Add A Product Type Limit
The Product Type setting is highly versatile and is used when you want to apply maximum or minimum limitations to a specific product category, such as shoes. This feature allows you to set both minimum and maximum limits for these product types, giving you greater control over your inventory and helping to drive your brand’s growth.
In this document, we will walk you through how to create product type limitations, explain what each field means, and show you how to use them to your advantage.
Create a new limit and choose the limit type Product Type.
Start by adding a Limit Name. This should be a unique name that helps you easily identify the purpose of the limit. It’s for your reference only and will not be visible to the public.
Activation Dates allow you to choose when the limitations will take effect. You can select a date range to make the limit active only during that period. If you select just one date, the limit will remain active indefinitely starting from that date.
The Active setting determines whether the limit will apply to your storefront. Inactive limits can still be useful as they can be used as activation rules for other limits.
The Limit Audience feature lets you segment who will be affected by the limit you’ve created. You can choose between Customer, Non-Customer, or Everyone. A Customer refers to a user with a registered account. This allows you to apply different limitations based on user type.
The Tags Exclusion feature allows for more precise targeting within your chosen Limit Target. For example, you can set a limit for everyone, but only users with a specific tag on their account will trigger the limitation.
Here’s how it works:
If the target is Everyone, the tag will exclude customers with these tags.
If the target is Customer, only customers with these tags will be impacted by the limit.
To use this feature, enter a comma-separated list of customer tags. Leave the field blank if you want the limit to apply to everyone.
In the Settings section, you'll find the Target options. Here, you can define the Product Type included in this limit. Click the "Product Type" button to open a pop-up, where you can choose specific Product Type for your limit or apply Target Rules. Target Rules allow you to set text-based conditions—if any condition is met, the item will be included in the limit.
You can use conditions such as is equal to, is not equal to, contains, does not contain, starts with, and ends with. This functionality allows you to target multiple products efficiently without having to add them individually.
Next, you will define how the limitation works by selecting one of the following options:
By Total Price: Set limits based on the total price of items in the cart.
By Quantity: Set limits based on the quantity of items in the cart.
By Resource: set a limit on the number of selected resources in the cart. For instance, you can now set a limit on the number of different collections in your cart. Resource Type
Resource filters allows you filter down the resources that will be counted towards the limit.
For example, you could have a "Whole Cart" limit type with a resource limit "variant" and filter the resource to only count the number of variant with "Sample" in their title.
The resource will be counted if the result of all the rules is true.
By Weight: Set limits based on the total weight of items in the cart.
Multiple of for Product Price, Product Quantity, and Product Weight ensures that the calculated value must be a multiple of the value you enter. For example, if you enter 5, the calculated value will need to be 5, 10, 15, 20, etc., in order for the limit to be applied.
Choose the option that best fits your needs for applying the limitation.
Force Limit is a powerful feature with the following options:
Disabled: The limit will only apply if the targeted items are present in the cart.
Enabled: The limit will be enforced even if the targeted items are not currently in the cart.
Warning: When enabled, the variable {{ item }} for texts will not be available for items that are not in the cart. Make sure to customize your limit texts to account for this.
Exclude specific items from your quantity limits.
You can exclude products, collections, product types, vendors, or tags, giving you flexibility in how limits are applied.
Customize the messages shown to customers when quantity limits are not met.
If left blank, the default texts from the "General Translations" page will be used.
For stores with multiple languages enabled in Shopify, you can customize the texts for each language.
Activation Rules are like superpowers when it comes to targeting individuals based on specific characteristics.
For all Shopify plans, standard activation rules include Limit, Date, Customer Tag, and Currency. If you're on Shopify Plus, you gain access to even more targeting options, such as:
Market
Shipping Country Code
Shipping City
Shipping Province Code
Shipping Zip
Shipping Address / Address 2
Shipping Company
Shipping Type
Shipping Method Title
Shipping Cost / Shipping Cost After Discount
Payment Type
Discount Code
Gift Card Amount
These advanced rules give you greater flexibility to target your audience more precisely.
In this document, we will walk you through how to create product type limitations, explain what each field means, and show you how to use them to your advantage.
Create a new limit and choose the limit type Product Type.
Start by adding a Limit Name. This should be a unique name that helps you easily identify the purpose of the limit. It’s for your reference only and will not be visible to the public.
Activation Dates allow you to choose when the limitations will take effect. You can select a date range to make the limit active only during that period. If you select just one date, the limit will remain active indefinitely starting from that date.
The Active setting determines whether the limit will apply to your storefront. Inactive limits can still be useful as they can be used as activation rules for other limits.
The Limit Audience feature lets you segment who will be affected by the limit you’ve created. You can choose between Customer, Non-Customer, or Everyone. A Customer refers to a user with a registered account. This allows you to apply different limitations based on user type.
The Tags Exclusion feature allows for more precise targeting within your chosen Limit Target. For example, you can set a limit for everyone, but only users with a specific tag on their account will trigger the limitation.
Here’s how it works:
If the target is Everyone, the tag will exclude customers with these tags.
If the target is Customer, only customers with these tags will be impacted by the limit.
To use this feature, enter a comma-separated list of customer tags. Leave the field blank if you want the limit to apply to everyone.
In the Settings section, you'll find the Target options. Here, you can define the Product Type included in this limit. Click the "Product Type" button to open a pop-up, where you can choose specific Product Type for your limit or apply Target Rules. Target Rules allow you to set text-based conditions—if any condition is met, the item will be included in the limit.
You can use conditions such as is equal to, is not equal to, contains, does not contain, starts with, and ends with. This functionality allows you to target multiple products efficiently without having to add them individually.
Next, you will define how the limitation works by selecting one of the following options:
By Total Price: Set limits based on the total price of items in the cart.
By Quantity: Set limits based on the quantity of items in the cart.
By Resource: set a limit on the number of selected resources in the cart. For instance, you can now set a limit on the number of different collections in your cart. Resource Type
Resource filters allows you filter down the resources that will be counted towards the limit.
For example, you could have a "Whole Cart" limit type with a resource limit "variant" and filter the resource to only count the number of variant with "Sample" in their title.
The resource will be counted if the result of all the rules is true.
By Weight: Set limits based on the total weight of items in the cart.
Multiple of for Product Price, Product Quantity, and Product Weight ensures that the calculated value must be a multiple of the value you enter. For example, if you enter 5, the calculated value will need to be 5, 10, 15, 20, etc., in order for the limit to be applied.
Choose the option that best fits your needs for applying the limitation.
Force Limit is a powerful feature with the following options:
Disabled: The limit will only apply if the targeted items are present in the cart.
Enabled: The limit will be enforced even if the targeted items are not currently in the cart.
Warning: When enabled, the variable {{ item }} for texts will not be available for items that are not in the cart. Make sure to customize your limit texts to account for this.
Quantity Limits Exclusions
Exclude specific items from your quantity limits.
You can exclude products, collections, product types, vendors, or tags, giving you flexibility in how limits are applied.
Quantity Limits Texts
Customize the messages shown to customers when quantity limits are not met.
If left blank, the default texts from the "General Translations" page will be used.
For stores with multiple languages enabled in Shopify, you can customize the texts for each language.
Activation Rules are like superpowers when it comes to targeting individuals based on specific characteristics.
For all Shopify plans, standard activation rules include Limit, Date, Customer Tag, and Currency. If you're on Shopify Plus, you gain access to even more targeting options, such as:
Market
Shipping Country Code
Shipping City
Shipping Province Code
Shipping Zip
Shipping Address / Address 2
Shipping Company
Shipping Type
Shipping Method Title
Shipping Cost / Shipping Cost After Discount
Payment Type
Discount Code
Gift Card Amount
These advanced rules give you greater flexibility to target your audience more precisely.
Updated on: 21/02/2025
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