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Create Product Limit Rules

Use product limit rules to control how many units of a product (or product group) a customer can buy per order, per day, per month, or per year.

Go to "Limit purchase" from admin menu. Click the "Create limit" button.

The Limit purchase list page showing the active rules and a "Create limit" button in the top right corner.

Select limit type

The "Select type" screen showing the Order Limit section at the top with 4 cards (Minimum Order Quantity, Maximum Order Value, Maximum Order Weight, Limit Orders Per Day)

Product limit: Min/Max Product Quantity, Qty Must Be Multiple of X, Min/Max Collection Quantity, Block Product Combination, Require Product Dependency
Advanced limit: Limit Qty by Customer, Market/Country Limit, Schedule-Based Activation, Customize limit rules

An Advanced Limit section shows 4 more card types.

Click Add template on your chosen type.
Name your setting

Enter a name in the Name field (e.g. Limit - Summer Collection)

Setup Product Limit Rule

This allows you to set the min, max, or multiple number of units a customer can purchase for a specific product or variant in a single order
Min (quantity) — the minimum number a customer must buy (leave blank or enter 0for no minimum)
Max (quantity) — the maximum number a customer can buy (leave blank or enter 0 for no maximum)
Multiple — if you want purchases to happen in multiples only (e.g., 6 means customers must buy 6, 12, 18, etc.)

The rule creation form for Min/Max Product Quantity. Limit rules section with Min, Max, and Multiple input fields

Set the maximum purchase limit equal to the product's available inventory, check the "Set the maximum equal to the inventory" option.

and a "Set the maximum equal to the inventory" checkbox

Tip: The Limit preview panel on the right shows a live preview of how the rule message will appear on a product page.

Set how the limit is tracked

Under Limit scope (per customer), choose how often the limit resets
Per order: the limit applies to each checkout. Resets with every new order.
Per day: tracks the customer's total purchases within a calendar day.
Per month: tracks total purchases within a calendar month.
Per year: tracks total purchases within a calendar year.
Lifetime: tracks total purchases across all time.

The Limit scope dropdown open, showing options: Per order (highlighted), Per day, Per month, Per year, Lifetime.

Choose which products the rule applies to.

Under Apply to, select one of 5 options:

All products: Apply the limit rules to all products in your store
Specific collections: Apply the limit rules to the selected collections

The Apply to section showing the "Specific collections" option selected, with a search field.

Group products: Apply the limit rules to products that match specific conditions (e.g., tags, titles, or vendors)

The "Group products" option selected in the Apply to section. A conditions builder appears with rows for Title (contains), Vendor (contains), and Tag (is equal to), with a "+ Add condition" button below. Above the conditions are two radio buttons: "all conditions" and "any conditions

Specific products: Apply the limit rules to the selected individual products

The "Specific products" option selected, showing a search field with Browse button and three products listed

Specific product variants: Apply the limit rules to the selected product variants

The "Specific product variants" option selected, showing a search field and a variant listed

Set how quantities are counted

Under Set quantity condition, choose how the app tallies up the customer's cart:

The Set quantity condition section with three radio options: "Total quantity of all selected products," "Total quantity of each selected product," and "Total quantity of each selected variant"

Total quantity of all selected products: Add the total quantity of products belonging to the selected collections and compare min/max
Total quantity of each selected collections: Add the total quantity of products in each selected collection and compare min/max
Total quantity of each selected products: Sum the quantities of each product to compare min/max
Total quantity of each selected variants: the quantity of each variant to compare min/max

Apply to markets

Allows merchants to set personalized limit rules for each market or country, tailoring restrictions to regional needs.
Under Apply to markets, select which countries or regions this rule show apply to.
By default, all markets are selected.
Search and choose the countries/regions where you want the rule to apply.

The Apply to markets section showing a search field and a checklist

Target customer

Please follow this guide to set up your target customer

Schedule

You can set start and end times for limit rules, and the system will automatically follow the schedule, saving management time.

Check Set Schedule to run this rule only during a specific time window.
Choose a Schedule timezone, then set a Start date and Start time.
Check Set end date and add an end date/time if you want the rule to automatically turn off.

The Schedule section with "Set schedule" checked, Schedule timezone, Start date and Start time

Customize the notification messages

Under Display settings, edit the messages customers see when they violate the rule:

Minimum notification: shown when the quantity is below the minimum
Maximum notification: shown when the quantity exceeds the maximum
Multiple notification: shown when the quantity isn't a valid multiple
Notification background: background color of the alert
Notification color: text color of the alert

The Display settings section showing three notification text fields: Minimum notification, Maximum notification, Multiple notification, Notification background, Notification color

Note: %min, %max, and %m are placeholders — the app automatically replaces them with the actual numbers from your rule

Action After Block

Please follow this guide to set up your target customer

Click Save and your rule is now active

Updated on: 29/04/2026

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