Products listed in PreProduct for pre-order can have a maximum limit set for each variant (as well as customer). 

Setting pre-order max variant limits #

Setting max limits for variants can be done when creating a new pre-order listing. Navigate to the ‘New Listing’ screen and then in the ‘Advanced’ area, tick the box ‘Set max pre-order limits’ and input the maximum pre-orders you would like to set for each variant.

If one variant has a limit, then all other variants on pre-order need one set too.

Editing pre-order limits #

To modify pre-order limits, click on the name of the product in question from PreProduct’s main dashboard. The scroll down to the ‘By Variant’ section and click on ‘Set pre-order limits’. Here you can change individual variant limits, as well as toggle variants on/off pre-order.

*Please note whenever a pre-order variant reaches it limit it will no longer show a pre-order button or a buy-now button, so the product can not be oversold.

Setting future pre-order limits #

If you’re using the listing manager automation, you may want to set limits for variants that aren’t yet on pre-order. To do this, click the “Set future limits” button from the above screenshot. From here you’ll be able to specify limits for the listing manager to apply when it puts variants on pre-order.

Per-location pre-order limits #

If you sell from more than one location, the ‘Set pre-order limits’ pop-up gains a location selector in its top right. You can view all locations together, or pick a single location to set its max limits and toggle variants on or off pre-order, location by location. See multi fulfilment location pre-order support for more.

Setting max limits via automation #

The “Location-aware listing manager with max limits” automation sets each variant’s per-location max limit for you, taken from the incoming stock you already have on order in Shopify. As pre-orders come in the allowance drops, and when incoming stock hits zero the variant shows as sold out. An optional reserve percentage keeps a share of that incoming stock out of pre-orders, so a 10% reserve on 20 incoming units caps pre-orders at 18.

While the automation is active, limits are shown read-only in the ‘Set pre-order limits’ pop-up and the inputs are disabled, because the automation owns them. Manual edits are blocked, and would be overwritten on the next inventory sync in any case. Turn the automation off if you want to set limits by hand again.