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# 🚀 Standard Shipping How to Set Up Simple vs Advanced Slot Availability Conditions

Not every store works the same hours — and your shipping slots shouldn't pretend otherwise 🕐

The **Slot Availability Conditions** card in the Standard Shipping tab comes in two flavors:

* ⚡ **Simple** — one cut-off time, done  
* 🛠️ **Advanced** — tell the app exactly which days you prepare orders and your working hours

This guide explains both modes and helps you pick the right one.

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# **📋 Before You Begin**

Make sure:

* ✅ **Standard Shipping** is turned on in **Settings → Standard Shipping**  
* ✅ The **Enable slots (Optional)** checkbox is ticked, so the **Slot Availability Conditions** card is visible

→ Find the card under **Settings** → **Standard Shipping** → **Slot Availability Conditions**

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# **⚡ Simple Mode — Just a Cut-off TimeSimple** is the default mode and keeps things minimal: you get a single **Cut off time for orders** dropdown.

The cut-off time decides when "today" ends for ordering purposes:

* Orders placed **before** the cut-off → can book the earliest available slots  
* Orders placed **after** the cut-off → treated as next-day orders, so the earliest slots shift forward

### **Best for**

* Stores with a steady daily routine  
* Merchants who just want to stop same-day bookings after a certain hour

💡 A full walkthrough of the cut-off setting lives in **Standard Shipping: How to Set Cut-off Time and Number of Days Shown to Customers**.

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# **🛠️ Advanced Mode — Preparation Days & Working Hours**

→ Select the **Advanced** radio button.

Three new settings appear:

### **📅 Select order preparation days**

A multi-select list of weekdays (**Monday** – **Sunday**). Tick the days your team actually prepares and packs orders.

* Only these weekdays count as working days when the app calculates availability  
* By default, all seven days are selected  
* Closed on weekends? Untick **Saturday** and **Sunday** so they don't count

### **🕘 Work Starts At**

The time your working day begins (default **9:00 AM**).

### **🕕 Work Ends At**

The time your working day ends (default **6:00 PM**).

Together, these describe your real schedule, so the app only offers slots that fit within the days and hours you actually work — no more bookings landing on your day off 🙌

### **Best for**

* Stores that don't operate 7 days a week  
* Merchants with fixed packing/shipping hours who want availability to match reality

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# **⚖️ Which Mode Should You Choose?**

* **Choose Simple** if you ship every day (or close enough) and just need a daily order cut-off  
* **Choose Advanced** if your prep days or working hours vary — e.g. you don't pack orders on Sundays, or you stop at 3 PM on Fridays

⚠️ Switching modes changes which fields are shown: **Simple** hides the preparation days and working hours, while **Advanced** hides the cut-off time. Your other slot settings aren't affected.

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# **💾 Save Your Changes**

→ Pick your mode, fill in the fields, then click **Save** in the save bar at the bottom of the page.

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# **🎉 Final Result**

Once saved:

* ✅ With **Simple**, orders after the cut-off roll to the next available day  
* ✅ With **Advanced**, customers only see slots that match your preparation days and working hours  
* ✅ Your storefront calendar reflects how your store actually runs 🎉

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# **📚 Related Guides**

* **Standard Shipping: How to Set Cut-off Time and Number of Days Shown to Customers**  
* **Standard Shipping: How to set Minimum order value and Generate Time Slots**  
* **Standard Shipping: How to manage Blackout Dates?**