How to Create Coupon In WooCommerce

Create Coupon in WooCommerce

Do you want to introduce coupons in your WooCommerce store?

I will show you in this quick tutorial how to create coupons in WooCommerce. Coupons allow you to attract customers and entice loyal ones to come back for more.

It is not a complicated process to add coupons to your WooCommerce store.

WooCommerce includes a powerful coupon functionality that works well for any store. It is very easy to use and you will be able to achieve this with just a few clicks.

Create Coupons in WooCommerce

In this brief tutorial, we will share with you how you can create a new coupon. This feature works very well and will make your customers happier.

You can use coupons to give out discounts or use them as a form of incentive.

We will also show you how you can use the usage restrictions and usage limit features.

Let us look at how you can achieve this.

Steps to Create a New Coupon In WooCommerce

Here are the steps that you need to follow:

  1. Log into your WordPress site and access the Dashboard as the admin user.
  2. From the Dashboard menu, go to WooCommerce > Coupons.
  3. Click on Add coupon.add new
  4. A new page will appear and you are required to add a coupon code and the description fields. The coupon code is the code customers will enter to apply the coupon and it can be generated automatically. The description is optional and it is not visible to customers or merchants.coupon

Coupon Data

The coupon data block includes 3 sections. They are:

  • General
  • Usage restriction
  • Usage limits

Let us have a closer look at each one of them

1.    General Tab

general tabIn this tab, you can specify the discount type. You are provided with three discount types:

  • Percentage discounts apply a percentage discount to the entire cart.
  • Fixed cart discounts apply a fixed amount of discount to the entire cart.
  • Fixed product discounts apply a fixed amount of discount to selected products only. The discount is calculated per item and not for the whole cart.

You can set the amount of the discount in the Coupon amount field. you can also set an expiry date for your coupon in the Coupon expiry date field.

You can also offer free shipping to customers using the coupon.

2.    Usage Restriction Tab

usage restrictionIt is very important to set the usage restriction. This is because anyone can add the coupon to their cart at any time.

You are provided with a few different restrictions to your coupon:

  • Set a minimum or maximum order subtotal
  • Include or exclude selected products or categories
  • Limit by ‘allowed’ emails

3.    Usage Limits Tab

Usage limitsThis section allows you to specify how many times the coupon can be used per customer and in total.

You can also define the number of products it can be applied to at once.

Conclusion

In this post, you have seen how it is very easy to create a new coupon. The WooCommerce coupon system is very effective. It will help you to entice your customers to purchase more.

However, you need to set some restrictions and limits so that you do not make a loss.

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