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Max quantity cannot be set per product variation

Owners cannot set separate maximum quantities per variation of a variable product; the limit sits only at parent level.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

3 public reports · first reported 4 April 2019 · last reported 11 April 2025

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Shop owners selling variable products, such as items with sizes or colours, want to cap each variation separately, but the quantity plugin shows the limit only at the parent product level in some setups.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.