Once SalePilot is installed, creating a sale event is how you schedule a sale on Shopify — set a name, a start and end time, and (in a later article) which products get discounted. This guide covers the Sale Events list page and every field on the Create sale event screen.

The Sale Events list page

  1. From the Dashboard, click "View all sale events" (or "New sale event" if you're starting fresh) to reach the Sale Events list, headed "Sale Events".
  2. At the top of this page is the primary button, "Create sale event" — click it to start a new one.

Screenshot coming with launch — The "Sale Events" page heading with the "Create sale event" button at the top.

  1. Below that is the "All sale events" section, a table listing every sale event you've created so far. Its columns are: Name, Status, Starts, Ends, Timezone, Products.

Screenshot coming with launch — The "All sale events" table, showing the Name / Status / Starts / Ends / Timezone / Products columns.

  1. If you haven't created any sale events yet, you'll see an empty state instead: heading "No sale events yet", text "Create one to schedule a sale with automatic revert.", and a button "Create sale event".

Screenshot coming with launch — The empty state on the Sale Events list, showing "No sale events yet" and its "Create sale event" button.

How to schedule a sale on Shopify: the Create sale event screen

Clicking "Create sale event" (from either the Dashboard or the Sale Events list) opens the screen headed "Create sale event". Fill it in as follows.

  1. Name section. Enter a name for your sale in the "Name" text field. This field is required.

Screenshot coming with launch — The "Name" section with the text field, empty and ready for input.

  1. Schedule section — start. Set when the sale begins:
    • "Start date" — a date picker (month/day/year).
    • "Start hour" — a select dropdown.
    • "Start minute" — a select dropdown.

Screenshot coming with launch — The "Schedule" section's start date, start hour, and start minute controls.

  1. Schedule section — end. Set when the sale ends, using the same pattern:
    • "End date" — a date picker.
    • "End hour" — a select dropdown.
    • "End minute" — a select dropdown.

Screenshot coming with launch — The "Schedule" section's end date, end hour, and end minute controls.

  1. Timezone. A "Timezone" select field, which defaults to your store's own timezone. Detail text underneath explains: "Defaults to your store's timezone. Change it only if this sale runs on a different clock." Leave it as-is unless your sale needs to run on a different clock than your store's default.

Screenshot coming with launch — The "Timezone" select field with its default value and the explanatory detail text underneath.

  1. Defaults. If you don't change anything, SalePilot offers sensible defaults: a 7-day sale, starting at 09:00 and ending at 23:59 (end of day). You can accept these or adjust any of the date/hour/minute fields above.

Screenshot coming with launch — The form showing its default 7-day, 09:00-to-23:59 schedule before any changes.

  1. Create the sale event. Once the Name and Schedule fields are filled in, click the "Create" button at the bottom of the form.

Screenshot coming with launch — The "Create" button at the bottom of the Create sale event form.

Validation messages you might see

If you try to create a sale event with missing information, SalePilot shows one of these messages instead of saving:

  • "Name is required." — the Name field was left blank.
  • "Pick a start date and time." — the start date/hour/minute wasn't fully set.
  • "Pick an end date and time." — the end date/hour/minute wasn't fully set.

Scheduling can also fail if SalePilot can't read your store's timezone — if that happens, double-check your Shopify store's timezone setting and try again.

Screenshot coming with launch — One of the inline validation messages (e.g. "Name is required.") shown on the Create sale event form.

Next step

Once a sale event is created, the next SOP article, "Add discounts to a sale," covers setting up percentage-off discount rules for it.