Schedule a Shopify Collection Price Change

This scheduled trigger uses datetime scheduling to run once at a specific date and time.

Configuration: You must select the date and time when prices should change during setup. The datetime picker lets you choose any future date and time. The workflow executes once at that moment and then stops.

Scheduling strategy:

1. Black Friday sale: Schedule for 12:01 AM on Black Friday
2. Flash sale: Schedule for exact sale start time
3. Seasonal clearance: Schedule for first day of season
4. Multiple sales: Create multiple workflows with different dates

Important: This changes prices permanently. You'll need a separate workflow or manual action to restore original prices when the sale ends.

This step fetches products from a Shopify collection.

Configuration: You must provide the collection ID during setup.

Finding collection ID:

1. Go to Shopify admin
2. Navigate to Products > Collections
3. Click on the collection you want
4. Look at the browser URL
5. Find the number after /collections/ (like 123456789012)
6. Enter that number in the configuration

The step returns all products in the collection including product IDs, titles, variants, and pricing information.

This loop iterates through all products retrieved from the collection. For every product, the loop executes product retrieval and variant processing steps. This per-product processing enables variant-level price updates.

This step retrieves the full product record using the product ID from the collection. It returns complete product data including all variants with their IDs, prices, SKUs, and inventory information. The variants array is used in the next loop.

This nested loop iterates through all variants of the current product. For every variant, the loop executes variant retrieval and price update steps. This enables variant-specific price calculations.

Nested loop structure: This is a loop within a loop—the outer loop processes products, the inner loop processes each product's variants. This ensures all variants of all products receive price updates.

This step retrieves the variant record using the variant ID from the product. It returns variant data including current price, compare-at price, SKU, barcode, and inventory. The current price is used in the next step's calculation.

This step updates the variant's price using a calculated discount. Configuration: You must configure the price calculation during setup. The default reduces prices by 25% (keeps 75% of original price).

{{shopify_2.price | times: 0.75 | round: 2}}

Calculation breakdown:

1. shopify_2.price: Current variant price
2. times: 0.75: Multiply by 0.75 (keeps 75%, reduces 25%)
3. round: 2: Round to 2 decimal places (standard currency)

Custom discount examples:

1. 10% off: times: 0.90
2. 15% off: times: 0.85
3. 20% off: times: 0.80
4. 30% off: times: 0.70
5. 50% off: times: 0.50

Fixed amount reduction (alternative): Instead of percentage, you could use:

{{shopify_2.price | minus: 10 | round: 2}}

This reduces each price by exactly $10.

The calculated price updates the variant immediately when the workflow runs.

Price permanence: This permanently changes the price. The original price is lost unless you store it elsewhere (like compare_at_price or a metafield) before changing.