Why is it so hard to set vacation mode for my online store?

[witandwhistle]

I totally agree there needs to be a simple vacation mode with the click of a button. Every other selling platform I use offers this (Amazon, Etsy, Faire, Woocommerce, etc.) I’m not accepting orders for two weeks while I’m closed—customers will be angry with the shipping delay. I don’t want to close my whole site and require a password to get in, then customers can’t browse my products while I’m away. Pause mode is not a good solution either. I just tried it and it doesn’t provide any notification that orders can’t be placed until a weird error message pops up when you try to checkout. Feels like the site is just broken, not that the shop is temporarily closed. There should be a vacation mode that clearly notifies the shopper as they are browsing that the shop is currently closed and orders aren’t being accepted—perhaps a popup when they click the “add to cart” button. Or remove the add to cart button all together.