Shipping order limits let you restrict the number of shipping orders you can receive per day.
Requirements
You need to be on the Advanced plan or higher with Zapiet - Pickup + Delivery.
You need to have the shipping date and/or time picker enabled. You can enable it in Settings > Shipping > Shipping settings.
Set shipping order limits
Click Settings, then Shipping.
In the Shipping settings section, choose either:
Limit the number of shipping orders per day
You need to have the shipping date picker enabled, and the shipping time picker disabled to have the ability to limit the number of shipping orders per day.
Tick Limit number of shipping orders per day.
You can now add the maximum number of orders you can receive for each day you have shipping enabled on. Maximum order numbers will be set to 0 by default, add a higher number to each day you want to offer shipping.
Click Save.
The number of shipping orders will now be limited per day.
Check the shipping daily limit report
Click the reports icon next to the daily limits for a specific day. In this example, we'll use Monday.
Select a Monday in the calendar.
The report will show all the orders made for that day, and note the number of remaining slots.
Limit the number of shipping orders per time slot
You need to have the shipping date and time picker enabled to limit the number of shipping orders per time slot.
Tick Limit number of orders per shipping slot.
You can now add the maximum number of shipping orders you can receive per slot.
If you switch to Different slots each day of the week, you will be able to add different shipping slot limits for different shipping days.
Click Save.
The number of shipping orders will now be limited per slot.
Check the shipping slot limit report
Click the reports icon next to the slot limit you'd like to check. In this example, we'll use Monday.
Select a Monday in the calendar.
The report will show all the orders made for that slot on that day, and note the number of remaining slots.
Notes
Cancelled/deleted orders do not count towards order limits
Editing order's date will update the limits
Limitations
Orders will be counted towards the limits only if they have our attributes (if not, the order will not appear in the Zapiet dashboard).
Your maximum order limit may be exceeded:
If multiple customers are checking out at the same time they both may select the last available slot for a given day.
If you are using abandoned checkout email notifications. Make sure to follow our Abandoned checkout emails article to avoid this issue.