--- title: "Architect Journey: Wait Until a Time Slot" slug: "architect-journey-wait-until-a-time-slot" description: "Wait until a time slot allows you to put users on hold until a specific day and time slot. Users can proceed to the next step only during a specific time slot on a specific day." tags: ["architect wait", "wait until a time slot"] updated: 2026-01-09T11:06:04Z published: 2026-01-09T11:06:04Z canonical: "academy.insiderone.com/architect-journey-wait-until-a-time-slot" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://academy.insiderone.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Architect Journey: Wait Until a Time Slot **Wait until a time slot** allows you to put users on hold until a specific day and time slot. Users can proceed to the next step only during a specific time slot on a specific day. You can select **daily**, **weekly**, and **monthly** frequency options to set different time slots for different days ![](https://cdn.document360.io/c6df4583-da94-4cb2-bb8a-be0cbdd11109/Images/Documentation/49054688-a4df-4f5f-89dc-711788f7eb97.png) Take, for example, an airline company. They publish their discount and benefits campaign on their website only on Mondays. They want to notify users via SMS message between 5 and 6 pm since they know this is the best time for their users. In this case, you can add a Wait element before the [SMS](https://academy.useinsider.com/docs/architect-sms) element and set it to run only on Monday. You can determine 5 pm - 6 pm as a time slot. That said, the user will proceed to the [SMS](https://academy.useinsider.com/docs/architect-sms) element only if the day is Monday and the time is between 5 and 6 pm. When the user arrives in the Wait element at 6 pm on a Monday, they will be held in the **Wait** element until 5 pm next Monday. ## Use Cases With Wait until a Time Slot, you can: - Engage users in a specific, contextual scenario, such as a flash sale or a new-season campaign. - Send messages in a specific time slot to comply with the white hour regulations in countries. - Engage users during the best time slot to boost conversion. ## How does Wait until a time slot work? Wait until a time slot function keeps users until specific time slots and days. Your title goes hereThe time slot element operates based on the time zone that you select in your [account preferences](/docs/account-preferences). Your title goes hereThe total wait time from the start to the end **o**f each path in your journey can't exceed 6 months. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/c6df4583-da94-4cb2-bb8a-be0cbdd11109/Images/Documentation/Screenshot%20at%20Aug%2006%2017-05-16.png)Your title goes hereWait elements of the same type cannot be added consecutively. Instead of directing all users to the next step at the same time, users are **randomly** batched into groups of **7500**, and each batch is distributed randomly to proceed to the next step during the specified time slot. > You set Wait Until a Time Slot between 9 am and 9 pm with a daily frequency. Janice enters the flow today and arrives at the Wait Until a Time Slot element at 10 am. Janice will proceed to the next element from this wait element right away. If John enters the flow today and arrives at the Wait Until a Time Slot element at 11 pm, he will be on hold until tomorrow and proceed to the next element at a time that is randomly selected between 9 am and 9 pm. You can also enable the **Time Slot Delay** to make your users wait **up to 90 days** before waiting for the time slot. Once the users arrive at the Wait Until a Time Slot element, they wait for the number of days specified under the Time Slot Delay before they wait for the time slot you configured. ![Time slot delay](https://cdn.document360.io/c6df4583-da94-4cb2-bb8a-be0cbdd11109/Images/Documentation/1227e364-efa3-4e5f-9067-891c88d49e94.png) Get started with [Architect Journey: Use Wait until a Time Slot](https://academy.useinsider.com/docs/using-wait-until-a-time-slot) element in your journeys. ## Related - [Architect Journey: Wait for Some Time](/what-is-wait-for-some-time.md) - [Architect Journey: Use Wait until a Time Slot](/architect-journey-use-wait-until-a-time-slot.md) - [Architect Journey: Wait for Attribute](/wait-for-attribute.md) - [Architect Journey: Wait for Event](/wait-for-event.md)