How to enforce compliance checks on WooCommerce orders

Age verification, hazmat restrictions, quantity limits, and customs declarations can’t be forgotten. OrderBadger flags orders that need compliance action.

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The problem

Regulated products need specific handling - age checks on alcohol, shipping restrictions on aerosols, quantity limits on pharmacy items, customs paperwork for international shipments - but WooCommerce doesn’t distinguish them from regular orders. Mistakes lead to fines, refused deliveries, or legal exposure.

How OrderBadger solves it

OrderBadger checks product categories, shipping destination, and order quantities against your compliance rules, then applies critical-severity badges with optional action buttons and SLA timers to ensure nothing ships without the required checks.

Compliance rules typically combine a product category with a condition. For example, “any product in the Alcohol category and shipping country is GB” triggers an Age Check badge with Verified/Unverified buttons and a 60-minute SLA. “Any product in the Pharmacy category and total quantity over 3” triggers a quantity limit review. The badges are designed to be impossible to overlook in the orders screen.

Rules that help with this

Each rule is a ready-to-use template. Click through to see the full rule, test fixtures, customisation tips, and FAQ.

Aerosol Restriction

How to flag aerosol and perfume orders shipping internationally

Badges any international order that includes products from the Aerosols, Sprays, or Perfume category. Pressurised containers and alcohol-based fragrances are classified as dangerous goods under IATA regulations, and many carriers restrict or prohibit them on international air freight.

How to enforce age verification on alcohol orders in WooCommerce

Badges orders containing products in the Wine, Beer, Spirits, or Alcohol category when shipping to Great Britain. UK law requires age verification on delivery for alcohol, and this badge ensures no alcohol order is dispatched without confirming the verification process is in place.

How to include safety recall cards with toy orders in WooCommerce

Badges orders containing Toys or Baby Equipment products shipped to registered customers, reminding your team to include a product safety recall registration card in the shipment.

Qty Limit Check

How to enforce medicine quantity limits on WooCommerce pharmacy orders

Badges orders containing Pharmacy or Medicines category products when total quantity exceeds 3 items. Regulated products often carry per-order quantity restrictions, and this rule surfaces orders that need pharmacist review before they can be released.

How to flag hazmat items in international WooCommerce orders

Automatically badges international orders that contain items from hazmat-adjacent categories (Camping Gas, Batteries, Aerosols) so your team can verify shipping restrictions, arrange ground transport, or block the shipment before it leaves the warehouse.

Customs Declaration

How to ensure customs compliance on alcohol orders in WooCommerce

Automatically badges international orders that contain alcohol products (Wine, Beer, or Spirits) so your team can prepare customs declarations, verify duty requirements, and check destination country import restrictions before dispatch.

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Mixed Product Types

How to flag mixed supplement and skincare orders in WooCommerce

Badges orders that contain both ingestible products (Supplements or Ingestibles) and topical products (Skincare or Topicals), prompting your team to include separate compliance leaflets for each product type.

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