Set a release and expiry date for files

Sometimes, the content you upload to Showpad may be highly regulated or linked to special events like promotions, sales competitions, or individual campaigns. In such cases, you can upload assets to Showpad and set a release and expiry date to ensure they are available in the correct time frame. The release date is the day an asset becomes available to users, and the expiry date is the day an asset becomes unavailable to users. You can also choose to set only a release date without an expiry date and vice versa.
For sellers, expired content is removed from Experiences. In Collections and Shared Spaces, the asset will be greyed out and inaccessible. Content with a future release date won't be visible yet for your users.

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Key features

• Set a release and expiry date for temporary content
• If the release date is not reached yet, the content won't be visible to users
• Expired content is still visible in the Content Library and Experience Builder
• Expired content is removed from Experiences and greyed out in Collections and Shared Spaces
• You can change the expiry date to make assets accessible again

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Set a release and expiry date for files

1. Navigate to the Libraries tab.
2. If your organization uses multiple Divisions, select the desired one from the top-left dropdown menu.
3. Go to All files from the left-side menu, depending on the type of asset you want to add an expiry date to. Click the asset to open the details panel.
4. In the Overview section of the Details tab, hover over the Released on or Expires on field and click the pencil icon.
5. Add the relevant dates under the Released on and/or Expires on fields.
6. Click Save changes.
7. Alternatively, you can give multiple files the same release and/or expiration date in bulk. To do so, navigate to the All Files library. Select the assets by checking the boxes, then click the Edit button.
8. In the Overview section, add a release and expiry date, then click Save changes.

See how it looks

• On Showpad's Admin App
  In the Files library, the asset will be labeled as Expired. In the Experience Builder, expired content is grayed out. When hovering over the asset, an Expired label appears.
• On the Web App and on mobile apps for users
  Users won't be able to open expired content on their devices or the Web App.
  • In Experiences: Expired assets will be removed from Experiences.
  • In Collections: Expired assets will be greyed out in Collections. If a user attempts to open expired content from a Collection, it will alert them and give them the option to remove it.
  • In Shared Spaces: Expired assets will be greyed out in Shared Spaces. If users attempt to open it, it will alert them that access has been revoked.