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Magical Vacation Mode
Magical Vacation Mode
by Magical Apps
4.8
(34 reviews)
Best suited for stores that need to pause operations temporarily and manage customer communication during closures.
Vacation mode to pause sales, hide buy buttons, collect emails or just hide prices for catalog mode. Vacation mode helps you pause sales and hide buy buttons while you take a break, go on holiday, or activate holiday mode for any reason. Run catalog mode to hide prices on every product without disabling the rest of your store. The simple toggle turns ordering on or off, hides prices, and publishes a sitewide vacation banner or vacation alert message. Collect customer emails to notify them when you're back. No complex B2B setup. Real human support, not bots. Install the app and try it today. Vacation mode helps you pause sales and hide buy buttons while you take a break, go on holiday, or activate holiday mode for any reason. Run catalog mode to hide prices on every product without disabling the rest of your store. The simple toggle turns ordering on or off, hides prices, and publishes a sitewide vacation banner or vacation alert message. Collect customer emails to notify them when you're back. No complex B2B setup. Real human support, not bots. Install the app and try it today. more Disable Buy Buttons and Purchasing Options Publish a sitewide message to inform your customers Collect emails to notify customers when you return Toggle On/Off with the flip of a switch Take a worry free vacation or break
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Top line
conversion rate
From $0.75/mo
1 tier
70/100
Solid · from 34 reviews
What it does
Disable Buy Buttons and Purchasing Options
Publish a sitewide message to inform your customers
Collect emails to notify customers when you return
Toggle On/Off with the flip of a switch
Take a worry free vacation or break
One plan, no tiers to choose between
This developer publishes a single plan ($9/year), so plan choice does not arise — the only decision is whether to install it. The listing summarises it as “$9/year”.
Pricing
$9/year
70
/ 100Solid
Scored on 34 merchant reviews we hold for Magical Vacation Mode, across five checks. Every figure is computed from those reviews — expand any row to see the counts behind it.
Recent reviews rate above this app's own average
Reviews in the last 12 months average 5.00, 0.24 stars above the lifetime average of 4.76.Review history
2022–2026 · 34 reviews read| 2022 | 2 reviews |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 10 reviews |
| 2024 | 7 reviews |
| 2025 | 11 reviews |
| 2026 | 4 reviews |
What merchants say
4.8
18%
of reviews get an answer4%
had used it a year when they wroteRecent merchant reviews
The newest 8 of 34. Open one to read it in full, with the developer's reply where there is one.
Such a great app for small business owners who don't have the capability to fulfill orders while out on vacation. I've also used it to notify customers when we have maintenance or production outages on our equipment that prevents us from printing and fulfilling orders. The pop up messages look great...thanks!
AMAZING! This is a must have app for everyone that goes on vacation from time to time. No stressing about unfulfilled orders nothing! Also when you're going to sell at a market you can close the store without actually closing it, so you don't sell your one-of-a-kind product twice! I would 100% highly recommend this app! Also, if you have trouble installing it (like I did), they're more than happy to help you out!
Very easy to use and they do the setup for you!
A useful little app, for a very fair price. Support was quick to answer my questions, and helped integrating the sign-up form into our product template when it didn't work out of the box (probably an issue on our side due to a very old theme).
While scouring the internet trying to find a good solution for going away for a few days, I learned about Magical Vacation Mode in the Shopify Forums. I certainly am glad that I gave it a try. The app did exactly what I needed it to...let my visitors know that they can look at my items but not purchase until my return. There was also an option for them to request a notification when I reopened. When I installed the app, I quickly received a note from a human asking if I needed help setting it up! While I didn't, it was easy, it was nice that someone was there if I needed them. When I returned, it was painless to go back to selling. I can't recommend this service enough, it solves a problem that enables me to take time off without the worry.
Everything looked good doing it myself but since we are using a vintage Shopify theme, I was unable to do inline messaging. Jeff the developer stepped in quickly and put in some code to really customize our message. Easy to use and implement, would fully recommend for anyone looking for an app to close their store for a brief period.
I cannot believe Shopify does not have a vacation setting, but for a mere $5 per year (that's right, not per month ... $5 per year) this app made it super easy. Actually the tech support made it super easy. I took them up on the offer to set up the app for me with a simple email, and after just a few quick email exchanges they set it all up for me! Could not have been easier. I'm so grateful.
FINALLY is all I can say - what a great and useful app for taking a break with your store and not having to follow the ridiculous suggestions by shopify to put the "coming soon" / password protected page back up - I don't care what kind of message you put on that page - it makes you look like you have gone out of business - and no one can browse your store! With Magical Vacation mode - you can close for as long as you want, and still keep your shop open with a message (configurable) on the home page and product page so that customers don't get frustrated or confused. Simple and lightweight - doesn't bog down the store. I personally have needed this app for years and am thrilled with the ease of set up AND the responsiveness of the developer who helped me tweak it to my needs. Take a break, close for inventory - go on vacation - at the push of a button. 5 stars all the way!
Magical Vacation Mode FAQ
Answered from this app's own listing and its full review record.
Best suited for stores that need to pause operations temporarily and manage customer communication during closures.
Paid plans start at $0.75/month across 1 published tier. Prices are as listed on the Shopify App Store and can change — confirm before installing.
On our scorecard Magical Vacation Mode rates 70 out of 100 — solid — read from 34 merchant reviews. The developer has published replies to 6 of 34 reviews. The score reflects what the review record shows, nothing more.
34 merchants have reviewed Magical Vacation Mode, averaging 4.8 out of 5. We hold the review history from 2022 to 2026, which is what the year-by-year chart on this page is built from.
At a glance
4.8 / 5 · 34 reviews
5.00 from 7 reviews
7 (was 8)
6 of 34 reviews
7 days
$9/year
November 18, 2022
2022 – 2026
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