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How to Create Pop-Up Modal Announcements

Setting Up the Pop-up Modal

  1. To add a popup modal to your store, click on Create Widget at the homepage.


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  2. At Type select Popup modal:
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  3. Give this widget an internal name at the Widget Name (internal use only):
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  4. Configure your popup modal’s start and end time the popup modal will be displayed at your store.


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    ​IMPORTANT NOTE: The time is based on your store's timezone.

  5. You can also configure the number of times your visitor can see the popup.

    1. Once Per Week Per Visitor- The visitor will see the popup modal every 7 days of each visit.
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    2. Everytime Anyone Visits - The popup modal will be displayed too all visitors each time the visit or refreshes the site.
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    3. Once per Day per Visitor - The popup modal will be displayed every 24 hours of each visit.
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    4. New Visitors Only - Only display the popup modal to first time visitors to your site.

  6. Configure how you would like the pop-up modal to appear to your visitors by configuring the following settings:

    1. Choose where the pop-up modal will appear.

      I can appear in the middle of screen:


      Or at the bottom right:


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    2. You can choose the different type of pop-up animations. You can preview it to see which is most suitable for your branding.


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    3. Choose the pages where you want your popup modal to appear based on product pages, collection pages or specific pages (which includes home pages and blogs).
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    4. This selection will correspond to the selection you made in (c). It allows you to choose the pages that you want the pop-up modal to appear.


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  7. You can restrict the pop-up modal to show to visitors from specific countries by configuring the Restrict by Location option.


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  8. Select Next:
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    OR Design tab to continue to customize the pop-up modal's design:
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Customizing the Pop-up Modal Design

Banner Elements

You can add or remove banner elements by enable/disable the elements.

  • Title - You can choose if you want to display the main title of the pop-up modal. You can edit the contents and the format at the Title setup.
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  • Countdown Timer - You have the option to display the countdown timer. Customize its content, style, and format by configuring the Countdown Timer setup.
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  • Primary Button - When activated, customers can click this button to navigate to any page or site configured in the Primary Button Setup.
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    You can also customize the color and format of the button there.
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  • Subheading - By enabling this option, a message will appear below the countdown timer. For further customization—such as adjusting font type, size, and color—navigate to the Subheading settings.
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  • Link - When you enable this option, a clickable link will appear, which can be customized in the Link settings:
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  • Email capture - Enabling this element will display an email capturing textbox. All emails captured will be automatically synchronized to your Customer page in the Shopify admin panel. If you had integrate Urgency+ with Mailchimp or Klaviyo it will automatically synchronize to the mailing lists as well.
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  • Copy Discount Code - By enabling this option, a discount code will be display at the pop-up modal:
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    If you want the Discount Code to be shown, at the pop-up modal without any email signups, locate Discount Code (Before Sign Up) and select Change:


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    Alternatively, if you want the Discount Code to show after an email signup is made, locate Discount Code (Sign Up Success) and select Change.
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    Link the Discount Code set that you wish to display.
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    You can then proceed configure the design on the discount code display here:
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Once you’ve chosen the elements to display in the pop-up modal, you can fine-tune its design. Customize border formats, border radius, and background patterns in the section directly below:
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Success

  1. When Email Capture is enabled, the success page activates whenever a successful email enrollment occurs. On this page, you have the option to add a discount code to encourage email signups


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