Time-Based Expiration
Schedule your QR codes
Schedule exactly when your QR codes become active and when they expire. Perfect for limited-time offers, event promotions, seasonal campaigns, and flash sales.
About Time-Based Expiration
Time-based expiration lets you schedule exactly when a QR code becomes active and when it stops working. Set a future activation date for embargoed materials so the code returns nothing until launch day, and set a hard expiration date so a flash sale or seasonal promotion shuts itself off automatically without manual cleanup. Quick presets cover 24 hours, 1 week, 30 days, and 90 days, and a date-time picker handles arbitrary windows down to the minute. After expiration you choose what scanners see: a clean expired-state page, a redirect to a follow-up offer, or a fully custom message with your own copy. This avoids the common embarrassment of QR codes that linger past a campaign's end and continue sending traffic to a stale page. Time-based expiration is a Business-plan feature and is typically paired with scan-velocity alerts so you can monitor how fast the code is being redeemed during the active window.
How It Works
Set activation time
Choose when your QR code starts working. Great for embargoed content or scheduled campaign launches.
Set expiration
Pick an exact end date or use quick presets (24 hours, 1 week, 30 days, 90 days). The code stops working automatically.
Configure expiration behavior
Choose what happens after expiration: show an expired page, redirect to a new offer, or display a custom message.
Time-Based Expiration
Schedule exactly when your QR codes become active and when they expire. Perfect for limited-time offers, event promotions, seasonal campaigns, and flash sales.
Starts in 2 days
Jan 10, 2026 9:00 AM
Expires in 7 days
Jan 17, 2026 11:59 PM
Key Benefits
Perfect For
Limited-time promotional offers
Event-specific QR codes
Seasonal campaign management
Flash sale countdowns
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Time-Based Scheduling
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