Create urgency and boost sales with the MageAnts Magento 2 Countdown Timer Extension. This effective tool allows you to display countdown timers on your product pages, encouraging customers to make quick purchasing decisions.
Key Features:
Customizable Timers: Easily set up and personalize countdown timers for specific products or promotions.
Boost Sales: Create a sense of urgency, motivating customers to buy before time runs out.
Flexible Display Options: Choose where and how your countdown timers appear on your Magento 2 store.
Real-Time Updates: Timers automatically update to reflect the latest promotional deadlines.
User-Friendly Interface: Simple to configure and manage, with no coding required.
Enhance your marketing strategy and increase conversions with the MageAnts Magento 2 Countdown Extension. Drive urgency and excitement for your promotions, leading to more sales and higher customer engagement.
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Countdown Timer
– Magento 2
USER MANUAL
Supported Version: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
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Table Of Contents
Preface ......................................……………………………………......3
Installation...................................………………………………………..4
Option 1: Magento 2 install extension using COMMAND LINE .........…………..…..4
Option 2: Magento 2 install extension manually ………………………………….......5
Extension configuration ..……………………………………………………...6
Frontend Example ……………………………………………………………….16
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Preface
- Special Price Countdown Timer for Magento 2 extension displays countdown
timers on the product page and catalog page for special price of products
and catalog price rule products. This Magento 2 Price Countdown Timer
extension is the efficient tool to run a promotion for an on line store.
This extension is providing below functionalities.
- Countdown Timer which provide you to display timer in category and product
page using special price start end time.
- Countdown Timer display timer on page using widget add rules for product
and category.
- Countdown Timer display timer widget for start date and end date of special
price of products.
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Installation:
There are two ways of installing extension in magento2.
1) Using COMMAND LINE.
2) Manually install extension.
Option 1: Magento 2 install extension using COMMAND LINE (Recommended).
Follow below steps to install extension from the command line.
Step 1: Download the extension and unzip it.
Step 2: Upload it to code directory in your magento installation’s app directory.
If code directory does not exists then create.
Step 3: Disable the cache under System → Cache Management.
Step 4: Enter the following at the command line:
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy
Step 5: Once you complete above steps log out and log in back to the admin
panel and switch to Stores → Configuration → Mageants → Countdown
Timer. The module will be displayed in the admin panel.
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Option 2: Magento 2 install extension manually.
Step 1: Download the extension and unzip it.
Step 2: Upload it to code directory in your magento installation’s app directory.
If code directory does not exists then create.
Step 3: Disable the cache under System → Cache Management Edit
app/etc/config.php file and add one line code: ‘Mageants_Countdown
Timer’ → 1
Step 4: Disable the cache under System → Cache Management
Step 5: Once you complete above steps log out and log in back to the
admin panel and switch to Stores → Configuration → Mageants →
Countdown Timer, the module will be displayed in the admin panel.
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Backend Configuration
Admin can set configuration as per below screenshot.
Extension Configuration
Configuration
You can set Countdown Timer details & enable/disable
Please go to Stores ⇒ Configuration ⇒ Mageants ⇒ Countdown
Timer.
In Enable, choose Yes to enable the extension, or No to disable it.
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Set Promotion Details
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START TIME FOR COUNT DOWN TIMER
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END TIME FOR COUNT DOWN TIMER
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How to Set Special Price for Individual Products?
Go to Catalog ⇒ Products.
Discover the item you need to set uncommon value, click the Edit
catch to go to the Product Edit Page.
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Enter the item uncommon cost in Special Price, at that point set the
beginning and finishing date of the unique.
In Enable End Countdown Timer, the alternative is Yes of course. You
can choose No to incapacitate End Countdown Timer for every item.
In Enable Start Countdown Timer, the choice is Yes as a matter
of course. You can choose No to cripple Start Countdown Timer for
every item.
How to Set Catalog Price Rule?
Go to Marketing ⇒ Promotions ⇒ Catalog Price Rule.
Click Add New Rule button. Then fill in the required fields in Rule
Information, Conditions, and Actions.
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➢ Countdown will apply catalog price rule or special price depending on which
one is in effect.
➢ With products with both rules and in the valid time, Countdown will be
applied for a product with cheaper price.
➢ With products that are near the valid time, Countdown will be applied for the
valid time that is earlier.
How to Insert Widget for Countdown Timer?
Go to Content ⇒ Elements ⇒ Widgets.
Click Add Widget button to create a new widget.
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COUNTDOWN CLOCK WIDGET
To create the Countdown Clock Widget, choose MAGEANTS
Countdown Timer (Countdown Clock) in Type.
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In Enable Widget, choose Yes to activate the widget.
Display this widget on frontend.
How to Set & Start Countdown Timer Widget
Upcoming Sale Widget?
To create the Start Countdown Timer Widget, choose MAGEANTS
Countdown Timer (Start Time – Upcoming Sale in Product List)
in Type.
How to Set & End Countdown Timer Widget On Sale
Widget?
The arrangement of On Sale Widget is equivalent to the Upcoming
Sale Widget.
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Frontend Example
This is an example of On Sale Widget with slider:
This is an example of Product Detail Page:
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This is an example of Product List Page:
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Thank you!
if you have any questions or feature suggestions, please contact us at:
https://www.mageants.com/contact-us
Your feedback is absolutely welcome!
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