User Guide For Opencart Product Quantity Restriction

Extract the contents of the received zip folder on your system according to your Opencart version. The extracted folder has admin and catalog folders.

Now, upload the admin and catalog directories into the Opencart root directory as shown below in the snapshot.

After uploading the zip file go to the Extensions > Modification and click on the refresh field.

Now, Go to System -> Users -> User Groups >> edit ‘Administrator’ and choose to select all for both Access and Modify Permission for the permission that you want to provide and save it.

Now navigate to Extensions > Extensions > Modules. Find Product Quantity Restriction from the list. Click the Install button as visible in the screenshot below.

Select the module “Product Quantity Restriction”, and click on the Edit icon.

Opencart Product Quantity Restriction module supports multiple languages. To set up different language for this module, please click here to view the instructions.

After successfully installing this module in your Opencart. Now navigate to Extensions > Modules > Product Quantity Restriction and click Edit button.

From here you will see the following option:

Status – Set this to Enabled to use this module or else set it to Disabled, if you don’t want to use.

Default Minimum Limit – This is the default minimum quantity limit for all products and all users.

Default Maximum Limit – This is the default maximum quantity limit for all products and all users.

Time – It is the default initial time after which previously made orders will be compared to check buy limit of the customer.

After editing all the necessary settings, kindly click Save button on top to apply changes.

The admin can access this option by navigating to Product Restriction > Customer List. Here the admin can find all the list of customers who have product quantity restriction. The admin can add any registered user(s) of the website to this list by clicking the Add button on top.

Use Filter button to search any specific customer. Using their id, customer name, maximum and minimum limit.  

To edit any existing customer restriction click the Edit button under Action column.

Add/Edit Customer

In order to add a new customer to the list, click ADD button on top. Furthermore, to edit an existing customer, click EDIT button under Action column. After that, you will see product restriction for customer settings. Enter the following details. Please refer to the screenshot below:

Customer Name – Here you have to enter the name of any registered user.

Default Minimum Limit – This is the default minimum quantity limit for the customer.

Default Maximum Limit – This is the default maximum quantity limit for the customer.

To set any product specific quantity restriction for this customer. Click Add button below and enter the Product Name. After that enter the Minimum Limit and the Maximum Limit for that specific product.

Click Save button on top to save your changes.

To access this option by navigating to Product Restriction > Customer Group List. From here you can find all the list of customer groups who have product quantity restriction.

The admin can add any new customer group by clicking the Add button on top.

Use Filter button to search any specific customer group. Using their id, customer group name, maximum and minimum limit quantity.

In order to edit any existing customer group click the Edit button under Action column.

Add/Edit Customer Group:

To add a new customer group to the list, click ADD button on top. Moreover to edit an existing customer group, click EDIT button under Action column. After that, you will see product restriction for customer group settings. Enter the following details. Please refer to the screenshot below:

Customer Group– Here you have to select any one of the available customer group using the drop-down menu.

Default Minimum Limit – Set the default minimum quantity limit for this customer group.

Default Maximum Limit – Set the default maximum quantity limit for this customer group.

To set any product specific quantity restriction for this customer group. Click Add button below and enter the Product Name. After that enter the Minimum Limit and the Maximum Limit for that specific product.

Click Save button on top to save your changes.

Manage Customer Request:

In order to Approve or Reject the customer request, click on the View button.

A pop-up display will appear. It will show the name of the customer who has requested for the change in product quantity.

If a customer has sent any message it will be visible. The admin has an option to send a reply message to the customer. Click Approve button to accept its request or else click Reject to decline.

When a user enters its desired quantity. And that quantity is either less or more than the allowed quantity. The customer will get different kind of error messages on top. The user can either enter the allowed quantity or can send a request to admin. Please note- Only registered users can request for changing their product quantity restriction.