Readyby — Help & Guide

Let customers choose when their order is ready — store pickup or local delivery — with real lead times, so every order is one you can actually make on time.

What Readyby does

Readyby adds a date picker to your product pages. A shopper chooses pickup or local delivery and a ready-by date (and an optional time slot). Readyby only offers dates you can actually hit — it enforces your lead time, a same-day cutoff, your open days, any closed days, and a daily capacity cap so you never take more orders than your kitchen can make. The chosen date and method are saved to the order, so your team knows exactly what's due and when.

Getting started

Install Readyby and open it from Apps in your Shopify admin.
Set your schedule. Go to Schedule and set your lead time, same-day cutoff, open days, capacity, and which methods you offer (pickup, local delivery, or both). Turn on “Show the date picker on my storefront.”
Add per-product lead times (optional). Under Product rules, give specific products their own notice — a custom cake might need 72 hours while cookies need 24.
Add closed days. Under Blackout dates, add holidays, vacations, or fully-booked days.
Add the picker to your product pages. Use the “Add the date picker to your theme” button on the home screen — it opens the theme editor on your product template. In the product section click Add block → Apps → Readyby — date picker, drag it just under the Buy button, and Save.

Readyby is a product-page block, not a site-wide “app embed,” so you won’t find it in the App embeds panel — you add it to the product page itself, where shoppers pick their date. Add it once to your default product template and it appears on every product.

How available dates are decided

For any product, Readyby starts from “now” in your store's time zone and removes any date it can't safely offer:

Lead time — the minimum notice you need. When a cart holds several products, Readyby uses the longest lead time of anything in it, so nothing is promised too soon.
Same-day cutoff — orders placed after your cutoff time are treated as if they came in the next day.
Open days — only the weekdays you're open are offered.
Blackout dates — closed days are removed entirely.
Daily capacity — once a day hits its cap, it stops being offered so you never oversell it.
Booking window — how far in advance customers can book (e.g. up to 30 days out).

All timing is calculated in the time zone you set — not the shopper's — so “same-day before 2pm” always means your 2pm.

Pickup & local delivery

Offer either method, or both. For local delivery you can set a delivery fee and limit it to specific postal codes (one per line, or a wildcard like 902*). Shoppers outside your zones only see pickup. You can rename both methods under Storefront text (e.g. “Curbside pickup,” “Local drop-off”) — which also lets you translate the picker for non-English stores.

Requiring a date

Turn on “Require a date before add-to-cart” to make the picker mandatory — the add-to-cart button stays disabled until the shopper chooses a method and date. Leave it off to keep the picker optional.

Capacity caps

Set Max orders per day to protect your production. Each scheduled order counts against that day's cap; when it's full, the date drops out of the picker automatically. Set it to 0 for unlimited.

What lands on the order

When a shopper checks out, their choice is saved to the order as line-item / cart attributes — Ready by (the date), Fulfillment (pickup or delivery), and Time (if you use slots). Your team sees it right on the order, and it prints on packing slips, so there's no guessing when something is due.

Customize the look

By default the picker matches your store theme — it inherits your theme's fonts, text color, and background automatically, so it looks right the moment you add it. To adjust anything, open the Readyby — date picker block in your theme editor; settings are grouped into Text, Colors, Layout, and Advanced. Leave any color blank to keep the theme default.

Text — a custom Heading (otherwise it uses the heading from your Readyby settings).
Colors — Accent color (selected option & focus ring), plus optional Text color, Card background, and Card & field border. Any left blank inherit your theme.
Layout — Show as a bordered card (or blend into the page), Corner roundness, Border width, and the widget Max width.
Advanced → Custom CSS — target .readyby, .rb-box, .rb-h, .rb-m, and select for full control.

Plans & usage

Free — pickup & delivery scheduling, per-product lead times, cutoffs, capacity caps and blackout dates, up to 25 scheduled orders per month, with a small “Powered by Readyby” badge.
Pro — unlimited scheduled orders, time slots, local delivery with fees & zones, and no badge.

Setup, settings, and rules are always unlimited — only the number of scheduled orders per month is metered on Free. The home screen shows a usage count so you always know where you stand, and the monthly count resets on the 1st.

Frequently asked questions

Does this change my checkout?

No. Readyby adds the picker to your product page and writes the choice onto the order — it doesn't replace or slow down Shopify checkout.

What if different products need different notice?

Set a lead time per product under Product rules. When a cart mixes them, Readyby uses the longest one so nothing is promised too early.

Can I stop taking orders for a specific day?

Yes — add it under Blackout dates (for a one-off closure) or lower that day's capacity. Closed days disappear from the picker.

Do customers see times in their own time zone?

No — everything uses the store time zone you set, so your cutoffs and dates always mean what you intend.

What counts toward the Free monthly limit?

Only completed scheduled orders (up to 25/month on Free). Changing settings or rules never counts.

Need more help?

Email support@dropfeed.io — we typically reply within 1–2 business days.

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