Choose a Shopify order limit for your store

Choose quantity, amount, weight or customer rules using practical examples. Define product scope, customer conditions and checks before creating a rule.

Order Limit has different entries for different goals. Write down who can buy, which products are covered and what threshold each purchase must meet. Start with that goal rather than every available setting.

Match your goal to a recipe

Goal	Rule	Guide
Up to 2 units including different colors of one product	Individual product quantity	Limited release
Up to 3 units across several products	Combined quantity	Mix and match
At least 6 units of each product	Individual minimum	Wholesale minimum
Blue variant maximum 1, whole product maximum 3	Product and variant limits	Product and variant setup
VIPs get 4 units, others get 2	Customer-tag quantity	VIP allowance
Merchandise amount at least 100	Price rule	Minimum amount
Wholesale minimum 500, others 100	Customer-tag price	Group minimums
Merchandise weight no more than 20 kg	Weight rule	Weight cap
Only VIPs can buy a collection	Customer-tag allowlist	Member exclusives
All buyers must sign in, with no tag condition	Sign-in-only customer rule	Require sign-in
A tagged group cannot buy promotional items	Customer-tag blocklist	Block customers
Prevent repeat sample purchases for one account	Single-order plus cumulative rule	Repeat samples

Define four settings first

1. Product scope: all products, a fixed list or a collection that changes over time?
2. Customers: everyone, tagged customers, untagged customers or signed-in customers?
3. Calculation: each product separately or a shared threshold across matching items?
4. Timing: cart interactions and checkout, or checkout only? Quantity minimums always wait until checkout.

For “up to 3 across a collection,” combined calculation matters. Individual calculation gives each product its own allowance of 3.

Keep similar requests separate

• A cap of 2 per order is different from a recorded lifetime allowance.
• A minimum of 6 allows 7; it does not enforce multiples of 6.
• Price rules do not change prices, add discounts or create free shipping.
• Purchase eligibility does not hide product pages, prices or collections.
• Weight checks do not split parcels, calculate shipping or select carriers.

Start with the quickstart, then complete the launch checklist. Use the Chinese UI reference to locate actual labels.