You have the ability to set a capacity limit or a quota on your product as well as your product categories. There are many associated settings that you can control, including how, when, and whether the quota should display to your applicants. This is a great option if you want to increase the pressure of a product selling out.
To adjust these settings, first, navigate to the Product Management page (Settings -> Products).
A quota can be enabled on a category level, a product level (session, activity/merchandise, and discount), or even on a daily level. Simply click on the level you would like to edit and scroll down to find the quota settings.
On a category level, click “edit category”.
Then add the total number of users that should select a product from the category and click “update category”.
Note: Even if spots remain available on a product in a category, if there is a category quota enabled, your users will not be able to continue selecting.
Example: There are 3 products with a quota of 10 on each one, but the category quota is set to 20. That means as soon as 20 people have selected at least one of those 3 products, the category will no longer allow more selections, even though some products may still have room.
On a product level, click “edit” on the product. This can be a session-type product, a service/merchandise/activity product, or a discount product.
If it is a discount product, then scroll down to the end of the settings menu and adjust the number. Using quotas on a discount is a smart idea if you want to limit the number of discount codes that can be used.
If it is a service/merchandise/activity product, then scroll down the settings menu and adjust the number.
Note: The default is 0, which means that there is no quota limiting the product and that the product is unlimited. You can enable a waitlist, so after the capacity has been met, users can still sign up.
If it is a session product, then you can set a quota at the original session level, the sub-session level, and the day level.
Note: You can only adjust a sub-session product after you have initially created it. Once it has been created, click “edit session” and jump over to the Options tab, then scroll down and adjust the quota number. You can also enable the waitlist here.
When you want to change the quota for a specific day in a session, click “Edit Session” and click the “Days” tab. Then click “edit” on a specific day and adjust the quota number.
By default, when you enable a quota, the remaining capacity will be visible to your users. You can hide the remaining capacity product details by clicking the Tools button at the top right of the Product Management page.
Then select the Product Settings under Configuration.
At the bottom you’ll see Quota Settings, click on this to expand the display.
From here you’ll have various different settings you can turn on and off. We’ve provided an overview of each of them below.
- Hide Sold Out Products – This will prevent your applicants from seeing products that have met their quota. Instead, it will display them as sold out.
- Trigger Additional Products on Wait-Listed Orders – Product B is triggered to show up or add when Product A is ordered. But if Product A has sold out and has the waitlist activated, should the applicant still get Product B when they get on the Product A waitlist? This feature lets you toggle this functionality on or off.
- Hide Remaining Product Details – By default a product will display how many slots are remaining when an applicant is deciding whether to order it. Turning this “on” will ensure that they never see this quota number while turning it off ensures that they will. If you would like, you can control what percent of products ordered these numbers will show up. To set this, just enter your percent into the box next to Product Count Settings.
- Product Count Settings – Similarly to individual products, you are able to set quotas on categories as well. By default, a product will display how many slots are remaining when an applicant is deciding whether to order it. Turning this “on” will ensure that they never see this quota number while turning it off ensures that they will. If you would like, you can control what percent of products ordered these numbers will show up. To set this, just enter your percent into the box next to Product Count Settings.
- Family System Quotas – In Family Systems, you have the ability for one head or sub unit’s payment towards a product with a quota to hold the spot for every single product which has a quota for each of your applicants. This applies both to partial and full payments (depending on how you have the quota set for your products).
Remember to click Save after you’ve made your changes!
Cart Timer
You can also manage quotas with the cart timer, to ensure those who actually want to purchase, match your quota settings. Read more about the cart timer here.
One more thing to note about quotas. On your Product Management page, you will see an ongoing tally of total paid/ordered/quota and if a product currently has a waitlist or is sold out.
Quotas for Sessions
The parent session quota acts as a category quota. All sessions within it will have the specified quota.
Partial selection now allows for an individual day quota that correctly removes individual days once their specific quota has been met.
Example: A session contains Monday – Friday with partial selection with a quota of 2 per day.
- User 1 orders Monday and Tuesday.
- User 2 orders Monday and Tuesday.
Monday and Tuesday are no longer available for selection, leaving Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday as available options.