
How to prevent bots from buying out your Shopify drop
Bots can clear your inventory in seconds during a limited release. Purchase limits, login requirements, and customer tracking give you a fighting chance.

Bots can clear your inventory in seconds during a limited release. Purchase limits, login requirements, and customer tracking give you a fighting chance.

Preorders let you sell products before they ship, but without quantity controls, you can end up taking more orders than you can fulfill. This guide covers how to set up preorders on Shopify and cap them before overselling.

Set a free shipping threshold in Shopify, add a minimum order customers cannot skip, and fix the "price can't be $0.00" error. Includes a $75 walkthrough.

Shopify offers built-in quantity rules for B2B stores, but DTC merchants need third-party apps to set min/max limits. Here is what each option does and when you need which.
Most limit apps only cap quantity per cart, so customers just place a second order. Here is how to enforce a true 1 per customer limit that tracks purchase history across orders.

Some products should not be in the same cart due to shipping, business model, or operational constraints.