Built for Businesses with Real Capacity Limits
OrderRules works for any Shopify store with real-world capacity limits β bakeries, florists, restaurants, meal prep, custom drops, B2B wholesale, and regulated industries. Set daily order caps, per-customer limits, store hours, and product-level quantity rules without writing code.
Whether you bake 50 cakes a week or run a 30-seat lunch service, OrderRules keeps your orders in sync with what you can actually deliver.
Production capacity, not just order counts
- Cap a product at what you can make in a day, counted against the delivery date
- Cap each variant separately β ten medium, fourteen large, from one product
- Delivery and in-store pickup draw on the same daily capacity
- Shoppers see how many are left for a date, and can't pick one that's full
- The Product Limits table surfaces your most constrained upcoming date
Bakeries & Cafes
Cap daily orders to match baking capacity
The Problem
Every bakery hits the same capacity problem. You can only bake so many custom cakes per day, yet your online store accepts orders 24/7. You end up with 100 orders when you can only fulfill 50 β leading to late deliveries, disappointed customers, and late nights in the kitchen.
The Solution
OrderRules lets you set daily and weekly order caps that match your actual production capacity. When you hit your limit, checkout pauses automatically with a friendly message. Customers know exactly when to order again.
Restaurants & Takeaway
Limit takeout orders by kitchen capacity
The Problem
Your kitchen can handle 30 takeout orders per lunch shift, but during peak hours you get flooded with 60+ online orders. Food quality drops, wait times skyrocket, and dine-in customers suffer.
The Solution
Set opening hours that match your service and a daily order cap that matches your kitchen. Checkout stops when the cap is hit or you close, and reopens automatically. For a cap per pickup window, use time-slot caps on Advanced.
Florists & Same-Day Delivery
Cap delivery routes with same-day cutoff times
The Problem
You can do 50 deliveries on a normal day β but on Valentine's Day, demand is 5Γ that. You need a 2 PM same-day cutoff, but customers keep ordering at 4 PM expecting same-day delivery. After 2 PM, orders should roll to tomorrow automatically. And on V-Day, every slot has to fill without overloading the routes.
The Solution
Set a maximum number of orders per delivery date so each future date has its own counter, and cap each time slot too. Add a 2 PM same-day cutoff that closes today at the clock-time, not just when capacity fills. The date cap is one number for every date, so block days you can't serve with blackout dates. Server-side checks mean Shop Pay and direct checkout URLs respect the cutoff too.
Meal Prep & Weekly Subscriptions
Open ordering windows MonβWed, cap meals per week
The Problem
Customers expect a Monday-through-Wednesday ordering window for next week's meals. Orders placed Thursday through Sunday should be rejected (production is happening). Total weekly capacity is 200 meals across 6 dishes, and some dishes have tighter per-meal caps. The ordering window has to open and close automatically each week β nobody on the team has time to flip rules manually.
The Solution
Set store hours so ordering opens Monday 8 AM and closes Wednesday 6 PM, with Thursday to Sunday closed. Add a weekly store-wide cap (200 orders) plus weekly product caps (max 30 salmon bowls). When the Wednesday 6 PM deadline hits, ordering closes; when Monday 8 AM comes round, it opens again β no manual intervention.
Made-to-Order & Handmade
Set weekly production limits per product
The Problem
Each handmade piece takes hours to create. You can produce 20 ceramic bowls per month, but your store keeps accepting orders beyond what you can make β creating a backlog that takes weeks to clear.
The Solution
Set per-product limits that match your actual production capacity. OrderRules automatically stops accepting orders for that product when you're at capacity, while keeping other products available.
Limited Drops
Release only the units you have
The Problem
You're launching 100 limited-edition hoodies, but bots and resellers buy 10+ each in seconds. Real fans miss out, your community is frustrated, and the resale market profits instead of you.
The Solution
Per-customer limits spread stock fairly. Limit each logged-in customer to 1 or 2 units, and add product caps to stop at what you have. Guest checkout is blocked while customer limits are on, so every buyer counts.
Catering & Events
Cap bookings to match what you can serve
The Problem
You can cater 3 events per weekend, but bookings keep coming in. Overbooking means stretched staff, lower quality, and unhappy clients who expected your full attention.
The Solution
Use a daily order cap to control how many bookings you accept per day. Close the dates you're already booked from the Calendar, all managed from one dashboard.
Local & Perishable Goods
Only take orders when you have fresh inventory
The Problem
You sell fresh farm boxes, flowers, or local produce β but you can only fulfill from what's harvested this week. Orders beyond your supply mean waste, refunds, and broken trust.
The Solution
Set weekly order caps matched to your actual supply. Close on delivery days. OrderRules stops checkout once the week's boxes are spoken for.
B2B & Wholesale
Enforce minimum order quantities and spending caps
The Problem
Your wholesale customers place orders below your minimum thresholds, creating unprofitable shipments. Without minimum order enforcement, you lose money on small orders that cost more to fulfill than they generate in revenue.
The Solution
Set minimum and step quantities per product or variant, restrict ordering to business days, and cap daily orders to production. Use Shopify's native B2B catalogs for tier-specific minimums. All validated at checkout with Shopify Functions.
Regulated Industries
Enforce legal purchase quantity limits per customer
The Problem
Cannabis dispensaries, alcohol retailers, and pharmaceutical stores face strict legal limits on how much a customer can purchase. Exceeding these limits puts your license at risk and can result in fines or closure.
The Solution
Set per-customer purchase limits that enforce legal maximums. OrderRules tracks each customer and blocks checkout when they reach the regulatory limit, with strict login enforcement to prevent guest checkout workarounds.
Pre-order & Custom Goods
Cap daily pre-orders to match production capacity
The Problem
You sell custom furniture, handmade jewelry, or made-to-order goods. Each item takes days to produce, but your store accepts unlimited pre-orders β creating a months-long backlog and unhappy customers waiting far longer than promised.
The Solution
Set daily pre-order limits to match your actual production capacity. When the day's slots are filled, checkout pauses and customers see when the next slot opens. No more over-promising.
Workshops & Classroom Seats
Cap registrations per session, not per checkout
The Problem
You run cooking classes, yoga workshops, art studios, or training sessions. Each session has a fixed room capacity β 12 seats, no more. Without a per-session cap, you oversell and have to refund or squeeze people in. Per-checkout limits don't help; you need per-session caps tied to a specific date and time.
The Solution
On the Advanced plan, each session can be a time slot with its own cap. OrderRules caps bookings per slot per day, greys out a session once it fills, and checks it at checkout. Lead times and blackout dates handle advance booking and days off.
Corporate & Employee Stores
Set annual spending budgets per employee
The Problem
You run an employee store or corporate merch shop where each employee has a fixed annual budget. Without spending limits, some employees exceed their allowance while you have no way to enforce caps at checkout.
The Solution
OrderRules' per-customer limits cap what each logged-in employee can order β units per product per year, or spend per month, year, rolling 30 days or lifetime. Once an employee reaches their cap, their next order is blocked at checkout.
Your business has limits. Your store should too.
Set up OrderRules in under 5 minutes and take only the orders you can fulfill.
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