Shopify order limits: setup and scenario guides

Configure Shopify quantity, amount, weight and customer limits. Follow practical recipes to create rules, enable checks and test storefront checkout.

Use Order Limit to control how much customers can buy and who can purchase selected products. Choose a business scenario, follow its settings, and test both allowed and blocked carts.

Four limit types at a glance

How the main features differ

The Chinese names below match the app sidebar. Choose a feature based on whether you need to check units, amount, weight or purchase eligibility.

App feature	What it checks	Available settings	Example and distinction
Quantity limits (数量限制)	Number of units purchased	Product or variant quantities; individual or combined rules; different allowances by customer tag	At least 6 of each product, or up to 3 across products. Controls how many units a customer can buy, rather than purchase eligibility
Price limits (价格限制)	Current total amount of applicable merchandise	Minimum, maximum or amount range; different thresholds by customer tag	Require a merchandise amount of at least 100. Checks amounts without changing prices or providing discounts
Weight limits (重量限制)	Total applicable merchandise weight, using variant unit weight multiplied by quantity	Minimum, maximum or weight range; different thresholds by customer tag	Keep merchandise within 20 kg. Does not calculate shipping fees or split packages
Customer limits (客户限制)	Whether a customer can buy applicable products	Allow or block by customer tag, or require sign-in	Only VIPs can buy, or buyers must sign in. Does not set unit allowances or hide product pages

Cumulative customer rules (客户累计规则) belong to Quantity limits, rather than a fifth limit type. They check repeat purchases against recorded customer quantities. Per-order and cumulative limits differ; first purchases need a separate single-order cap. See cumulative customer rules.

To let VIPs buy up to 4 units per order, use a customer-tag rule under Quantity limits. To let only VIPs buy, use Customer limits. You can combine both to control eligibility and quantity.

First time here?

1. Choose a rule to define products, customers and calculation.
2. Create your first rule with a test product capped at 2 units.
3. Test before launch with both allowed and blocked carts.

Create your first rule

Limit a test product to 2 units per cart and verify checkout.

Browse business scenarios

Limited releases, wholesale minimums, member exclusives and repeat purchases.

What do you want to do?

Goal	Guide
Limit a new product to 2 units per order	Limited release
Allow up to 3 units across a collection	Mix and match
Require at least 6 units of each product	Wholesale minimum
Give VIPs a larger purchase allowance	Customer quantity limits
Require a minimum merchandise amount of 100	Minimum order value
Use different amount thresholds for customer groups	Customer pricing rules
Keep merchandise weight within 20 kg	Weight cap
Sell a collection only to VIPs	Member exclusives
Block tagged customers from promotional products	Block selected customers
Restrict a customer’s repeat sample purchase	Repeat purchase limits
Blue variant maximum 1, product total maximum 3	Product and variant setup
Require sign-in for selected products	Require sign-in

Understand the features

Quantity limits

Products, variants, individual and combined quantities.

Price limits

Merchandise amounts, product scope and currency conversion.

Weight limits

Variant weights, quantities and unit conversion.

Customer limits

Customer tags and account sign-in requirements.

Product names, tags and thresholds in these guides are examples. Replace them with your own settings. The documentation is translated; this does not imply the app interface is available in every documentation language. See the Chinese UI label reference.