Tillward Order Limits
Set the most, the least and the multiples a buyer can order.
Cap quantity, order value and weight per order, and what one customer, a customer group or the whole store can buy over a day, a month or a lifetime. Each limit shows on your storefront and runs again inside Shopify checkout.
Formerly Nexo Order Limits Quantity. Same app, same team, new name.
| App | Rule | Runs on | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Order Limits | Max 2 per customer per month | Cart and checkout | Blocked 38 this month |
| Order Limits | Min 6, multiples of 6 | Product page, cart and checkout | Blocked 21 this month |
| Order Limits | 250.00 USD minimum order | Checkout only | Active |
| Order Limits | 30-day cooldown | Cart and checkout | Blocked 5 this month |
Sample data. Counts are what the Order Limits admin reports for storefront blocks. Checkout cannot report back, so its blocks are not counted.
Six ways to limit an order
Each limit is a rule. A rule says which products, which customers and how much. Free allows one rule, of the first two kinds. Pro removes the cap and adds the rest.
Quantity per order
FreeA minimum, a maximum, a multiple, or an exact list of allowed quantities such as packs of 6, 12 and 24. Count across the cart, or per product, per variant or per collection.
ReadsMin 6, multiples of 6
Order value and weight
FreeA minimum or maximum order value in your shop currency, or a cap on cart weight in grams, kilograms, ounces or pounds. These are checked in checkout.
Reads250.00 USD minimum
Per customer over time
ProCap units, amount spent, number of orders or weight for one customer over a day, a week, a month, a year, a rolling window you size, or a lifetime. You choose which orders count.
ReadsMax 2 per customer per month
Whole store or a customer group
ProOne shared pool for everyone, or one pool for every customer with a tag. Fits a drop of 300 pieces that must not sell past 300.
ReadsMax 300 for the whole store in total
Cooldown between purchases
ProMake a customer wait hours, days, weeks or months before they can buy the same item again.
Reads30-day cooldown
New and returning customers
ProOne cap for a first order and a different one for buyers who have ordered before.
Reads2 for new customers
Aim any limit at all products, a collection, single variants, or products that match a tag, vendor, type or price. Narrow it by customer, country, sales channel and dates. Scheduling is on every plan. Templates start you from Black Friday, limited drops or case packs.
Conditions and targetingWatch a limit hold
A drop allows 2 hoodies per customer. A buyer adds a third. This is what the buyer meets at each step, and what you see afterwards.
- Product pageShows the limit
- CartBlocks or adjusts the quantity
- CheckoutStops the order
The storefront message is an app embed you switch on in the theme editor. There is no theme code to edit. With the embed off, checkout still enforces the rule.
In the cart
Your cart
Limited drop hoodie
Black / M · $68.00
2
$136.00
You can buy at most 2.
Check outIn the cart the quantity stops at the limit and says why. Quick add and cart drawers do the same.
In checkout
Checkout
3
Limited drop hoodie
Black / M
$204.00
Quantity updated. The order can go through.
If the buyer skips the cart and goes straight to checkout, Shopify Functions stop the order with the same message and a button that fixes the quantity.
What you see afterwards
Home and Analytics report what each limit did over the last 7, 30 or 90 days. These are the words the admin uses.
- Blocked
- A buyer tried to go over a limit and the app stopped them.
- Shown
- A limit message was shown to a buyer without stopping anything.
- Adjusted
- The app corrected the quantity instead of blocking: a minimum filled in, or a quantity lowered.
- Came back and ordered
- A blocked cart that turned up on a paid order within 7 days.
- Walked away
- A blocked cart that did not come back and order within 7 days.
The admin says where it cannot count. A block inside Shopify checkout is not counted, because checkout does not report back. Order-value rules are marked Checkout only, and the value of blocked carts is a direction, never revenue.
Rules doing the work
Manage rules5 active rules, 2 with measurable windows: 112 buyers at a cap right now, 9 close to one.
| Rule | Limit | Blocked on the storefront | Window usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoodie drop, 2 per buyer | Max 2 per customer per month | 38 | 112 at cap · 9 near |
| Wine by the case | Min 6, multiples of 6 | 21 | — Per-order rule |
| Wholesale minimum | 250.00 USD minimumCheckout only | — | — Not counted at checkout |
| Free sample sachet | 30-day cooldown | 5 | — Cooldown rule |
| Launch print, 300 made | Max 300 for the whole store in total | 12 | 214 / 300 |
Window usage needs a window: per-order rules have none, cooldown and lifecycle rules pause between purchases, and order-value rules enforce inside checkout, where nothing can be counted. Every one of these rules is still enforcing.
The rules table on Home. Rules that cannot be measured say so in the row.
From install to a live limit
Install from the Shopify App Store
The app opens in your Shopify admin on its Home page, with a short setup guide. Paid plans are billed on your Shopify invoice.
Set the rule
Start from a template or a blank rule. Name it, pick the products, set the number and switch it to Active. A line under the form reads the rule back in words before you save.
Shopify runs it
Switch on the app embed in the theme editor. Changes reach your store within about a minute, and checkout enforces the rule as a Shopify Function.
Limit rules
Limit settingsLimitsDisplay settingsDisplayStorefrontAnalytics (38)
Limit basis
Base the limit on
- This cartEach checkout counts alone
- Per customerAcross their order history
- Whole storeEveryone shares one pool
- Customer groupOne pool for every customer with a tag
Purchase history limit
- Limit by
- Units purchased
- Maximum units
- 2
- Time window
- Monthly
Status
- Rule status
- Active
The rule form, with its sentence. Sample data.
Free for one rule
Try the app on one limit, then add as many as you need on Pro. Pro starts with a free trial.
Free1 rule
FreeOne rule: a quantity limit, or an order-value or weight limit, with scheduling.
Pro
From $9.99/moNo cap on rules. Purchase-history limits, cooldowns, new and returning caps, country and customer targeting, translated messages.
7-day free trial
Pro follows your Shopify plan. Prices in USD, billed by Shopify.
Worth knowing
- Checkout
- Shopify checkout cannot report back. A block there is not counted in the admin, and the rule still stops the order.
- Value and weight
- Order-value and weight limits are checked in checkout only, so they show no storefront counts.
- Shopify POS
- POS cannot refuse a sale. A rule that applies in store reports the sales that go over it.
- Bundles
- Fixed bundles can count each item inside. Mix-and-match bundles count as one.
The first limit takes about four minutes
The setup guide in the app has four steps, three of them required. Read it first if you like.