Can I set both a minimum and a maximum on the same product?

Yes. Use minimum quantity for MOQ (for example, 5-bag bulk coffee) and maximum quantity for high-demand items — both are enforced together. The minimum applies to each checkout; the maximum is a shared total per period.

Do product limits work with daily order limits?

Yes. Both are enforced. A product can have its own cap while the store also has a daily cap on total orders — whichever is hit first blocks checkout.

How do I limit quantity per product on Shopify?

Shopify's native add-to-cart limit caps a single cart, not total sales over a day, week or month, so a shared cap takes an app. In OrderRules open Product Limits, click + Add Product Limits, pick the product, and set a Daily, Weekly or Monthly quantity limit. It is enforced at checkout by a Shopify Function, so it holds through Shop Pay and express checkouts.

Can I limit a product to one per customer on Shopify?

Yes — with a per-customer limit, not a product limit. A product limit is a shared total across all shoppers (for example, 20 units a day for the whole store). To cap what one buyer takes, add a per-customer product limit, which tracks across that customer's orders. For limited drops, use both together.

Do product limits apply per order or across all a customer's orders?

Neither. A product maximum is a shared total per day, week or month across every shopper — once the store has sold that many, checkout blocks the product until the period resets. To count across every order one buyer places, add a per-customer product limit, which requires shoppers to log in.

Per-Product Limits

3 min read · Facts checked October 12, 2026

Control Quantities for Specific Products

Product limits let you cap how many units of a particular product your store sells per day, week or month, shared across all shoppers. You can also enforce a minimum quantity per checkout for wholesale or bundled items.

How to Add a Product Limit

Go to Product Limits (Individual Products tab)
Click + Add Product Limits
Select the product you want to limit
In Set Product Limits, enter a Min per order (optional) and/or Daily, Weekly or Monthly values under Order Limits (orders) or Quantity Limits (units)
Click Save Limits

Maximum Quantity

Cap the total units sold per period, across all shoppers.

Product:          Custom Birthday Cake
Max per day:      10 (shared total)

Result:
  Orders through the day take 8 cakes:   OK
  Next customer orders 2 cakes:          OK (10 of 10 used)
  Next customer orders 1 cake:           Blocked at checkout until tomorrow

Best for: Limited-edition items, high-demand products, or anything with restricted production capacity.

Minimum Quantity

Require a minimum number of units in each checkout.

Product:          Bulk Coffee Beans (5lb bag)
Min per order:    5

Result:
  Customer orders 3 bags: Blocked ("Minimum order for Bulk Coffee Beans (5lb bag) is 5 units. Please add at least 2 more.")
  Customer orders 5 bags: OK

Best for: Wholesale items, bulk pricing tiers, or products sold in fixed batch sizes.

Minimum versus maximum

	Minimum quantity	Maximum quantity
Question it answers	How few may they buy?	How many can the store sell?
Counts	Units in this checkout	Units sold by all shoppers this period
Blocks when	The cart is below the floor	The period total would pass the ceiling
Typical use	Wholesale, bulk-only SKUs	Limited editions, constrained production
Customer sees	"Minimum order for … is 5 units"	"… has reached its daily quantity limit"

Set both to define a range. Pair a minimum with a step quantity when you also sell in fixed case sizes.

What Customers See

On product pages:

A badge with what's left, for example "2 units remaining today for this product"
When the cap is reached: "Order limit reached for this product. It cannot be purchased at this time."

At checkout:

An error explaining the restriction
Example: "Custom Birthday Cake has reached its daily quantity limit and cannot be purchased at this time."

Per-Customer Product Limits

You can also restrict how many units a single customer can purchase across multiple orders. See Per-Customer Quantity Limits for details on tracking across orders.

Tips

Product limits and store-wide order limits work together -- both are enforced
Review your product limits periodically and adjust based on demand
Filter Product Limits by status (Near Limit, Limit Reached) to see which products are hitting their caps, and check Top Products in the Analytics dashboard
Selling made-to-order? On Advanced, count this daily limit by delivery date so "ten a day" means ten for Friday

Email Alerts at Capacity Per-Variant Limits