How To Set Delivery and Shipping Cut Off Times for Shopify Delivery Date Picker

🧠 What you’ll learn

• How to create delivery cut-off rules based on time of day

• How to prevent customers from selecting unavailable dates after a certain time

  
  

📘 Overview

If your delivery operations can’t support same-day shipping after a certain time (like 12PM), you can set a cut-off time inside Flare. This ensures that your delivery calendar always reflects your operational limits in real time.

This is especially useful for:

• Meal prep or fresh food brands

• Florists offering same-day delivery

• Shipping teams with midday processing deadlines

🛠 Step-by-step instructions

1. Install the Flare app from the Shopify App Store

2. Complete the initial setup steps

3. Go to the Flare dashboard, then open the Calendar Configuration page

4. Scroll to the Delivery Cut-offs section

5. Click Add Cutoff Time

6. Choose your warehouse timezone/location (e.g. Europe/London)

7. Set your cut-off time (e.g. 12:00 PM)

8. Set your delivery day buffer:

• 0 = affects same-day delivery (i.e. “today” becomes unavailable after the cut-off)

• 1 = affects next-day delivery (i.e. “tomorrow” is hidden after the cut-off)

• Use the cut off preview to see how the cut off will impact delivery options

9. Click Save in the top right

10. Preview your live store and open the page with your delivery date picker

11. Confirm that dates are disabled correctly after your chosen time

✅ You’ve now configured cut-off logic — your delivery calendar will automatically adjust based on the time of day!

💡 Tips & notes

• Need different cut-off times for different locations? Use our Dates by location feature

• Combine this with order limits for more control over capacity.

• Want to block entire days (e.g. Sundays or holidays)? Use blocked dates

❓FAQs

What happens when a customer visits after the cut-off time?

The delivery calendar will automatically remove the affected date (e.g. today or tomorrow) from the options.

Does this work with same-day and next-day logic?

Yes! Just set the buffer to 0 for same-day and 1 for next-day delivery rules.

🧾 Use cases

• Meal kit companies that prep and ship only before noon

• Flower delivery brands managing last-minute gifting

• Fulfillment teams closing shipping batches by early afternoon

✅ Need help?

Still stuck or not seeing the correct dates blocked?
Message us via the in-app chat or email support@getflare.co.uk — we’re happy to help!