Order limits (daily capacity)

Updated 23 July 2026

Cap how many orders each day can take. When a day fills up, Flare closes it in the calendar automatically and the next customer books the next available day — no overselling, no manual juggling.

Available on the Advanced plan and above.

Set it up

1. Open Shipping settings and find Order limits.
2. Choose the limit style:
   • Global daily limit — one number for every day (e.g. 40 orders/day).
   • Per day of week — different capacity per weekday (e.g. 60 Fri, 25 Mon).
   • Per specific date — one-off caps for peak days (Valentine's, Mother's Day).
   • Per sales channel — separate capacity for online store, POS, and others, with an "all other channels" fallback.
3. Choose what the limit counts — delivery date or ship date. Count ship dates if your constraint is packing capacity; delivery dates if it's delivery-run capacity. The default is delivery date.
4. Click Save.

How it behaves

• A full day shows as unavailable to shoppers instantly, across every picker location and checkout.
• The count includes every order tagged for that day; cancelled and refunded orders free their slot up again.
• Enforcement is belt-and-braces: the picker stops the shopper choosing a full day, and Flare's server-side checkout rule blocks race conditions where two shoppers grab the last slot together.
• The shipping calendar shows each day as booked / limit with Near capacity (80%+) and At capacity labels, plus the per-channel breakdown if you use channel limits.

Rules to know

• Order limits count orders, not items. Line-item-level capacity isn't supported.
• Admin edits (changing a date on an order) respect the calendar too, but your team can consciously overbook a day from the admin if needed — the shopper-facing calendar stays closed.
• Combine with cutoffs: limits handle volume, cutoffs handle time of day.