal. This note can inform customers about specific details like opening hours, special instructions, etc.‍
• Date: Select Available Delivery Days. Choose which days of the week customers can select for delivery or pickup. You can exclude weekends or offer specific days only (e.g., Saturday and Sunday).‍
• Enable the Ignore quantity switch if you don’t want to limit the number of deliveries/pickups for a given timeslot. If you want to limit the number, set the Quantity value to define the total number of products that can be delivered or picked up per timeslot.‍
• Set Lead Time. Define the Lead time by specifying how my days from today the first available timeslot will be offered.‍
• Timeslot Days: Set the number of available slots for each selected delivery day (e.g., 6 slots per day).‍
• Timeslot Duration: Set the duration for each timeslot (e.g., 2 hours per slot)

See the image reference below to see how the time slots are displayed when the timeslot duration is 2 hours.

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• ‍Start Time: Choose the earliest time that can be selected for delivery or pickup (e.g., 9 AM).‍
• End Time: Choose the latest time available for a timeslot (e.g., 4 PM).‍
• After customising all options, click Save changes to apply the settings.