Quantity minimums for different products?

[modellicreations]

I am trying to find out if this is possible?

I need to set up different minimum quantity amounts for different products. For example, I need to set my mugs at a minimum quantity of 4 and my headbands at a minimum quantity of 10. How am I able to accomplish this?

So far, I have only been able to find information on setting a minimum total price, and I already have that set up anyway.

Thanks for the help.

[admin]

There is no direct option for this. You can achieve a similar result by using product variations:

https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/how-to-use-variation-control-in-wordpress-estore-plugin-345

Here is an example:

You can have the following variations for your Mugs:

4 Pack @ $20

5 Pack @ $25

6 Pack @ $30

etc.

4 pack is your base option so when someone is adding this item to the cart, they have to chose the minimum option which is 4.

Read the product variation documentation then test a few things out to see if it works for you.

[modellicreations]

Unfortunately, that doesn’t help for my situation since there is no maximum. Even if I set my mugs (minimum of 4) and set a maximum to 100, I would have to write 96 variations. Is there any chance the estore programmers will make a plugin or a code for others in this situation? I work for a wholesale business, so setting quantities is very important.

Thanks for getting back to me.

[admin]

we can definitely do a custom job for you. Use the following form if you are interested:

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/need-custom-work-done

You actually don’t need to set 96 variations for it. I will explain. After you specify the *packs* in the variation, someone can buy multiples of that pack amount. Lets say, you have 6 variations that goes from 4 pack to 10 pack. Now, if someone wanted 50 mugs, they can just buy 5 quantity of the 10 packs. If someone wanted 500, you buy 50 quantity of the 10 packs.

[modellicreations]

Me again. Wouldn’t it be fairly simply to create a free minimum amount option? The inventory section of a product has a “Quantity Limit Per Customer” option. It seems strange that there would be a quantity limit option but no minimum option?

[wzp]

Wouldn’t it be fairly simply to create a free minimum amount option?

No, and here’s why…

All products are maintained in a database. You are right in that adding a product minimum “really is” a simple matter of adding another database column. It can be done easily as a custom job, as @admin suggested.

But when you think about doing it as a regular plugin feature; then you have to consider “the big picture.” For instance, we still have some customers running versions of PHP and MySQL that should have been retired years ago. Before modifying the database for everyone, we’d have to consider all of the side effects.

Somewhere, in the recesses of the forum, is a more detailed explanation… but it is buried too deeply for the search box to find it

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