This guide explains how inventory is managed differently for Limited Bundles and Unlimited Bundles, helping you ensure accurate stock tracking when customers place orders.
🧷 Limited Bundle Inventory Management
Limited Bundles are built using Shopify's native variant system, so inventory management is consistent with regular Shopify products.
✅ How It Works:
Each Bundle combination is a real variant in Shopify.
Inventory is managed directly in the Shopify admin.
📦 Inventory Behavior:
When a customer places an order for a specific Bundle variant, Shopify automatically reduces its inventory.
If you enable inventory sync in the app:
The Bundle’s inventory will be automatically set to match the lowest stock level among the bundled products.
When a customer places an order:
Each component product’s inventory is reduced by 1.
The Bundle’s own inventory is also reduced by 1 to maintain consistency.
🔄 Example:
You created a “T-shirt + Hat” Limited Bundle that includes:
Red T-shirt (inventory: 50)
Black Hat (inventory: 30)
After enabling inventory sync:
The Bundle’s inventory will be shown as 30 (based on the lowest component stock).
When a customer orders the Bundle:
Red T-shirt and Black Hat inventory are each reduced by 1.
The Bundle inventory is also reduced by 1.
🔓 Unlimited Bundle Inventory Management
Unlimited Bundles are not based on Shopify's native variants. Instead, they use the app's template to dynamically show bundle selection options on the product page.
✅ How It Works:
Customers select products or variants within the bundle on the storefront.
The app adds each selected product as an individual line item in the cart.
Shopify then processes and reduces inventory for each item as usual.
🔄 Example:
You create a “Mix & Match Snack Pack” Bundle where customers can choose any 3 snacks.
A customer selects snack A, B, and C.
The app adds each item to the cart as a separate line.
Shopify reduces the inventory of A, B, and C by 1 each.