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title: Improvements to Online Store Hours
description: Clearly communicating when your store is opened or closed is an important part of a great online ordering experience.   We’ve just released some improvements to Thrive Online - based on your suggestions - to help make things more clear.
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# [Improvements to Online Store Hours](https://www.thrivepos.com/en-us/thrive-product-news/improvements-online-store-hours)

 Written by [Duessa Holscher](https://www.thrivepos.com/en-us/thrive-product-news/author/duessa-holscher) | Apr 2, 2021 2:45:00 PM

Clearly communicating when your store is opened or closed is an important part of a great online ordering experience.   We’ve just released some improvements to Thrive Online - based on your suggestions - to help make things more clear.

When a store is closed - either due to their regular hours OR due to special holiday hours, a clear message displays on the location finder:

Customers are invited to “Schedule Order” for those closed locations, with the next available time defaulting: 

If scheduled orders are turned off, the customer will instead be invited to “View Menu”. 

A banner notification will also let customers know that the store is currently closed: 

Once an order is scheduled, the Date & Time will display prominently, so customers can clearly see when the order is scheduled for: 

These are small changes, but hopefully will make a big difference in clarifying things for your customers!

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