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Schedule Messages for Sales & Promotions

Running a Black Friday sale? Launching a weekend promotion? FloatMessage lets you schedule floating messages to appear only during specific dates, days, and times — so you can set it up in advance and let it run automatically.

Create your promotional message

In your FloatMessage dashboard, click New Message and design your promotional message — highlight the offer, add urgency, and include a strong CTA.

FloatMessage dashboard showing template selection for a new message — Create a message for your promotion

Tip: Use a Banner for site-wide announcements or a Modal for high-impact offers that need full attention.

Enable scheduling in Display Settings

Click the Display Settings tab and toggle Enable Schedule on. You'll see three scheduling options:

Display Settings showing scheduling options with Enable Schedule toggle, Days of Week selector, Time of Day range, and Date Range fields — Configure exactly when your message should appear

Set your schedule

Configure the scheduling options to match your promotion:

Days of Week

Select which days the message should appear. For a weekend sale, pick Saturday and Sunday. For everyday promotions, select all days.

Time of Day

Set a time window using 24-hour format. For example, 09:00 – 17:00 for business hours only. Overnight ranges like 22:00 – 06:00 are also supported.

Date Range

Set the start and end dates for your promotion. The message will only appear within this range (both dates are inclusive). Perfect for limited-time sales.

Note: All scheduling uses the visitor's local timezone, not yours. If you set a time range of 9:00–17:00, it means 9 AM to 5 PM wherever the visitor is located.

Example: Black Friday sale

Here's how you'd set up a Black Friday promotion:

Days of WeekAll days

Time of DayLeave empty (all day)

Date RangeNov 25 – Nov 30

TriggerImmediately

After User ClosesHide for session

The message automatically starts on Nov 25 and stops on Nov 30 — no manual intervention needed.

Tip: You can set the message to Active right away. It won't appear until the scheduled date range begins.

Save and activate

Click Update Message and make sure it's set to Active. The message will automatically appear and disappear based on your schedule.

Tip: Create your promotional messages ahead of time. Schedule them days or weeks in advance so everything is ready when the sale starts.