How to Set up a Countdown Timer Overlay

Timer overlays are fruitful when you want to give your web visitors an incentive to complete a purchase. You can create urgency by displaying a timer overlay and converting more website visitors into customers.

Using a countdown timer overlay, you can:

1. Trigger instant responses from your audience

2. Limit a particular offer to attract more clicks

Here’s what a timer overlay would look like:

To set up a timer overlay:

Step 1: In your Picreel account,

• Navigate to ‘Campaigns’ from the dashboard.

• Click on ‘+New Campaign.’

Step 2:

• Under the Featured list of templates, select a timer overlay.

• Click on ‘Customize’ to start editing.

Step 3: In the Edit design section, you can customize your overlay.

• Click on any element on the left panel and start customizing it according to your needs.

Learn how to edit a premade design.

• Click ‘Save’ to save your changes and proceed to the next section.

Step 4: Under the campaign settings, you have three broad sections:

• Basic settings: Whether your timer overlay will display on the whole site or specific pages

• When Overlay Appears: When will it trigger, and what will be the impression frequency

• Other Options: Some further options such as device type, personalization, and location, among others

Step 5:

• Click ‘Save’ in the top-right corner to finalize your changes.

That is all about timer overlay in Picreel.