---
title: "Per-Product Limits"
description: "Set maximum and minimum purchase quantities for individual products to control demand."
contentType: "docs"
locale: "en"
localized: true
source: "https://orderrules.com/docs/product-limits/per-product-limits"
slug: "product-limits/per-product-limits"
---
## 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

1. Go to **Product Limits** (Individual Products tab)
2. Click **+ Add Product Limits**
3. Select the product you want to limit
4. 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)
5. 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](/docs/product-limits/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](/docs/customer-rules/per-customer-quantity-limits) for details on tracking across orders.

## Tips

- Product limits and [store-wide order limits](/docs/order-limits/daily-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](/docs/analytics/dashboard-overview)
- Selling made-to-order? On Advanced, [count this daily limit by delivery date](/docs/delivery/delivery-date-limits) so "ten a day" means ten for Friday