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Key features & capabilities

You can use Launchpad to automate the following event tasks:

• Change the product pricing at the start and end of an event.

• Make selected products available to your sales channels to release them at a chosen time and date.

• Increase inventory levels at the start of an event.

• Schedule creative and theme customizations to better highlight the products involved in the event.

• Schedule line item and shipping scripts to change prices and grant discounts at checkout.

• Password protect your online store for a set duration of time before the start of an event to build hype and anticipation.

• Gather data about the success of the event.

Creating Launchpad events

Create an event to schedule sales, product drops, and inventory restocks.

Shopify Plus

The Launchpad app is only available to stores on the Shopify Plus plan.

Before you begin

Before you create an event, make sure that you're familiar with the Launchpad guidelines and limitations.

Create an event

Open the Launchpad app from your Shopify admin by clicking Apps and then clicking Launchpad.

Steps:

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Apps > Launchpad.

2. Click Create event.

3. In the Title section, enter a title for the event.

4. In the Start date section, enter a start date and time. If you don't specify a start date and time when you save the event, then the event is saved as a draft.

5. Select one or more of the following options:

• To release new products, select Publish products across your sales channels, and then click Manage. This option makes a product available to a sales channel. Launchpad does not change product status and can't publish products if the product's status is Draft or Archived.

• To add inventory to current products or to previously unavailable products, select Publish products across your sales channels, and then click Add products.

• To offer products or collections at discounted or sale prices, select Apply discounts to your products and collections, and then click Add products or Add collections.

• To apply discounts to products or collections in bulk, select Apply discounts to your products and collections, and then click Bulk discounts.

• To schedule the event to end automatically at a specific date and time, select Set end date. If you don't specify an end date, then the event only ends when the event is ended manually.

• To use a different theme for the duration of your event, select Enable theme switching.

• To run specific Shopify scripts, select Enable line item scripts or Enable shipping scripts.

• To lock your store before the event, select Enable password page.

6. Click Save.

If you entered a start date and time, then your event is scheduled to run at that date and time. Otherwise, your event is saved as a draft.

You can access the dashboard during an event without publishing products or updating inventory.