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SunDial vs. scheduling sales by hand
You can run a Shopify sale with no app at all — edit your prices when the sale starts, then change them all back when it ends. It works, until you forget. Here's exactly what SunDial takes off your plate.
| Task | By hand | With SunDial |
|---|---|---|
| Start a sale at a set time | Log in at that moment and change each price yourself | Pick a start time — prices drop automatically |
| End the sale and restore prices | Remember to change every price back by hand | Original prices are captured and restored automatically |
| Recurring sales (weekly / monthly) | Repeat the whole process every single time | Set it once — repeats daily, weekly, or monthly |
| Many products or a whole collection | Edit each product and variant one by one | Target a whole collection or many products at once |
| Storefront sale display | You change the price, but no automatic strikethrough | Shows the sale price with the original struck through |
| Risk of forgetting to revert | High — prices can stay discounted for days | None — the revert is scheduled with the sale |
| Theme or code changes | None | None |
| Cost | Free, but it costs your time | Free |
When doing it by hand is fine
A single short sale on a handful of products, happening while you're at your desk — if you'll remember to change the prices back, you may not need an app at all.
When SunDial pays off
Sales that start overnight or while you're away, recurring promotions, big catalogs or whole collections, or any time forgetting to revert would cost you real money.
Common questions
How is SunDial different from editing prices myself?
The work is the same — you're changing prices and changing them back. SunDial just does both on a schedule: it captures each original price, applies the sale at the start time, and restores the exact original price when the sale ends, so nothing is left discounted by accident.
What about Shopify's built-in discounts?
Native discount codes and automatic discounts apply at checkout. SunDial instead changes the listed product price and sets the original as the compare-at price, so shoppers see a struck-through 'was / now' sale price on the product itself. They solve different problems, and you can use both.
Do I need to change my theme?
No. SunDial works through the Shopify admin by changing prices directly — there's nothing to add to your theme and no discount code for customers to enter.
How much does SunDial cost?
SunDial is free to install and use from the Shopify App Store.
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