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🚀 Standard Shipping How to set Minimum order value and Generate Time Slots

Want to offer date and time slots for your regular shipping orders — and make sure they're only available on orders above a certain value? đŸ“Ļ


That's exactly what the Standard Shipping tab in Hoppy Delivery Dates is built for.


With this setup, you can:


  • 🚚 Turn Standard Shipping on or off with a single click
  • 💰 Require a minimum order value before customers can pick a shipping slot
  • đŸ—“ī¸ Enable time slots and generate a full day of slots in a few clicks


This guide walks you through the whole flow, step by step âš™ī¸



📋 Before You Begin


Before setting up Standard Shipping, make sure:


  • ✅ The Hoppy Delivery Dates app embed is enabled in your Shopify theme, so the picker appears on your storefront
  • ✅ The Show on cart toggle at the top of the Settings page is turned on, so customers see the widget on the cart page


â„šī¸ You don't need to create any locations for Standard Shipping — it works globally across your store, independent of your Delivery & Pickup locations.



âš™ī¸ Step 1 — Open the Standard Shipping Tab


Open the Hoppy Delivery Dates app, then:


→ Go to Settings


→ In the left sidebar, click Standard Shipping


You'll see the Standard Shipping card with an On / Off badge next to the heading, so you always know the current status at a glance.



🔛 Step 2 — Turn On Standard Shipping


→ Click the Turn on button on the right side of the card.


Once enabled:


  • The badge switches to On đŸŸĸ
  • Two new options appear inside the card:
    • Minimum order value for Standard Shipping (Optional)
    • Enable slots (Optional) checkbox
  • A Standard Shipping tab becomes available in the storefront widget for your customers


💡 To disable the feature later, just click Turn off — your settings are kept, but customers will no longer see the Standard Shipping tab.



💰 Step 3 — Set the Minimum Order Value (Optional)


In the Minimum order value for Standard Shipping (Optional) field, enter the minimum cart total required to use Standard Shipping slots.


  • Leave it empty → every customer can pick a shipping slot, no matter the order size
  • Enter a value (e.g. 150) → customers whose cart total is below this amount won't see the slot picker


Example


You set the minimum to 150:


  • Cart total $180 → ✅ the customer can pick a shipping date & time
  • Cart total $120 → ❌ the customer sees a minimum order message instead of the picker (default: "Order value is below the minimum required.")


This is useful when offering scheduled shipping only makes sense above a certain order size — for example, to cover your courier costs 🚚



đŸ—“ī¸ Step 4 — Enable Slots


→ Tick the Enable slots (Optional) checkbox.


This reveals the full slot configuration below the card:


  • Slots & Order Limits — slot types and your weekly time slots
  • Slot Availability Conditions — cut-off times and preparation days
  • Blackout Slots — dates you don't want to offer


â„šī¸ If you don't enable slots, the Standard Shipping tab still appears on the storefront, but instead of a picker customers simply see: "Standard shipping delivery will be calculated at checkout." — handy when you just want to offer shipping without a date promise.



đŸŽ›ī¸ Step 5 — Choose Your Slot Type


Inside the Slots & Order Limits card, pick one of the three slot type options:


  • Only Date → customers pick a shipping date, no time selection
  • Date & Time → customers pick a date and a single time (e.g. 2:00 PM)
  • Date & Time Range → customers pick a date and a time window (e.g. 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM)


💡 Date & Time Range is the default and the most common choice for shipping, since it gives you a flexible window instead of an exact minute.



âąī¸ Step 6 — Generate Time Slots Automatically


When Date & Time Range is selected, each day tab (Mon – Sun) shows a Generate time slots section — the fastest way to build your schedule.


For each day:


→ Starts at → select the time your first slot should begin (e.g. 9:00 AM)


→ Ends at → select the time your last slot should end (e.g. 5:00 PM)


→ Set the slot length with the − / + buttons (in 15-minute steps, e.g. 60 for 1-hour slots)


→ Click Generate


âš ī¸ The Generate button stays disabled until both Starts at and Ends at are selected.


A confirmation popup then asks: "Do you want the Generated time slots to"


  • Add to existing slots → keeps the slots you already have and appends the new ones
  • Override existing slots → replaces everything for that day with the newly generated slots


Example


Starts at 9:00 AM, Ends at 12:00 PM, gap 60 → generates:


  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM



âœī¸ Step 7 — Fine-Tune Slots Manually


Below the generator, the Time slots list shows every slot for the selected day:


  • Change any slot's start or end time using the dropdowns
  • Click the đŸ—‘ī¸ delete icon to remove a slot


To add a single slot by hand, use the Add time slots section:


→ Pick a start time (and an end time for Date & Time Range)


→ Click Add


Repeat for each weekday tab — or tick Use same time slots for all days to manage one shared schedule instead of seven separate ones.


💡 Want to cap how many orders fit into each slot? That's covered in Standard Shipping: How to Limit the Number of Orders per Slot.



💾 Step 8 — Save Your Changes


→ Click Save in the save bar at the bottom of the page.


Your Standard Shipping setup is now live on the storefront 🎉



🎉 Final Result


Once saved, your customers will see:


  • ✅ A Standard Shipping tab in the delivery date widget on the cart page
  • ✅ A minimum order check, if you configured one — below the limit, they see a message instead of the picker
  • ✅ A calendar with your available shipping dates
  • ✅ Your generated time slots (e.g. 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM) once they pick a date
  • ✅ Or, if slots are disabled, the note "Standard shipping delivery will be calculated at checkout."



📚 Related Guides


  • Standard Shipping: How to Limit the Number of Orders per Slot
  • Standard Shipping: How to Set Cut-off Time and Number of Days Shown to Customers
  • Standard Shipping: How to Set Up Simple vs Advanced Slot Availability Conditions
  • Standard Shipping: How to manage Blackout Dates?

Updated on: 20/08/2026

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