How to Use Timing Control Settings

The Timing Control settings allow you to fine-tune exactly how long your notifications stay on the screen and how much time passes before the next one appears.

Proper timing is the difference between a helpful nudge and an annoying pop-up. Use these settings to ensure your visitors have enough time to read your social proof without feeling overwhelmed.

Understanding the Settings

Located under the Display Rules tab, this section contains three key controls:

1. Display notification time

This setting controls the duration that a single notification remains visible on the visitor's screen before it automatically disappears.

How to use: Select a time from the dropdown menu (e.g., 5 seconds, 10 seconds, etc.).

Best Practice: For simple "Sales Count" nudges, 5–7 seconds is usually enough. For longer "Review" or "Testimonial" nudges that require reading, choose a longer duration like 10–15 seconds.

2. Apply fix delay time between two notification

This setting controls the gap or interval between two consecutive notifications. Once the first notification disappears, this timer starts counting down before the second one slides in.

Why it matters: If this is set to 0, notifications will flash one after another instantly, which looks spammy.

Recommendation: A delay of 3 to 8 seconds is standard. It gives the user a moment to breathe and focus back on your content before seeing the next proof point.

3. Randomize delay

This toggle switch makes the "delay time" variable rather than a strict, robotic countdown.

How it works: If your fixed delay is set to 5 seconds and you turn this ON, the system might wait 4 seconds one time and 7 seconds the next.

Use Case: Enable this to make your website activity feel more organic and natural, mimicking the unpredictability of real-time events.

💡 Pro Tips for Timing

Don't Rush It: Visitors read slower than you think. It is better to have a notification stay on screen a little too long than to have it vanish before they can finish reading the 5-star review.

Space Them Out: If you have multiple nudges active (e.g., a "Sales Pop" AND a "Live Visitor Count"), ensure your delay times are long enough so they don't constantly fight for attention.

Click "Update": Always remember to click the purple Update button at the bottom of the section to save your timing changes.

Timing Control Settings

How to Use Timing Control Settings#

Understanding the Settings#

1. Display notification time#

2. Apply fix delay time between two notification#