Handling Pre-order Buying Limitations

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, replacing count with the desired maximum quantity (e.g., preorder-limit-2 for 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:

1. Updating Limits: If necessary, you can update the buying limitations by editing the preorder-limit-count tag with a new number.
1. 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.