Shipping Checkpoints Block (Product Page)

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The Shipping Checkpoints block shows customers a three-step delivery timeline directly in the product buy box: Ordered → Order ready → Delivered, each with an icon, a label and a calculated date. It answers the single most conversion-relevant shipping question — "when will I get it?" — honestly and automatically.

Unlike the older Timeline block (delivery mode), Shipping Checkpoints:

• treats step 1 as the order date (today), not the dispatch date,
• can count workdays only, skipping weekends and German public holidays (including movable holidays like Easter),
• shows the delivery date as a realistic range ("5 Sep – 9 Sep"),
• supports an order cutoff hour that shifts all dates by one day after the cutoff — with an optional countdown line.

Adding The Block

1. Open the theme editor and navigate to a product page.
2. In the Product Information section, click "Add block".
3. Choose Shipping Checkpoints. One block per product section.
4. Place it below the Add-to-Cart block — that is where customers look for delivery information.

Settings

Content

• Heading — e.g. "Estimated delivery".
• Show calculated dates — turn off to show only labels without dates.

Checkpoints 1–3

Each checkpoint has a Label (e.g. Ordered / Shipped / Delivered) and an Icon (checkmark, cart, package, truck, home, location pin).

Timing

• Processing time — days from order to "order ready" (0–10).
• Delivery time minimum / maximum — days after "ready" until delivery; shown as a date range (set both equal for a single date).
• Count workdays only — skips Saturdays, Sundays and German public holidays in all calculations. Recommended for shops shipping from/within Germany.

Order cutoff

• Enable cutoff time + Cutoff hour (24h) — orders placed after the cutoff hour shift every date by one day, so the promise stays honest around the clock.
• Countdown text — optional urgency line; [countdown] is replaced with the remaining time until cutoff (e.g. "Order within [countdown] for same-day processing"). Leave empty to show no countdown at all — the dates still shift correctly after cutoff. Only use this if the cutoff is real.

Date

• Date language — German or English month/weekday names.
• Date format — long/short with or without weekday, or numeric (DE 05.05. / international).

Style

Colors for accent (active step and progress line), icons (active/upcoming), line, background, border, text and date; plus icon size, font sizes, border radius, paddings and block margins — enough to match any brand palette without code.

Tips

• Keep the promise conservative: it is better to deliver a day early than a day late.
• Pair it with a matching sentence in your shipping accordion/tab so buy box and detail information tell the same story.
• If you use the countdown text, make sure the cutoff is operationally real — fake urgency erodes trust.