Make the season yours.

SeasonPilot adds decorative effects to compatible Shopify Online Store themes. Both plans include the full library and scheduler. Checkout, customer accounts, cart and password pages are excluded.

1. Choose a Shopify plan. Monthly is US$3.99. Annual is US$24 charged once per year, equivalent to US$2 per month. Eligible stores receive a seven-day trial. Shopify shows the charge and applicable taxes before approval.
2. Enable the app embed. Open Online Store → Themes → Customize → App embeds. Enable SeasonPilot effects, then save the theme. Repeat this when changing your published theme.
3. Preview and schedule an effect. Start on the homepage with a low density. Choose dates in your store timezone, duration, page targeting and mobile settings. Use edge framing or ambient placement, and adjust top and bottom clearance to suit your theme.
4. Enable your calendar and save the draft. Saving alone does not change live effects. Review overlaps: only one campaign runs on a page.
5. Publish your calendar. The worker writes your settings to Shopify and reads them back. Activity confirms a verified publish. A queued message is not confirmation.
6. Check the storefront. Test both phone and desktop, including menus and buy buttons. Animation lasts at most 120 seconds per page. Visitors can hide it, and reduced-motion visitors receive no animation.

Dates and overlaps

Annual schedules use local wall-clock time. Black Friday and Cyber Monday schedules follow those weekdays each year. Confirm Easter, lunar and religious observance dates manually; regional dates can differ. A missing daylight-saving time is rejected. For a repeated time, choose the earlier or later occurrence.

Manual overrides take precedence, then highest priority, then latest start, then campaign ID. Exclusions always win. Exact paths match one page; excluded paths also exclude descendants. Add language prefixes used by your store in Settings.

Pause, cancel and uninstall

Pause all requests a verified empty calendar. Already-open pages may finish their current animation. Pausing effects does not cancel billing. Manage your subscription through Shopify or uninstall the app. Shopify controls the effective cancellation date and charges already incurred. Uninstalling removes the app extension.

When nothing appears

Check the published calendar, app embed, subscription, timezone, mobile setting, target path and date window. The visitor may have selected Hide seasonal effects, enabled reduced motion, or already reached the page duration. Reloading starts a fresh page preview; closing the tab resets its hide preference.

Effects use Shopify-hosted settings and assets. If publication or billing verification is unavailable, existing settings expire within seven days or at the verified subscription boundary, whichever is earlier. The app does not prolong unverified access.

Need help?

Send your shop domain, campaign name and the page path that behaved unexpectedly. Never send passwords, access tokens or customer details.

Contact support@studio8022.com. Business and operator details.