PriceDip Help Centre
PriceDip is a Shopify app that schedules price changes and flash sales. It changes your prices and compare-at prices and reverts them automatically when the sale ends, with no discount codes. These guides cover both task types, every storefront widget and the mistakes worth avoiding.
New here? Start with the Quick Start: you will have a scheduled sale in a few clicks.
Getting started
Section titled “Getting started” What is PriceDip? What the app does, the two task types and how it changes prices.
Quick Start Install the app and schedule your first flash sale, step by step.
Flash Sale task vs Price Edit task A side-by-side comparison so you can pick the right task type.
Plans and limits What the Free plan includes and what the paid plans add.
Tasks and scheduling
Section titled “Tasks and scheduling” Flash Sale tasks Every setting in a Flash Sale task, explained.
Price Edit tasks Raise, lower or set new prices across many products at once.
Selecting products Target all products, specific products, collections, tags or product types.
Scheduling and recurring sales One-time, weekly and monthly schedules in your store time zone.
How price reverts work What prices revert to, and when.
Widgets and countdown timers
Section titled “Widgets and countdown timers” Enable the app embed The theme switch that turns on the countdown timer and promotion banner.
Countdown timer Show shoppers exactly when the sale ends.
Stock progress bar Show how much stock is left on sale products.
Sale badge Mark flash sale products with a styled badge.
Promotion banner Announce the sale across the top of every page except checkout.
Planning and safety
Section titled “Planning and safety” Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale Twelve tactics for planning, pricing and safely ending a sale.
Tasks on automated collections Why price-based collection rules can stop prices from reverting.
Staggering tasks How far apart to schedule tasks that start or end close together.
Uninstalling and restoring prices Set tasks to Inactive first, or sale prices stay in place.
Start here: sale prices on Shopify
Section titled “Start here: sale prices on Shopify” Show a sale price Put items on sale so the old price shows as a strikethrough price next to the new one.
Discount not showing on product page Why a Shopify discount does not show on the product, and what does.
Discount codes vs sale prices How the two differ, what each costs and which fits which offer.
Guides
Section titled “Guides” How to run a flash sale on Shopify The two ways to run a time-limited sale on Shopify, with setup steps and checklists.
Bulk edit prices and compare-at prices Every way to change many prices at once, and how to put a whole store on sale.
Compare-at price (strikethrough price) How the two price fields show a strikethrough price, and how to keep it honest.
Compare-at price not showing The checks to run, in order, when the strikethrough price is missing.
Schedule a price change What Shopify can do on its own, and how to schedule a price change that reverts.
Recurring daily or weekly deals A sale that repeats every day, week or month and reverts each time.
Sale badge and countdown timer Show a % off badge and a countdown to the end of the sale.
Shopify Markets and sale prices Which markets a sale reaches, and what happens to the compare-at price.
EU 30-day lowest price rule What the rule asks for, which strikethrough price a Flash Sale task sets and how to run a sale that fits.
Discount not converting? Find the step where shoppers leave, and fix it before you deepen the discount.
Do discounts increase profit? A worked example of what a discount costs, and what to measure after a sale.
Exclude sale items from discount codes A discount code or automatic discount applies on top of a sale price. How to avoid the double discount.
Sale banners that get clicked What a sale banner should say, with example rewrites and setup steps.
Troubleshooting
Section titled “Troubleshooting” Troubleshooting & FAQ Answers to common questions and fixes for known problems.
Need a person?
Section titled “Need a person?”Email support@pricedip.app. If a price looks wrong, contact support straight away: see what to do if prices change incorrectly.