What types of orders count toward the daily limit?

Every placed order counts — online, POS, and draft orders once they are completed. Cancelling an order gives its place back; a refund on its own does not. Open draft orders and abandoned checkouts don't count.

How do I limit the number of orders per day on Shopify?

Shopify has no native daily order cap, so it takes an app. In OrderRules, open Order Limits, tick Daily Order Limit, enter a number in Maximum orders accepted per day, and save. The cap is enforced at checkout by a Shopify Function, so it holds across Shop Pay and express checkouts rather than only on the cart page, and the counter resets at midnight in your store's timezone.

What do customers see when the daily limit is reached?

A banner at the top of your store shows your limit-reached message — for example "Daily order limit reached. Check back tomorrow at 9:00 AM!" — and checkout is blocked with the same message, which you can customize. Before the cap is hit, the product page can show a remaining-orders message using the {REM_QTY} placeholder, such as "Only 5 spots left today."

Does the daily order limit apply per product or to the whole store?

A daily order limit is store-wide: it counts total orders, not units of any one product. If you need a cap on a specific item, that is a per-product limit, and the two can run together — whichever is reached first blocks the order.

Can I set a different limit for different days of the week?

No. The daily limit is one number for every day, and the Calendar changes hours, not limits. Close the days you don't trade in Schedule or the Calendar. For a one-off busy day, raise the limit beforehand and set it back afterwards. If you need different capacity per delivery day or shift, delivery dates and time slots with per-slot caps (Advanced plan) cover that.

Daily Order Limits

3 min read · Facts checked October 12, 2026

Cap Your Daily Orders

A daily order limit sets the maximum number of orders your store will accept in a single day. When the limit is reached, checkout is automatically blocked until the counter resets at midnight.

How to Set a Daily Limit

Go to Order Limits in the app
Tick Daily Order Limit
Enter a number in Maximum orders accepted per day (for example, 50)
Click Save

On the free Starter plan, the daily cap goes up to 100 orders. Pro and Advanced have no cap.

That is all it takes. OrderRules starts enforcing right away. Not sure what number to enter? The capacity calculator works it out from what you can make and pack in a day.

How It Works

Daily Limit: 50 orders

Orders 1-50:  Accepted normally
Order 51+:    Blocked at checkout
Midnight:     Counter resets to 0

OrderRules counts orders as they are placed throughout the day. The dashboard shows your real-time count and remaining capacity.

What Counts Toward the Limit

Every placed order counts, from the moment it's created
Cancelled orders give their place back
Refunded orders still count — cancel the order if you want to free the place
Draft orders count once they're completed; open drafts don't
Both online and POS orders count

When the Limit Resets

The daily counter resets automatically at midnight in your store's configured timezone. No manual intervention is needed.

What counts toward the daily limit

Order type	Counts toward the limit?
Placed online orders	Yes
POS orders	Yes
Completed draft orders	Yes
Cancelled orders	No — the place is released
Refunded (not cancelled) orders	Yes
Open draft orders	No
Abandoned checkouts	No

What Customers See

Before the limit: The product page can show a remaining-orders message like "Order soon -- only 5 spots left today!"

Limit reached: A banner at the top of your store shows "Daily order limit reached. Check back tomorrow at 9:00 AM!" (orange by default; you set the colors in the theme editor). Checkout is blocked with the same message.

Best Use Cases

Bakeries and food businesses with daily production capacity
Service businesses with a fixed number of daily appointments or deliveries
Same-day fulfillment where you can only process a set number of orders

Combining with Other Limits

You can use a daily limit alongside weekly and monthly limits. Whichever limit is reached first blocks orders. For example, if your daily limit is 50 but your weekly limit of 300 is reached on Thursday, orders are blocked even though Thursday's daily count is under 50.

Limit	Resets	Typical use
Daily	Midnight, store timezone	Matching a day's production capacity
Weekly	Midnight going into Sunday	Smoothing demand across a week
Monthly	First of the month	Allocation or subscription caps

Whichever limit is reached first blocks checkout.

Tips

Start with a limit slightly below your true capacity to leave a buffer
Monitor the dashboard during your first week and adjust as needed
Set up email alerts so you know when you are approaching capacity

Custom Closed Messages Weekly & Monthly Caps