Setting Up Monthly, Yearly & Recurring Limits with Shopify Flow

Want to limit customers to 1 purchase per month, or 3 per year? Use these Shopify Flow templates to set up recurring limits in minutes.

Common use cases

Here's what merchants typically set up:

Use Case	Example	Reset Schedule
Monthly subscription box add-ons	"Add up to 2 extra items per month"	1st of each month
Yearly member benefits	"VIP members get 5 free items per year"	Every 365 days
Weekly fresh product limits	"Max 1 lb per customer per week"	Every Monday
Quarterly employee discounts	"Staff can purchase 3 items per quarter"	Every 13 weeks

Quick checklist

Before you start, make sure you have:

Shopify Flow — included free on Basic plan and above (get it here)
A customer purchase limit rule — create one first if you haven't already
Your Rule ID — here's how to find it

Shopify Flow templates

Choose the template that matches your reset schedule. Each template uses the Scheduled time trigger with the DC Order Limits → Reset customer purchase limit action.

Weekly reset

Frequency: Weeks
Repeat every: 1 week
Day: Choose your reset day (e.g., Monday)
Time: Choose your preferred time (e.g., 12:00 AM to reset at the start of the day)
Action: DC Order Limits → Reset customer purchase limit → [Your Rule ID]

Monthly reset

Frequency: Months
Repeat every: 1 month
Day of month: Choose your reset day (e.g., 1 for 1st of month)
Time: Choose your preferred time
Action: DC Order Limits → Reset customer purchase limit → [Your Rule ID]

Quarterly reset (~every 13 weeks)

Frequency: Weeks
Repeat every: 13 weeks
Day: Choose the weekday matching your start date
Time: Choose your preferred time
Action: DC Order Limits → Reset customer purchase limit → [Your Rule ID]

Note: 13 weeks is approximately one quarter, but won't align exactly with calendar quarters (Jan 1, Apr 1, Jul 1, Oct 1). See "Exact calendar dates" below for precise quarterly resets.

Yearly reset (~every 365 days)

Frequency: Days
Repeat every: 365 days
Time: Choose your preferred time
End date: Leave blank
Action: DC Order Limits → Reset customer purchase limit → [Your Rule ID]

Note: 365 days is approximately one year, but leap years may cause the date to shift over time. See "Exact calendar dates" below for precise yearly resets.

What to know

Limits reset to zero — unused allowances don't roll over to the next period
Pick a quiet time — schedule resets during low-traffic hours to avoid mid-purchase confusion
One Flow per rule — if you have multiple limit rules with different schedules, create a separate Flow for each

For detailed step-by-step setup, manual resets, or troubleshooting, see the full guide.