Configuration for Future Limit Qty
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From this section, you can change the set future limit for product quantity your customers can purchase in terms of lifetime or days.
You can customize the alert message for your customers to know how many purchases are left for them now.
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.
From this section, you can set the alert message for your customers regarding future limits.
For example, if you have set the following limit configuration for the product Polo Men's Vest.
| Product | Min Limit | Max Limit | Multiply Qty | Future Limit Qty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Polo Men's Vest | 1 | 2 | Not Set | 2 |
For it, you can draft an alert message like "You can buy only {%-limit-%} quantities of {%-product_title-%} in your lifetime.".
Now, your customers would be able to purchase ONLY 2 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.
This drop-down option has the following 2 ways for configuring future limits.
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.
If you want your customer to purchase the product after a certain time interval in the future, you can select this option.
Don't forget to update the Future Limit Alert Message according to the days you set for Future Limit Time in Days.
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.
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 activate from August 15, 2024 to August 30, 2024.
Using days interval, 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 16 Sep 2024 (at 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 16 Sep 2024 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.
