Order Limits
Set minimum and maximum limits on order value, cart quantity, or per-product rules. When a buyer's cart violates the limits, checkout is blocked with a clear error message.
Available on all Shopify plans. No Shopify Plus required.
What it does
Order Limits adds checkout-time enforcement for order-shape rules. You control:
Limit type — Order value, Cart quantity, Per-product quantity, or Per-product value
Min and/or max — set just min, just max, or both
Targeting — apply to all products or only selected products (per-product limits)
Error message — custom text with
{{min}}/{{max}}placeholders, shown at the position of your choiceConditions — only enforce for specific products, customer tags, countries, etc.
When the cart violates the rule, checkout is blocked and the error appears inline at the position you configured (top of page, near a field, or anywhere on the address form).
Step 1: Go to Checkout Validations
In the app sidebar, click Checkout Validations. The list page shows all 6 validation types as cards. Find Order limits and click Manage.
Step 2: Create an order limit rule
Click Create rule (top right). Tabs All / Active / Expired / Test mode filter rules by status.
Step 3: Choose a limit type
Order value
Cart subtotal (after discounts)
Currency, e.g. $50
Cart quantity
Total items in the cart
Integer, e.g. 2
Per-product quantity
Quantity of each product (each line individually)
Integer
Per-product value
Value of each product (qty × price, each line individually)
Currency
Switching limit types preserves your numbers. You can switch back and forth — only the active type's min/max is evaluated at checkout, but all values are saved.
Step 4: Set Minimum and Maximum
You only need one of min or max — set the lower bound, upper bound, or both.
At least one of min/max
Required
Negative values
Not allowed
Min ≤ Max
Required when both are set
Defaults:
Order value
1
1000
Cart quantity
1
99
Per-product quantity
1
99
Per-product value
1
1000
Step 5: (Per-product only) Choose Apply to
For Per-product quantity and Per-product value, an Apply to section appears:
All products
Every line in the cart must satisfy the limit
Selected products
Only the chosen products are checked — pick via Shopify resource picker
If Selected products is chosen, you must add at least one product — otherwise the rule will not save.
Step 6: Customize the error message
Each limit type comes with a default error message. Edit freely — the system replaces {{min}} and {{max}} with your configured values at checkout (currency limits format as $X.XX, quantity limits format as plain numbers).
Order value
Minimum order value is {{min}}. Please add more items to proceed
Maximum order value is {{max}}. Please reduce your cart to proceed
Order value must be between {{min}} and {{max}}.
Cart quantity
Minimum {{min}} items required to checkout.
Maximum {{max}} items allowed per order.
Cart must contain between {{min}} and {{max}} items.
Per-product quantity
Minimum {{min}} quantity required per product.
Maximum {{max}} quantity allowed per product.
Each product must have between {{min}} and {{max}} quantity.
Per-product value
Minimum {{min}} value required per product.
Maximum {{max}} value allowed per product.
Each product value must be between {{min}} and {{max}}.
Switching the limit type auto-replaces the message with the matching default template. Your custom edits are preserved when you switch back.
Step 7: Choose where the error appears
The Error position dropdown controls where the error message renders at checkout:
Top of the checkout page
Above all checkout content
First name / Last name / Company
Below the corresponding contact field
Address line 1 / Address line 2 / City / ZIP
Below the corresponding address field
Email or phone number
Below the contact field
Delivery phone / Country / Province / State
Below the corresponding field
Pick the position closest to what the buyer needs to change. For order-value or cart-quantity limits, Top of the checkout page works best.
Step 8: (Optional) Set trigger conditions
By default, the rule applies to every checkout. Expand Trigger conditions to scope it.
Included / Excluded product
Rule only fires when cart contains / does not contain specific products
Customer tag
Only enforce for tagged customers (e.g. B2B, wholesale)
Shipping country
Only enforce for buyers shipping to specific countries
All conditions use AND logic — every condition must be true AND the limit must be violated for the error to fire.
Step 9: Test in Test mode, then go live
Set Status to Test mode
Place a test checkout using email
[email protected]— only this email triggers the ruleVerify the error appears as expected
Switch Status to Active
Click Save
The rule is now live for all matching checkouts.
How it works at checkout
Buyer fills checkout and clicks Pay now
The app checks: do the trigger conditions match? AND is the limit violated?
If both yes → checkout is blocked, your error message displays at the configured position
Buyer adjusts cart → re-attempts → succeeds when the cart satisfies the rule
Per-product limits filter cart lines. When Apply to = Selected products, only the chosen products are evaluated. Other lines pass through untouched.
FAQ
Q: Can I have multiple order-limit rules? A: Yes. Each rule is independent — for example, one rule for min order $50, another for max 10 units per product. All rules run at checkout and any violation blocks the order.
Q: Does this work with Apple Pay / Google Pay / Shop Pay? A: Yes — the validation also fires for accelerated checkouts.
Q: What happens if the app errors out? A: Checkout is blocked when Block on failure is ON (recommended). When OFF, the order is allowed through if the app fails.
Q: Why does the price in {{min}} show without my currency symbol? A: For Order value and Per-product value, {{min}} and {{max}} are formatted as currency automatically (e.g. $50.00). For Cart quantity and Per-product quantity, they format as plain numbers (e.g. 2).
Q: Can buyers see the limit before checkout? A: No — the rule only fires at checkout. To inform buyers earlier, communicate the limit on the product page or cart page.
Q: Does this require Shopify Plus? A: No. Order Limits is available on all Shopify plans.
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