--- title: "How to Add a Delivery Date Picker to Shopify (Product + Cart)" description: "A step-by-step guide to adding a delivery date & time-slot picker to your Shopify product and cart pages — with lead time, cutoffs, and capacity limits. No code." contentType: "blog" locale: "en" localized: true source: "https://orderrules.com/blog/add-delivery-date-picker-shopify" slug: "add-delivery-date-picker-shopify" date: "2026-07-24" tags: - "shopify" - "delivery date picker" - "delivery time slots" - "delivery scheduling" - "no code" --- To add a **delivery date picker** to Shopify, install a delivery-scheduling app like OrderRules, add its theme app block to your product and cart pages, then set your delivery rules — lead time, an order cutoff, and available weekdays — and a cap on orders per delivery date. It takes a few minutes, needs **no code**, and works on any Shopify plan. If you make products to order — cakes, flowers, meal kits, furniture — "when will it arrive?" is the first question every customer asks. Shopify doesn't let shoppers choose a delivery date out of the box, so orders pile onto days you can't actually fulfill. This guide shows how to add a **delivery date and time-slot picker** to your Shopify product and cart pages in a few minutes, with **no code** — and how to cap each day so it stops taking orders once it's full. ## Why Shopify needs a delivery date picker Shopify is built to be "always open." That's great for demand, but not for fulfillment: a bakery that can decorate 50 cakes a day still accepts 120 orders for Saturday, and someone ends up disappointed. A delivery date picker moves the decision to the moment of purchase — the customer tells you *when* they want it, and you decide which days and how many slots are available. In markets like Japan, choosing a delivery date **and a time window** is a standard consumer expectation, normalized by carriers and marketplaces. Meeting it is table stakes; controlling your own capacity while you do is the advantage. ## What a good delivery date picker does More than show a calendar. Look for: - **Date and time-slot selection** — a delivery window (e.g. 14:00–16:00) alongside the date. - **Per item or per order** — different line items can carry different dates when you need it. - **Delivery rules** — lead time, an order cutoff, selectable weekdays, and a booking horizon. - **Capacity limits** — caps per date and per slot, so windows can sell out. - **Checkout enforcement** — a server-side check that a valid, available date was chosen (so Shop Pay and express checkouts can't bypass it). OrderRules does all of this on the **Advanced** plan, using the same Shopify Functions checkout enforcement it already uses for order limits and store hours. ## Step 1 — Install OrderRules and open the Advanced plan Install [OrderRules](/pricing) from the Shopify App Store, open the app, and upgrade to **Advanced** on the **Subscription Plan** page. Delivery features are Advanced-only, and a **14-day free trial** applies. Extra permissions (orders, fulfillment, locations) are requested only when you turn on the feature that needs them — never at install. ## Step 2 — Add the theme app block to product & cart The storefront picker is a **theme app block**, so it lives inside your theme with no code. 1. Go to **Online Store → Themes → Customize**. 2. Under **App embeds**, turn on **OrderRules Delivery**. It powers the picker. 3. On a **product** template, choose **Add block** in the main area and pick **Delivery date picker** under *App blocks*. 4. Repeat on the **Cart** template. To show the picker in a cart drawer, turn on the drawer option in the app embed; some themes need their drawer selectors entered there. 5. **Save.** Full detail: [Set up the delivery date picker](/docs/delivery/getting-started-delivery-dates). ## Step 3 — Set your delivery rules Create an availability rule with **lead time** (earliest a customer can request), a **cutoff** (orders after, say, 14:00 roll to the next day), **delivery weekdays**, and a **horizon** (how far ahead they can book). Scope it to all products or narrow it to a product, collection, or tag. See [Availability rules](/docs/delivery/availability-rules). ## Step 4 — Add time slots and capacity limits In **Time slot templates**, add windows like 10:00–12:00 and 14:00–16:00 and give each a **Cap/day**, then attach the template to your rule. For the whole day, set **Maximum orders per delivery date** under **Delivery date behavior** — one number that applies to every date. Full slots grey out live, and checkout blocks a sold-out slot. A cancelled order releases its slot automatically. See [capacity limits](/docs/delivery/capacity-limits). ## Step 5 — Blackout dates and holidays Block days you can't deliver, with an optional reason — or use **one-click "copy store holidays"** to import the closed dates you already maintain in Shopify. See [blackout dates & holidays](/docs/delivery/blackout-dates-and-holidays). ## Step 6 — Test at checkout Place a test order through your storefront, and try Shop Pay too. The OrderRules **Shopify Function** blocks any missing, sold-out, or blacked-out selection at checkout. Turn on **order tagging** and orders are also tagged `delivery:YYYY-MM-DD` and `slot:HHMM-HHMM`, so you can build daily picking lists from Shopify order search. ## Beyond the picker: pickup, estimated delivery, and carrier CSV Once dates are live, the rest of the delivery suite builds on the same rules: - **[Scheduled in-store pickup](/features/in-store-pickup)** — pickup dates and slots across multiple locations. Full walkthrough: [Shopify in-store & local pickup: setup, scheduling & rules](/blog/shopify-in-store-local-pickup-guide). - **[Estimated delivery date](/docs/delivery/estimated-delivery-date)** — an "Arrives Jul 10 – Jul 11" estimate on product pages, from the transit times you set, skipping weekends and holidays. New to the term? [What "estimated delivery date" means](/blog/what-is-estimated-delivery-date). - **[Japanese carrier CSV export](/features/carrier-csv)** — hand shipments to Yamato, Sagawa, or Japan Post in their official layouts. - **[Where to put the picker](/blog/where-to-put-delivery-date-picker-shopify)** — product page, cart, or checkout, and what each placement costs you. ## The bigger picture A delivery date picker isn't a bolt-on — it's the other half of controlling capacity. OrderRules already governs **when customers can order** (store hours, daily/weekly/monthly caps, per-customer limits); delivery dates govern **when you deliver**. Same app, same checkout enforcement. More on that in [Order limits + delivery scheduling: why they belong in one app](/blog/order-limits-and-delivery-scheduling-one-app). Still comparing options? [Best Shopify delivery date picker apps](/blog/best-shopify-delivery-date-picker-apps) puts the main ones side by side on scheduling, cut-offs and capacity. Ready to try it? [See the Delivery Dates feature](/features/delivery-dates) or [start a free 14-day trial](/pricing).