Minimum Orders

Minimum orders let sellers set the smallest basket value a buyer must reach with them in a market cycle. Buyers below a seller's minimum are warned and then have their under-target items removed before the cycle closes.

Sellers control the value of their own minimum (see the seller guide). As admin, you control the timing of the warning and removal — both marketplace-wide and per cycle.

Marketplace-wide timing

Go to Settings → Minimum orders to set the defaults that apply to every cycle:

With the defaults, a buyer who is below a minimum is emailed about 3 hours before the cycle closes (60 + 120 minutes), and any items still short are removed about 2 hours before close.

Per-cycle overrides

You can override any of the three timings for an individual cycle on its market-cycle configuration page (Configuration → Market cycle configs → [cycle]).

• Each override field shows the live marketplace default as its placeholder (e.g. Inherits 120).
• Leave a field blank to inherit the marketplace-wide value.
• The "warning lead must be smaller than removal offset" rule still applies when both override fields are filled in.

Notes

• Minimum orders are gated by the minimumOrders feature flag. The settings and per-cycle override screens only appear when the flag is enabled for the marketplace.
• Removed items are not charged to buyers and their stock is returned to sale automatically; there are no refunds to process because nothing is invoiced for removed items.
• Sellers are not notified when a buyer's items are removed — only the buyer receives the warning email.