Reward the early.
Charge for the rush.

Early-bird until the deadline, a surcharge when the delivery date is days away, off-season rates that come back each year.

Moon cakes Rush window
Collection in 4 daysFri 24 April
Early$1622+ weeks
Standard$180In between
Rush$225≤4 days

25% short-notice rate applied

The collection date selects the pricing window for the two-tier sponge.

Illustrative experience

  • Early-bird that ends itself
  • A surcharge for short notice
  • Seasonal rates that repeat each year

The finished experience

The calendar moves the price, not you.

The rate changes at midnight on its own, so nobody edits the form the morning a promotion ends.

A good fit for
Anything priced by when it is ordered — tickets, print runs, off-season hire. Where the price follows who is buying rather than when, start with tiered registration.

  1. 1

    Set the standard rate first

    A product field holds the normal price and a date field asks when they need it. Every rule below adjusts that pair.

    GP Conditional Pricing

  2. 2

    Write one rule per window

    Ten per cent off while the date is more than two weeks out, standard in between, twenty-five per cent on inside four days. Each condition compares that date against today, and day-of-the-week logic gives a weekend its own rate.

    GP Advanced Conditional Logic

  3. 3

    Close the days you cannot serve

    Your closed days come off the picker and individual dates can be excepted, so nobody buys a rush slot you would have to refund.

    GP Limit Dates

What you’ll need.

Start with Gravity Forms. Add the capabilities this solution needs, then make the experience your own.

Before you start

  • A date field, a product field for the price, and a payment integration if the form takes the money.

Get this built.

A plan covers how many of our plugins you run at once, and on how many sites. Here is what this one needs.

Required

  • GP Conditional PricingPerks

  • GP Advanced Conditional LogicPerks

  • GP Limit DatesPerks

Gravity Perks Advanced $169 /year

3 perks need Advanced or above — on up to 3 sites.

See plans for this solution

Every plan renews at the same price, and you can upgrade any time for the difference.

Make it fit
your project.

Does the buyer see the price change before they submit?

On a product field, yes — the rate changes as soon as the date is chosen and the total follows it. Showing changed prices inside the choices of a drop-down or radio product needs the two-part snippet in the Conditional Pricing documentation.

Can a rate come back every year?

Yes. An asterisk stands in for any part of a date, so an off-season rate or a late fee after the fifth repeats without a new rule each season.

  • Clay, CTO
  • Dan, Content Sorcerer
  • Dani, Product Manager
  • David, Founder & CEO
  • Matt, Senior Support Wizard
  • Roxy, Support Wizard

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