Which languages does OrderRules support?

Nine: English, Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, and Simplified Chinese. Both the admin and the shopper-facing storefront messages are available in all nine.

Do I have to configure anything for shoppers to see their own language?

No. Storefront messages follow each shopper's active storefront locale automatically. If a customer is browsing your store in French, they see your availability badge, closed banner, and limit notices in French. Adding the language to your storefront through Shopify Markets or Translate & Adapt is all it takes.

Does it work with Shopify Markets and Translate & Adapt?

Yes, out of the box. OrderRules reads the storefront's active language, so any language you have enabled through Shopify Markets or Translate & Adapt is picked up without extra setup.

Can I write my own wording instead of the built-in translations?

Yes. In Settings, open Language & Translations, pick a language, and edit any message. A message you edit is pinned to your wording and shown to every shopper exactly as you wrote it. A message you leave at its default keeps auto-translating to each shopper's language.

What language does the admin use?

The admin follows your Shopify admin language automatically — there is no setting to change. If you run your store in Japanese, you manage your rules in Japanese.

Are checkout error messages translated per shopper?

Not yet. Checkout-blocking error messages currently follow your configured store language rather than each buyer's language. Everything else on the storefront — availability badges, closed banners, limit notices, minimum and case-pack badges, cart messages, and the delivery date picker — follows the shopper.

Which plan do I need for language support?

None in particular — language support is included on every plan, Starter included. It is not a paid add-on.

Languages & Translations

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OrderRules Speaks 9 Languages

OrderRules is available in English, Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, and Simplified Chinese — across both the admin you work in and the messages your customers see.

There are two separate behaviours, and they follow different signals:

Surface	Follows	Setup
The admin	Your Shopify admin language	None
Storefront messages	Each shopper's storefront language	None

The Admin

The OrderRules admin follows your Shopify admin language automatically. Switch your Shopify admin to Japanese and OrderRules is in Japanese the next time you open it. There is no language setting inside the app to keep in sync.

The Storefront (Automatic Per Shopper)

Every shopper sees your OrderRules messages in the language they are browsing your store in — the storefront's active language, as set up through Shopify Markets or Translate & Adapt. This covers:

The availability badge — "10 units remaining today"
The store-closed banner
Per-customer and per-product limit notices
Minimum-order and case-pack (step) badges
Cart and disabled-button messages
The delivery date and time-slot picker

A shopper browsing in French sees French; a shopper browsing in German sees German. You do nothing — add the language to your storefront and OrderRules picks it up.

Customizing Messages Per Language

The built-in translations are ready to use, but you may want your own wording.

Go to Settings → Language & Translations
Pick a language
Every shopper-facing message fills in with that language
Edit any message to match your brand voice
Click Save

The rule to remember:

Message left at its default  -> auto-translates to each shopper's language
Message you edited           -> pinned to your wording, shown to every shopper

So you can hand-write your Japanese availability badge while letting the other eight languages translate themselves.

What Isn't Translated Per Shopper Yet

Checkout-blocking error messages currently follow your configured store language, not the buyer's. If a shopper's cart violates a rule, the message that blocks the native Shopify checkout appears in your store language. Everything else listed above follows the shopper.

Notes

Language support is included on every plan — it isn't a paid add-on
Adding a language to your storefront through Shopify Markets or Translate & Adapt is all that's needed; there is no per-language setup inside OrderRules
Pricing is shown in USD regardless of the language you use

Dynamic Storefront Messaging — placeholders and message types
Custom Closed Messages — what shoppers see when you're closed

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