# Configuration for Future Limit Qty From this section, you can set limits on how often a customer can purchase a product based on **lifetime** or **specific time intervals**.

You can customize the alert message for your customers to know how many purchases are left for them now. {% hint style="warning" %} To enable this functionality, please ensure that the option ***Require the customer to log in to their account before checkout is enabled***. Follow the following steps to enable it. **#1:** From Shopify's admin dashboard, go to ***Settings***. **#2:** Select ***Checkout***. **#3:** Under ***Customer contact method*** section, check **Require the customer to log in to their account before checkout** & save. 👇 {% endhint %}

## **Alert Message for Future Limit Qty** From this section, you can set the alert message for your customers regarding future limits.

## Select Lifespan This drop-down option has the following 2 ways for configuring future limits. * [Lifetime Future Limit](#lifetime-future-limit) * [Future Limit in Days](#lifetime-limit-in-days) * [Date Interval](#date-interval) * Days Interval ### **Lifetime Future Limit** By selecting the **Lifetime Future Limit** option, your customers will be able to purchase the product **ONLY ONCE** in their lifetime.

With the selection of this option, you are given the option to **Apply to cancelled orders**. Let's understand its functionality with 2 scenarios. **Scenario #1** If you want to apply the lifetime future limit to the canceled orders also, simply select the checkbox & save.

Now, the customers who bought the product but then canceled the order before its delivery. From now onwards, he won't be able to buy the product again in his lifetime. **Scenario #2** If you don't want to apply the lifetime future limit to the canceled orders, simply leave the checkbox unchecked and save.

Your customers can buy the product next time, even if they have cancelled their first order. Remember that they can purchase only **ONCE** as the limit is applied for a lifetime. **E.g.:** For example, if you have set the following limit configuration for the product **Liberty Men's Sneaker**.

Product	Min Limit	Max Limit	Multiply Qty	Future Limit Qty
Liberty Men's Sneaker	2	24	2	12

Suppose you have drafted your message like "***You can buy only {%-limit-%} quantities of {%-product\_title-%} in your lifetime.***". Now, your customers would be able to purchase **ONLY** 12 quantities of that particular product in their lifetime. When they try to buy in quantities exceeding the **Future Limit Qty**, the system issues the following message.

### **Future Limit in Days** If you want your customer to purchase the product after a certain time interval in the future, you can select this option.

{% hint style="danger" %} *Don't forget to update the **Future Limit Alert Message** according to the days you set for **Future Limit in Days**.* {% endhint %} For example, in the above image, you have selected the **Future Limit Time in Days** option and set it to 30 days. This means that if your customers purchase any products today, they will not be able to make another purchase until the next 30 days. They can purchase again **ONLY after 30 days** have passed. The **Apply to cancelled orders** rule works the same as we discussed above. For example, if you select that checkbox, then your customers who have purchased your product today and canceled it before 30 days will not be able to make a purchase in the next 30 days. Similarly, suppose you don't select that checkbox, then no matter how many customers cancelled their placed purchased orders. In this case, they can still buy the product again before 30 days. ### **Date Interval** Using date interval, the store admin can specify start date & end date for applying limits. The limit will be active for the defined date range.

According to the above configuration, the limit remains active **from Feb 03, 2025, to March 03, 2025.** ### **Days Interval** Using days intervals, you can set limits based on intervals in terms of days. It has the following various interval options for applying limits. * Everyday * 10 Days * 20 Days * 30 Days * Every week * Every month * Every year * Custom days Check the following configuration. According to this setting, the limit will be applied in the interval of **30 days** from the starting day of **04 Feb 2025** (from 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM). For example, if the **Future Limit Qty** is set to **5**. If any customer purchases 4 bottles, then the same customer can purchase one more bottle within those **30 days** starting from **04 Feb 2025** because he/she can purchase a total of 5 bottles as per **Future Limit Qty**. After 30 days, the limit will be reset. Then the same customer can purchase min of 1 or max of 5 bottles as per the configuration.

Moreover, if the checkbox **Apply to cancelled orders**, then the customers whose orders were cancelled in the past won't be able to place orders.