17 designer templates, 20 ready-to-launch campaigns, two bar types, countdown timers, copyable discount codes, inline email capture, page and device targeting, Klaviyo / Brevo / Shopify Email integrations — installed via a one-click theme app embed. No code, no theme edits.
Match the format to the message. A focused single bar for one strong line of copy, or a six-slide carousel when you've got more than one thing to say.
One clean, focused, single-message banner. Use it for free shipping promos, store-wide announcements, holiday hours, shipping updates — anywhere you need one strong line of copy at the top of every page.
When you have more than one thing to say, the slider rotates messages on a timer with smooth fade transitions and dot indicators. Stack offers — “Free shipping over $50” → “30% off site-wide” → “New arrivals are live.”
Every template ships with curated colors, typography, and copy. Apply one and you're 90% done — switch templates anytime without losing your bar settings.
On top of the 17 templates, PulseBar ships 20 ready-to-launch campaign bars — Free Shipping Promo, Free Shipping Nudge (cart-only), Newsletter Capture, Flash Discount with Coupon, Eco-Friendly Campaign, Social Proof Bar, Black Friday Mega Sale, Cyber Monday Tech Deals, Christmas Holiday Sale, Diwali Festival Offer, Halloween Spooky Sale, Valentine's Day Gift Guide, New Year Countdown, Eid Mubarak Celebration, Summer Sizzle Sale, Back to School Signup, Summer Campaign, Weekend Countdown, Neon Drop Alert, and a BFCM CTA variant. Each one is one click away from your storefront.
A live HH:MM:SS countdown that ticks every second on every page of your store — perfect for flash sales, BFCM weekend, holiday closeouts, and product drops.
Ticks to your bar's scheduled end date — visible on every page of your store.
Page, device, schedule, and placement controls — the same targeting power that big brands rely on, without the enterprise price tag.
Show on all pages or a comma-separated path list with wildcards — /, /cart, /products/*, /collections/all. Cart-only free shipping nudges in one click.
Independent toggles for desktop (>1024px), tablet (768–1024px), and mobile (≤767px). Different copy for different screens.
Pick a start and end date/time. Bar status flips between Active, Scheduled, and Inactive automatically. The countdown reads from your end date.
Top of every page, fixed to the bottom of the viewport, or dropped inside a specific theme section with the Pulse Bar (section) block.
When a visitor closes the bar it stays dismissed for that UTC day, then comes back tomorrow without nagging today.
Up to 5,000 characters of scoped CSS that only applies to that bar — pixel-perfect control without risk to the rest of your theme.
Impressions, unique visitors, clicks, dismissals, email captures — visualized inside Shopify Admin and delivered to your inbox on a schedule you control.
Impressions · Unique visitors · Clicks · Dismissals · Captures
Weekly performance (Pro) · Monthly activity (Advanced)
Daily (Advanced) · Weekly · Monthly
Unique-visitor detection runs cookie-free via the visitor's own localStorage. Aggregates are stored per-bar per-UTC-day so you get clean daily, weekly, and monthly trend data. Drill into any individual bar to see how it's performing since launch.
Six modern font families. Full color control. Bar animation and border radius styling. Scoped custom CSS (Advanced) when you need pixel-perfect.
Six fonts: Inter, Poppins, Roboto, Open Sans, Georgia, Montserrat. Size 10–32px. Regular through Bold weights. Left / center / right alignment.
Up to 5,000 characters of scoped CSS that only applies to that bar — no risk to the rest of your theme. Add a brand border, a custom radius, or letter-spacing without touching theme files.
Pick one active integration at a time. Every email captured through PulseBar syncs to your selected provider in real time, with clear source attribution.
Creates a PulseBar Subscribers customer segment. New subscribers added as Shopify customers tagged pulsebar. Marketing consent recorded as single opt-in. Native to Shopify Admin.
Connect with your Klaviyo API key. PulseBar creates a list, segment, and tag. Profiles flow in with source: PulseBar Signup for clean attribution. Trigger flows the moment someone subscribes.
Connect with your Brevo API key. A dedicated list with PULSEBAR_TAG custom attribute. Contacts upserted with pulsebar-subscriber tag and SOURCE: PulseBar Signup. Drop new subscribers into Brevo automations.
Switching providers is fully merchant-controlled. PulseBar warns you that contacts already synced to a previous provider stay there — exactly the behavior you'd expect from a clean integration.
A single proxy GET fetches all eligible bar configs per page load. The script runs as an inline IIFE — no external JS bundle, no third-party domain to whitelist, nothing for ad blockers to misidentify.
Analytics events fire with keepalive: true so impressions, clicks, dismissals, and email captures survive page navigation — your analytics stay accurate even on visitors who click and bounce.
Honest, head-to-head comparison against the most-installed Shopify announcement bar apps.
| Feature | PulseBar | Essential | Hextom | GSC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Designer templates (curated copy + colors) | 17 | — | Few | — |
| Ready-to-launch campaign samples | 20 | — | — | — |
| Single bar | ||||
| Slider / carousel bar | Up to 6 slides | — | Pro | — |
| Countdown timer in bar | Pro | |||
| Copyable discount code chip | — | — | — | |
| Inline email capture | — | — | — | |
| Post-subscribe code reveal | — | — | — | |
| Page targeting with wildcards | — | Pro | ||
| Per-device targeting | — | Pro | ||
| Schedule with start / end dates | Pro | |||
| Top + bottom + inline section placement | Top only | Top + bottom | Top only | |
| Shopify Email integration | — | — | — | |
| Klaviyo integration | — | — | — | |
| Brevo integration | — | — | — | |
| Scoped custom CSS per bar | — | Pro | — | |
| Contacts CSV export | — | — | — | |
| Theme app embed (no code) | — | |||
| Free plan | — |
Free plan included. Pick a sample, customize the copy, hit publish. Live in five minutes.
