⏰Cron Jobs

Several features require scheduled tasks (cron jobs) to run. All URLs are listed in Setup → Settings → Products at the bottom.

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🤔 Why Cron Jobs?

• Abandoned cart emails — Sent only when the cron runs.

• Back-in-stock notifications — Checked when the cron runs.

• Price drop alerts — Checked when the cron runs.

Without these crons, these features will not work.

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🔗 Cron URLs

Feature	URL	Recommended
Abandoned cart emails	https://yoursite.com/products/cron/abandoned_cart_emails	Daily
Back-in-stock	https://yoursite.com/products/cron/back_in_stock_emails	Daily
Price drop	https://yoursite.com/products/cron/price_drop_emails	Daily

Replace yoursite.com with your actual domain.

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📝 How to Add to Crontab

Linux / cPanel

1. Open your crontab: crontab -e

2. Add lines like:

# Run daily at 9:00 AM
0 9 * * * curl -s "https://yoursite.com/products/cron/abandoned_cart_emails" > /dev/null 2>&1
0 9 * * * curl -s "https://yoursite.com/products/cron/back_in_stock_emails" > /dev/null 2>&1
0 9 * * * curl -s "https://yoursite.com/products/cron/price_drop_emails" > /dev/null 2>&1

Alternative: wget

0 9 * * * wget -q -O - "https://yoursite.com/products/cron/abandoned_cart_emails" > /dev/null 2>&1

PHP CLI (if curl/wget unavailable)

0 9 * * * php -r "file_get_contents('https://yoursite.com/products/cron/abandoned_cart_emails');"

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Cron Behavior

• Each endpoint checks if its feature is enabled before running.

• If disabled, it exits immediately.

• Output is minimal (e.g., "Sent: X" for emails). No output usually means nothing to process or feature disabled.

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🧪 Testing

You can test by visiting the URL in a browser or running:

curl "https://yoursite.com/products/cron/abandoned_cart_emails"

You should see a short response (e.g., "Sent: 0" or "Disabled").