How to limit customer purchases to one collection only?

Store Design
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Hello! I’m trying to find a way, either through an app or ideally through a simple addition of code, to prevent a customer from adding products from more than one collection to their cart. It must prevent the customer from adding an additional product to their cart if they already have a product in their cart from a different collection, and they must not be able to checkout.

For example, I have Collection A and Collection B. A customer can add as many products as they want from Collection A. However, as soon as they try to add a product from Collection B - if they still have a product(s) from Collection A in their cart - they are prevented from doing so and receive a message as to why. If they were to remove all product from Collection A from their cart, they could then add product from Collection B.

I’m not a developer but have a basic knowledge of adding code/script.

I will also note that my current review of apps that limit product totals etc do not offer this type of functionality.

Any help or recommendations is GREATLY APPRECIATED.

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This isn’t simple because you need to edit several templates depending on theme and do tests to prevent a checkout you dont want that has mutually exclusive products.

You can contact me at paull.newton+shopifyforums@gmail.com with store name and details for pricing on this customization.

Loosely the starting code for product templates:

{% assign opposingcollection == "opposingcollectionname" %}
{% assign cart_collection_conflict == false %}
{% assign current_product_first_collection == product.collections.first %}
{% assign current_product_collections ==  product.collections | join:"" %}

{% for item in cart.items %}
 {% assign current_item_collections == item.collections | join:"" %}
 {% if item.collections.first == product.collections.first %}{% continue %}{% endif %}
 {% if current_item_collections contains opposingcollection  %}
  {% assign cart_collection_conflict == true %}
 {% endif %}
{% endfor %}

Then if there’s a conflict disable the add to cart and other buttons, or show a call to action.

Merchants needing product exclusion business logic can contact me at paull.newton+shopifyforums@gmail.com with store name and details for pricing.

3

Hi,

Does this use case still need extra dev or is it now part of Shopify native features?
Thanks in advance!

4

Also wondering the same thing.

5

Hello! Is there a solution on this topic?

6

hi,

We have implemented a similar solution.

Hope the logic can help, or else connect us to implement the same.

7

I noticed your question about collection-based restrictions. This is a mixed cart limit case.

In DC Order Limits, you can block specific product combinations, for example items from Collection A cannot be purchased with items from Collection B.

If you share which two collections you want to separate, I can outline the exact rule structure.

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This is doable with an app, no theme edits. It’s not doable without an app, which is silly and a gap in Shopify. I’m Kory, I built CartGate. It does exactly this: “if one or more items from collection A are in the cart, don’t allow checkout if one or more items from collection B are also in the cart.”

It enforces server-side at checkout, so it holds on Shop Pay, Apple Pay and every other express path. I have stores like yours that were previously manually refunding dozens of orders a month. But after installing, not a single bad combination has gotten through.

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It’s on Pro ($9/mo, 7-day trial). I’m happy to comp your first month and set it up with you.

It’s been a long time, so in all likelihood you’ve solved this, but still wanted to mention it just in case it’s still useful. App is called CartGate. :slight_smile: