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# Getting started with Disco
- URL: https://productessentials.app/blog/getting-started-with-disco/
- Published: 2019-12-10T21:56:04.000Z
- Updated: 2020-01-02T21:59:22.000Z
- Author: The Disco Team

The Disco app runs sales by reducing prices on the products in your store. To create urgency and awareness of the sale you can add a **Sale Announcement Bar** displaying each sale and a **Countdown Timer** on the product page.

## Creating your first sale

To create your first sale, open the app and click **Create discount**. You will be met with the following page:

![](https://productessentials.app/content/images/2026/02/image-1.png)

Fill out the following information about the sale:

- **Title**  
Input your sale title.
- **Create collection**  
Check, if you want to create a collection for the sale.
- **Discount**  
Input a percentage or fixed amount discount.
- **Round to nearest**  
Check, if you want the price rounded to a certain decimal.
- **Select products**  
Based on title, product type, tag, vendor or collection.
- **Active dates**  
Select when the discount should start and end.

## Add Announcement Bar and Countdown Timer

Now you are ready to specify the sale announcement and countdown timer settings for the sale. Scroll down until you see the following:

![](https://productessentials.app/content/images/2026/02/image-3.png)

If you want to enable the countdown timer for each discounted product, check the **Create countdown timer** box.

Now, go ahead and fill out the **Announcement** to specify how you want to announce the specific sale:

- **Show in announcement bar**  
Check, if you want to show this sale in the announcement bar.
- **Show countdown timer in announcement**  
Check, if the announcement should include a countdown timer.
- **Text left**  
Input text to be shown on left side of countdown timer.
- **Text right**  
Input text to be shown on right side of countdown timer.
- **Show announcement before sale starts**  
Check, if you want to announce sale prior to its scheduled start. *Use this to collect e-mails.*
- **Button text**  
Input text to be shown on your Call-To-Action button.
- **Button link**  
Input the link your Call-To-Action button should redirect to.

The inputs from above will result in the following announcement bar:

![](https://productessentials.app/content/images/2026/02/image-4.png)

Finally, when you are done, hit the **Create discount** button in the upper right corner.

## Customize colors and layout

You can customize the layout of the announcement bar and countdown timer to fit perfectly into your store theme by going to **Settings** from the app front page.

![](https://productessentials.app/content/images/2026/02/image-6.png)

Here, you have the option of changing colors, text, font, font size and much more while getting a live preview. Look below to see our Black Friday theme.

![](https://productessentials.app/content/images/2026/02/image-7.png)

When you are done with adjusting the layout to your store theme, hit the **Save** button. And do not worry - you can always go back to Settings and modify it.