How to Set Up Local Delivery Shopify Stores Can Offer Only on Certain Days

Shopify's built-in local delivery has no delivery-days setting. To set up local delivery Shopify stores can limit to certain days, either write the days into the zone's Delivery information field or add a date picker app that blocks every other day at checkout. The first is free but relies on customers reading it. The second enforces the rule.

Merchants hit this wall for practical reasons. A wholesaler drops stock on Fridays. A bakery bakes on Wednesdays and Saturdays. One driver is free on Tuesdays. On the Shopify Community, merchants ask for things like free delivery in one area on Fridays only, and the default settings can't express that. This guide shows how to set up local delivery Shopify offers natively, then how to restrict it to the days you actually run.

How to set up local delivery Shopify gives you by default

Local delivery on Shopify is a free feature you turn on one location at a time. To set up local delivery Shopify needs a location with stock that can fulfill online orders, then a zone drawn by radius or postal codes.

Here is the path in the Shopify Help Center:

1. Go to Settings > Shipping and delivery.

2. Under Additional delivery methods, click Local delivery, then pick your location.

3. Turn on Deliver orders to customers directly from this location.

4. In Delivery zones, choose Use postal codes or Set a delivery radius, then click Add zone.

5. Name the zone, add an optional minimum order price, enter a delivery price (0 for free) and write your Delivery information.

6. Click Save.

A few limits shape the plan. You get 10 zones per location, 3 extra price rules per zone and a maximum radius of 100 miles (160 km). A radius also needs a verified location address.

Choose your days before you set up local delivery Shopify

Choose days from your capacity, not from habit. Shopify's own guidance splits the schedule into three parts: delivery days, an order cutoff and an arrival window. Decide all three before you pick a tool.

If you prep on Monday and deliver on Tuesday, your cutoff is Monday afternoon, not Tuesday morning. If your driver works a four-hour shift, the arrival window is four hours. Whatever you choose, tell customers before they pay. Shopify's advice is to publish delivery days and cutoff times on the site and at checkout, then repeat them in the confirmation.

Can you offer local delivery only on certain days in Shopify?

Not with the native settings. When you set up local delivery Shopify's way, a zone holds a name, an area, a minimum order price, a delivery price and a message. There is no field for weekdays or time slots. If the customer's address is inside the zone, the local delivery option Shopify shows at checkout appears every day of the week.

That gap is why most days-only setups are workarounds. Offering local delivery on Shopify only on certain days means choosing the workaround that fits your order volume.

Three ways to limit the local delivery option Shopify shows

Delivery information message. Write the schedule where customers read it: "We deliver Tuesdays and Fridays. Orders placed before 5 pm go out on the next run." Shopify prints this field in order confirmation emails for local delivery orders, so it doubles as a reminder. It does not stop anyone from choosing local delivery on Shopify on a Wednesday, so expect a few "where is my order" messages.

Switching the location on and off. Deactivating the location status removes local delivery as a checkout option. If you deliver on one fixed day, you can switch it off after the cutoff and back on after the run. It enforces the rule, but it depends on someone remembering. The first forgotten toggle ends the plan.

A date picker app. This puts a calendar or slot picker at checkout, so the local delivery option Shopify customers see only covers days you serve. It is the right route when you set up local delivery Shopify customers will use every week.

Restrict local delivery on Shopify with a date picker

Manual methods fail on volume. At 20 orders a week, nobody wants to babysit a toggle. Super Local Delivery & Pickup handles the scheduling side. Its listing describes a date time picker widget, block dates, cutoff times, preparation times and order limits, so customers pick a date from the options you allow. That makes it a practical local delivery option Shopify stores can control by date.

To set up local delivery Shopify customers can book by date, follow this setup:

1. Install the app and create your delivery zones. Toolstr's delivery zone guide covers drawing a zone on the map or entering zip codes.

2. Set the dates customers can pick and block the days you don't deliver.

3. Add a cutoff time and a preparation time so same-day orders don't land on a day you can't fill.

4. Add an order limit if one run can only carry so many orders.

5. Place a test order from an address inside each zone.

The free plan includes the order scheduling widget and unlimited delivery zones. Paid plans start at $25 a month with a 7-day trial. One caution: Shopify warns that third-party shipping apps can conflict with its local delivery method, so run that test order before you announce the schedule.

Plan routes when deliveries bunch into fewer days

Once you set up local delivery Shopify on fewer days, each day carries more stops. A Friday-only schedule can turn a quiet week into 40 stops on one afternoon, and the route is what makes the promise workable.

Super Local Delivery covers this side too. The listing includes optimized routes, driver assignment and dispatch, and a driver mobile app for proof of delivery. The free plan allows 4 routes a month with 25 stops each. The Essential plan adds bulk routing and unlimited routes. For a weekly run that is often enough to start, and it keeps the days-only schedule and the route in one place.

Mistakes that break a days-only schedule

When you set up local delivery Shopify checkout can still hide the option for reasons unrelated to your days:

• Accelerated checkouts hide the local delivery option Shopify would otherwise show. Local delivery works with Shop Pay, but not with Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay or PayPal when the customer picks them in the first step of checkout.

• Mixed carts. Customers can't split one order between shipping and local delivery. Say so in your Delivery information.

• Unverified addresses. The address must be verifiable by Google. An address validation app can help, and Addressly is listed as compatible with Super Local Delivery. You can see it among Toolstr's Shopify apps.

• A silent schedule. If the days live only in your head, customers will order on the wrong ones.

FAQs

Q1. Can I offer local delivery only on certain days in Shopify?
Not natively. Shopify's local delivery settings have no delivery-days field. You can state your days in the Delivery information message, switch the location on and off by hand, or use a date picker app that blocks the other days at checkout and enforces the schedule for you.

Q2. How do I set up local delivery on Shopify?
Go to Settings > Shipping and delivery > Local delivery and click your location. Turn on "Deliver orders to customers directly from this location," add a zone by radius or postal codes, enter a delivery price and your Delivery information, then save. Shopify requires stocked, online-fulfilling locations first.

Q3. How do I turn off local delivery on specific days?
Open the location under Local delivery, deactivate "Deliver orders to customers directly from this location," and save. Local delivery disappears from checkout until you switch it back on. For a recurring schedule, a date picker app saves you from doing this by hand every week.

Q4. Why is the local delivery option Shopify offers not showing at checkout?
Usually one condition fails. The address sits outside the zone or Google can't verify it, one location can't fulfill the whole order from stock, or the customer chose Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay or PayPal at the first checkout step. Shop Pay works with local delivery.

Conclusion

Local delivery on Shopify gives you zones, prices and a message. It does not give you delivery days. To set up local delivery Shopify stores can trust on a fixed weekly schedule, you need either a tight manual routine or a date picker that blocks the other days. If you want the schedule enforced at checkout, install Super Local Delivery & Pickup and start on the free plan.