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Order limits
Order limits on Shopify: what's built in, and where it stops
Shopify does have real quantity rules: minimum, maximum and increment. But they exist only inside B2B catalogs. Here is exactly where the native feature ends and why most stores never reach it.
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Order limits
Limiting quantity per customer: per order vs per customer
These sound like the same rule and are not. One caps a basket, the other caps a person over time, and only one of them survives a determined buyer opening a second tab.
6 min read
Order limits
Selling in case packs on Shopify without breaking the carton
If stock arrives boxed in twelves, an order for seven costs you a broken carton and five orphaned units. Increment rules are the fix. Here is where Shopify has them and where it does not.
6 min read
Enforcement
You don't need Shopify Plus to enforce order limits at checkout
A lot of guides still tell merchants that server-side checkout validation is a Shopify Plus feature. Shopify's own changelog says otherwise, and has since January 2024.
5 min read
Order limits
Minimum order quantity or minimum order value? How to choose
Both stop unprofitable orders. They fail in different ways, and picking the wrong one either shreds your margin or your conversion rate.
6 min read