Scheduled Orders allows you to configure recurring, automated orders during the checkout process. It is possible to create scheduled order for both registered customers, as well as anonymous users.

Scheduled orders are created using a template and a schedule(s). A template is an object that you use to create the order, but a template is not submitted. After creating a template, you associate a schedule with the template. When the schedule is run, the template is copied to create an order, which is then submitted. You can associate multiple schedules with a single template.

When you create a schedule, you can submit the order, or you can create the schedule without submitting the order. If you create a schedule without submitting the order, the order will still be submitted at the time indicated by the schedule.

Scheduled orders are created based on one of two different types of schedules. The schedule can be periodic, which is based on a specific interval of days or weeks, or the schedule can be based on a calendar, which identifies specific days of the week or dates of the month.

A schedule also defines a period of time that the order will be fulfilled by defining a start and end date.