Limit a whole collection

Cap how many items one order can hold from a collection, all its products together. Ideal for new releases and drops.

8 stepsAbout 3 minutes
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1

Click Add collection limit

In StockLock, open Limits and click Add collection limit.

Click Add collection limit
2

Choose the collection

Find the collection, select it and click Select.

Choose the collection
3

Set the limit and save

Enter Max items from this collection per order and click Save. The collection is listed under Collections on the Limits page; click Edit there to change it.

Set the limit and save
Tip

Every product in the collection counts, including products you add to it later.

4

Each product shows the limit

On your store, every product in the collection has a note saying how many from the collection fit in one order.

Each product shows the limit
5

The quantity box counts the cart

The box allows only what still fits. Here the cart already holds 2 from New pressings, so Northern Static's box stops at 1.

The quantity box counts the cart
6

When the collection is full

Once the cart holds the limit, the buy button on the collection's products is switched off, and the note says which collection is full.

When the collection is full
Tip

Reword the note in the theme editor: App embeds, StockLock, Collection limit note. {n} is the limit, {collection} its name, {left} how many more fit.

7

The cart warns

If a cart gets over the limit some other way, such as a quick add button or another app, StockLock says so above the checkout button.

The cart warns
8

Checkout refuses the order

Checkout won't complete until the cart is back within the collection's limit.

Checkout refuses the order