diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/items/index.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/items/index.html
index 296270a5d0..c982f4d8f5 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/items/index.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/items/index.html
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
                     <th class="iconcol"></th>
                     <th class="iconcol"></th>
                     <th class="iconcol"></th>
+                    <th class="iconcol"></th>
                     <th>{% trans "Category" %}</th>
                     <th class="action-col-2"></th>
                     <th class="action-col-2"></th>
@@ -51,6 +52,12 @@
                                 {% if not i.active %}</strike>{% endif %}
                             </strong>
                             </td>
+                            <td>
+                                {% if i.available_from or i.available_until %}
+                                    <span class="fa fa-clock-o fa-fw text-muted" data-toggle="tooltip" title="{% trans "Only available in a limited timeframe" %}">
+                                    </span>
+                                {% endif %}
+                            </td>
                             <td>
                                 {% if i.admission %}
                                     <span class="fa fa-user fa-fw text-muted" data-toggle="tooltip" title="{% trans "Admission ticket" %}"></span>
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/views/dashboards.py b/src/pretix/control/views/dashboards.py
index 675d2f3b02..d96a422d5c 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/views/dashboards.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/views/dashboards.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from django.template.loader import get_template
 from django.utils import formats
 from django.utils.formats import date_format
 from django.utils.html import escape
+from django.utils.timezone import now
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _, ungettext
 
 from pretix.base.models import (
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ NUM_WIDGET = '<div class="numwidget"><span class="num">{num}</span><span class="
 def base_widgets(sender, subevent=None, **kwargs):
     prodc = Item.objects.filter(
         event=sender, active=True,
+    ).filter(
+        (Q(available_until__isnull=True) | Q(available_until__gte=now())) &
+        (Q(available_from__isnull=True) | Q(available_from__lte=now()))
     ).count()
 
     if subevent: