Introduction:
Managing pre-order buying limitations is crucial to prevent overselling and ensure fair distribution of limited stock items. This guide provides a detailed walkthrough on setting and managing pre-order buying limitations in the Notify Me app for Shopify, utilizing the preorder-limit-count tag to automatically mark a product as sold out once the limit is reached helping you control the quantity of pre-order items customers can purchase.
**1. Understanding Pre-order Buying Limitations:
Pre-order buying limitations allow you to restrict the number of customers who can pre-order, ensuring that the limited stock items are not oversold. This feature is especially useful during product launches or sales events where demand exceeds supply.
Key Concepts:
Buying Limit: A predefined maximum quantity of customers that can order a specific product.
Product Tags: Tags used to identify and manage products with specific buying limitations.
**2. Setting Up Pre-order Buying Limitations:
To set up pre-order buying limitations, follow these steps:
Log in to your Shopify admin panel and navigate to the Notify Me app.
Go to the Pre-order settings section.
Scroll down to find the Pre-order Buying Limitation section.
**3. Applying the preorder-limit-count Tag:
Create and Apply the Tag:
Navigate to your Shopify Product section.
Select the product you want to limit and add the tag
preorder-limit-count, replacingcountwith the desired maximum quantity (e.g.,preorder-limit-2for a limit of 2 customers for the product).
Enforcement:
Once the specified number of pre-orders is reached, the Notify Me app will automatically mark the product as sold out. This prevents any additional customers from placing a pre-order beyond the set limit..
Note: This preorder limit counts the number of customers that use our preorder button not all orders of a products created by normal add to cart button
**4. Managing Exceptions and Adjustments:
Updating Limits: If necessary, you can update the buying limitations by editing the
preorder-limit-counttag with a new number.
Monitoring Sales: Keep track of pre-order sales and customer inquiries, and be ready to adjust the tag if the demand or stock situation changes.
Conclusion:
By setting pre-order buying limitations, you can effectively manage inventory and control the distribution of high-demand products. The automatic sold-out feature ensures that no more orders are accepted once the limit is reached, preventing overselling and maintaining customer satisfaction. This guide provides a comprehensive overview of implementing and managing buying limitations in the Notify Me app for Shopify.