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.
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.
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.
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 Limit Target 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.
Limit Type will be Product Type
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 the Settings section, you will define your limits and specify which items will be affected by these limits.
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.
Select Product Types is where you choose the product type(s) that fall under your product type limit. In this section, you also have Target Rules, which enable you to target specific items based on text conditions. If any of the conditions are met, the item will be affected by the limit.
Target rules can be set based on the the product type and 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.
By Weight: Set limits based on the total weight of items in the cart.
Choose the option that best fits your needs for applying the limitation.
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.
Next, you can further refine the limit by using Exclusions to exclude specific items from the limit. You can exclude:
Products
Collections
Product Types
Vendors
Tags
This allows you to tailor the limit more precisely by excluding certain items or categories from being affected.
The final step is the Texts section, where you can inform your customers about the limit if it is not met. While it’s not required to fill this out (default texts from the General Translations section will be used if left empty), you can customize this content to better reflect your brand's image. Adjusting the text allows you to provide a more personalized experience for your customers. If you have multiple languages enabled in shopify, you will be able to customize the texts for each language.
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.
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.
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.
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 Limit Target 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.
Limit Type will be Product Type
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 the Settings section, you will define your limits and specify which items will be affected by these limits.
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.
Select Product Types is where you choose the product type(s) that fall under your product type limit. In this section, you also have Target Rules, which enable you to target specific items based on text conditions. If any of the conditions are met, the item will be affected by the limit.
Target rules can be set based on the the product type and 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.
By Weight: Set limits based on the total weight of items in the cart.
Choose the option that best fits your needs for applying the limitation.
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.
Next, you can further refine the limit by using Exclusions to exclude specific items from the limit. You can exclude:
Products
Collections
Product Types
Vendors
Tags
This allows you to tailor the limit more precisely by excluding certain items or categories from being affected.
The final step is the Texts section, where you can inform your customers about the limit if it is not met. While it’s not required to fill this out (default texts from the General Translations section will be used if left empty), you can customize this content to better reflect your brand's image. Adjusting the text allows you to provide a more personalized experience for your customers. If you have multiple languages enabled in shopify, you will be able to customize the texts for each language.
Updated on: 29/10/2024
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