Take only the orders you can fulfill.
Order limits, store hours, delivery dates.
Set your caps and opening hours once. OrderRules enforces them at checkout with native Shopify Functions — not just a banner on your storefront.
What is OrderRules?
OrderRules is a free Shopify app that automates store hours, sets daily and per-customer order limits, and validates every checkout through Shopify Functions. Stop accepting orders the moment you hit capacity — no overselling, no manual updates.
Running out of capacity shouldn't mean losing customers
Without automated limits, you're constantly playing catch-up — manually closing your store, processing refunds, and handling disappointed customers.
Before OrderRules
- ✕Accepted 100 custom cake orders, can only fulfill 50
- ✕Manually check orders every hour and close store yourself
- ✕Customers order at 3 AM when you're closed
- ✕One customer buys all 50 limited items
- ✕Forgot to close store during vacation — got 40 orders
After OrderRules
- ✓Checkout auto-pauses at exactly 50 orders per week
- ✓Set rules once — app enforces everything automatically
- ✓Store auto-closes outside your business hours
- ✓Per-customer limits ensure fair access for everyone
- ✓Set holiday closures in advance, never worry again
Complete capacity control for Shopify
Everything you need to control when and how many orders your store accepts — built on Shopify Functions and fully compatible with Online Store 2.0. No code required.
Automated Store Hours
Set your opening hours for each day of the week. Checkout automatically enables at opening and disables at closing — zero manual work every day.
Order Capacity Limits
Set a maximum number of orders per day, week, or month. When you hit the limit, checkout pauses automatically and reopens when the period resets.
Delivery Date & Time-Slot Picker
Let customers choose exactly when their order arrives — a delivery date and time slot right on the product page or in the cart. Then cap each date and slot so a day stops taking orders once it's full.
Scheduled In-Store Pickup
Give shoppers a pickup date and time slot at any of your locations — each with its own hours, cutoffs, capacity, and blackout dates.
Japanese Carrier CSV Export
Hand your delivery data straight to Japan's major carriers — official column layouts, Shift-JIS encoding, one row per shipment.
Per-Product & Variant Limits
Give each product its own capacity cap. Perfect for custom items, limited editions, or anything you make by hand.
Per-Customer Purchase Limits
Enforce purchase limits per customer to prevent hoarding and scalping. Limit how many orders, units, or dollars each customer can place per day, week, month, or lifetime — with strict login enforcement to block guest checkout workarounds.
Collection Limits
Set capacity limits across whole product collections. Manage fulfillment buckets, not individual SKUs.
Set your rules once. Let them run forever.
No daily manual work. No forgotten store closures. No overselling ever again.
Install & Connect
One-click install from the Shopify App Store. No API keys, no developer, no configuration files.
Configure Your Rules
Set your store hours, daily capacity limit, and any product or customer restrictions from a simple dashboard.
Automatic Enforcement
OrderRules handles everything. Checkout pauses when you're at capacity or closed — and re-enables automatically.
Zero manual intervention. You just focus on your business.
Simple pricing. No surprises.
Start free with core features. Upgrade for full capacity control.
For merchants just getting started with capacity control.
- Business hours (unlimited)
- Daily order limit (up to 100/day)
- Product limits (up to 3 products)
- Holiday calendar (one-click import, 16 countries)
- Dynamic storefront messaging
- Basic analytics (7 days)
- Checkout validation (Shopify Functions)
Full capacity control for serious merchants.
- Everything in Starter
- Unlimited order limits
- Weekly & monthly caps
- Unlimited product limits
- Collection limits
- Step quantity / increment rules
- Per-customer purchase limits
Everything in Pro, plus delivery date & time-slot scheduling.
- Delivery date picker (product & cart pages)
- Delivery time-slot selection
- Delivery rules: lead time, cutoff & weekdays
- Per-product, collection & tag rules
- Delivery capacity limits per date & slot
- Blackout dates + copy store holidays
- Estimated delivery date on product pages
Free plan forever. No credit card required. Cancel anytime.
Now in Shopify Sidekick
Your store rules, one question away.
Ask Shopify Sidekick about your order limits, store hours, and customer rules — and get instant, live answers right inside your admin. No settings-digging required.
- How many orders can I take today?
- When are we open?
- What are my customer limits?
Built for businesses with real capacity limits
Bakeries & Cafes
Cap daily orders to match baking capacity
Restaurants & Takeaway
Limit takeout orders by kitchen capacity
Florists & Same-Day Delivery
Cap delivery routes with same-day cutoff times
Made-to-Order & Handmade
Set weekly production limits per product
Limited Drops
Release exactly the units you have
Catering & Events
Cap bookings to match what you can serve
Frequently Asked Questions
OrderRules is a Shopify app that gives you complete control over your orders. Set daily, weekly, or monthly order limits, automate store hours, and enforce per-customer rules — all at checkout, automatically. No coding required.
OrderRules automatically blocks checkout. Customers see a clear, customizable message explaining the limit and when they can order again. No orders can be placed until the limit resets.
Install OrderRules from the Shopify App Store (free). Go to the Schedule section, set your timezone, then configure daily open and close times. You can set different hours for each day of the week, and multiple time windows per day. When the store is outside operating hours, checkout is automatically blocked and customers see your customizable closed message.
Yes. On the Advanced plan, OrderRules adds a delivery date & time-slot picker to your product and cart pages — no code. Customers pick a date, and a time window if you offer one, within the rules you set, and the choice is enforced at checkout.
You set a maximum number of orders or units per customer over a specific period (daily, weekly, monthly, or lifetime). OrderRules tracks each customer and blocks checkout when they've reached their limit. Enable strict login enforcement to block guest checkout, so every buyer is identified and nobody works around the cap.
Yes. OrderRules is built on Shopify Functions, meaning rule enforcement runs inside Shopify's own checkout engine via checkout validation extensions. Your rules hold on Shop Pay and express checkouts too — this is real enforcement, not a storefront banner that a determined customer can bypass.
Yes. The Starter plan is free forever — it includes store hours, holiday calendar, up to 100 daily orders, and 3 product limits. No credit card required, and you can stay on Starter indefinitely.
There are three plans. Starter is $0 per month, forever. Pro is $9.99 per month, or $95.90 per year, and unlocks unlimited limits, per-customer rules, spending caps, analytics, and CSV bulk management. Advanced is $19.99 per month, or $191.90 per year, and adds the delivery date picker, time slots, delivery capacity, blackout dates, and carrier CSV export. Paid plans include a 14-day free trial and are billed through Shopify.
Ready to stop overselling forever?
Join capacity-constrained Shopify merchants — bakeries, restaurants, makers, and more — who use OrderRules to protect their capacity, reduce refunds, and run a more predictable business.
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