How to set up a product discount in Advanced Dynamic Pricing for WooCommerce

Product discount is a fairly popular type of discount in online stores. It can be described as a targeted offer, such as buy 2 and get one of equal or lesser value free.

Such a discount can be charged to the actual cost of the product, the quantity purchased, the value of a second unit bought (like a two-for-one), or any combination of these.

Some discounts are only available for a short time and can only be applied once.

All shopping sites offer coupons or discounts.

To learn how to set up a product discount in Advanced Dynamic Pricing for WooCommerce, read our article.

Black Friday / Cyber Monday weekend (Percentage discount to the whole shop)

Let’s add a rule and configure it.

Note: For all rules, you should specify the title, the number of applications, the date, and apply at first to.

Write the title, the number of application and apply at first to
Choose the date

Select the type of discount “Product discount” from the list.

The types of discount

You will see the following window.

Settings for product discount

To apply the discount to the whole store, click on “Any product” in the product filter.

The product filter

Choose a percentage discount in the “Product discounts” area.

The “Product discounts” area

And input its value.

Choose the value of discount

Additionally, you can set the maximum discount on the sum.

Note: The maximum discount on the sum limits the discount to the specified value. For example, if the discount is 50%, and the maximum discount on the sum is $20, then when a customer buys a product for $100, he/she will have a discount not of $50, but of $20.

The maximum discount on the sum

Look at the shop page now. Now all products in the shop have a discount.

The view of shop

Set discount on product

Select the type of discount “Product discount” from the list.

The types of discount

To apply the discount to a product, click on “Products” in the product filter.

The product filter

Let’s choose the necessary items.

The necessary items: Album and Beanie

Choose a fixed 2$ discount in the “Product discounts” area.

The “Product discounts” area

Products cost $2 less now.

Album and Beanie with fixed 2$ discount

Percentage discount for the selected variation

The peculiarity of this type of discount is that it is applied only to a certain product variant (for example, the red hoodie variation of the Hoodie product).

Select the type of discount “Product discount” from the list.

The types of discount

To apply the discount to a product, click on “Products” in the product filter.

The product filter

Let’s choose the necessary item. 

 The necessary item: Hoodie – Blue, No

Create a 5% discount on this product.

5% discount

The discount is applied to Hoodie blue, without a logo.

Hoodie blue, without a logo with 5% discount

Set discount for category

Select the type of discount “Product discount” from the list.

The types of discount

To apply the discount to a product, click on “Categories” in the product filter.

The product filter

Let’s choose the necessary category. 

The necessary category: Accessories

Create a 5% discount on this category.

 5% discount

The price of sunglasses has changed (dropped from 90 to 85.5).

Sunglasses with 5% discount

Set discount on an attribute

Select the type of discount “Product discount” from the list.

The types of discount

To apply the discount to a product, click on “Attributes” in the product filter.

Note: An attribute discount applies to all products with a similar attribute. For example, if the attribute is green, then the discount will apply to both a green hoodie and a green hat.

The product filter

Select an attribute (Color: Red).

Attribute

Specify the products that the discount will not apply to (Beanie with Logo).

Exclude products

Set a discount of 10%.

10% discount

As you can see, the discount applied to Beanie and Hoodie (Red, No), but not to Beanie with Logo (although its attribute is also red).

Discount on an attribute

Package having one position

Select the type of discount “Product discount” from the list.

The types of discount

To apply the discount to a product, click on “SKUs” in the product filter.

The product filter

Let’s choose the number of products (9) and how varied they should be (Same product only).

Package having one position settings

Select the SKU — woo-sunglasses.

SKU

Create a 50% discount for this rule.

50% discount

Thus, a customer who buys in bulk receives 9 pairs of sunglasses for half the price of the total.

Sunglasses for half the price of the total

Set price for each item

Select the type of discount “Product discount” from the list.

The types of discount

To apply the discount to a product, click on “Products” in the product filter.

The product filter

Choose a product (Belt).

Belt

Add two more positions in the same way using the “Add product filter” button.

Use the “Add product filter” button

To add a discount for each product individually, click on the “Split” checkbox.

The “Split” checkbox

Discounts are applied in accordance with the values that we indicated earlier.

Individual discounts for different products

3 any products for 100

Select the type of discount “Product discount” from the list.

The types of discount

To apply the discount to a product, click on “Any products” in the product filter.

The product filter

Specify the quantity of products.

The quantity of products

Set a fixed price of 100.

Fixed price of 100

All three items cost $100 in total.

3 any products for 100

Get 50% discount on the cheapest item in the cart (Pro)

Select the type of discount “Product discount” from the list.

The types of discount

To apply the discount to a product, click on “Any products” in the product filter.

The product filter

Add one more position using the “Add product filter” button. Select “Select most expensive products” for one item and “Select cheapest products” for another.

Note: This feature is only available in the pro version.

Use the “Add product filter” button

To add a discount for each product individually, click on the “Split” checkbox. For a cheap item, add a 50 percent discount.

The “Split” checkbox

The album is cheaper than the belt, so it’s discounted.

50% discount on the cheapest item in the cart

50% off for every 2nd item (Pro)

The algorithm for creating this rule is similar to the previous one. Just follow it.

There is only one discount applied for three items.

One discount for 3 items

But when there are 4 items in the cart, two discounts are valid.

50% off for every 2nd item

In conclusion, setting up a product discount in Advanced Dynamic Pricing for WooCommerce is a relatively straightforward process. First, the plugin must be installed and activated on the WooCommerce platform. Then, the user can navigate to the pricing rules section and create a new rule for the desired product. The rule can be customized to specify the discount amount or percentage, as well as any additional conditions such as minimum or maximum quantities. Once the rule is saved, the discount will be automatically applied to the product when the specified conditions are met. Overall, Advanced Dynamic Pricing for WooCommerce offers a convenient and flexible solution for implementing product discounts in an online store.

How to Set Up Advanced Order Export for Woocommerce (Pro): Beginner’s Guide

How to install Advanced Order Export for Woocommerce (Pro)

Before installing the plugin, you need to buy it on our website. Select the appropriate tariff and click on the “Purchase” button.

Tariffs

As stated in the instructions, first we will remove the free version of the plugin, if it was installed earlier.

Next, go to the “Plugins” tab and click on “Add new”.

At the top of the page, click on “Upload” and choose the plugin archive. The plugin will appear in the “All plugins” tab. Activate it.

How to set up Advanced Order Export for Woocommerce (Pro)

We wrote about how to configure the plugin in this article. The settings are the same in both versions.

How to save report settings to your own Profile in Advanced Order Export for Woocommerce (Pro) 

Once you’ve set up your report, you can save them to your Profiles. 

To do this, click on the “Save as a profile” button

The “Save as a profile” button

You can create several such settings for different types of reports.

How to configure Status Change Jobs in Advanced Order Export for Woocommerce (Pro) 

The “Status change jobs” tab enables you to automatically export orders whose status has been modified to the designated location.

For example, let’s take the First situation from the last article.

There are two ways to create a job in the “Status change jobs” tab: 

  1. On the “Profiles” tab, you can click on the “Copy to a Status change jobs” button.

The “Copy to a Status change jobs” button

  1. On the “Status change jobs” tab you can click on the “Add job” button.

The “Add job” button

Then click “OK” on the message window.

The message window

In both cases, at the end you will see the window with the status job settings.

The status job settings

If you have already set up your “Profile” earlier, then you only need to specify “From status” and “To status” for the jobs. Let’s select the statuses “Processing” and “On hold” in the line “From statuses” and “Completed” in the “To status”.

“From status” and “To status”

Save settings.

How to configure Scheduled Jobs in Advanced Order Export for Woocommerce (Pro) 

You can configure the “Scheduled Jobs” tab to have reports exported on a schedule.

There are two ways to create a job in the “Scheduled Jobs” tab: 

  1. On the “Profiles” tab, you can click on the “Copy to a Scheduled Jobs” button.

The “Copy to a Scheduled Jobs” button

  1. On the “Scheduled Jobs” tab you can click on the “Add job” button.

The “Add job” button

In both cases, finish setting up the scheduled job on this window.

The scheduled job

By default, an empty file will not be sent.

The “Don’t send empty file” option

And the directory path is your site’s folder.

The directory path

You can choose another export destination (or destinations). For example, Email and Directory. To set up the Email, be sure to include a recipient. Then click on the ”Test” button.

The Email

If you have a similar error, then enter email in the “From email” field.

Error in Test Results

If the submission was successful, you will receive the following message.

Successfull Test Results

Schedule settings are quite flexible and understandable.

Schedule settings

Let’s imagine that you have to send a report on a certain day of a certain month. Choose date and time and click on the “Add” button.

Choose date and time

Click on the “Add” button

Do the same if you want to add another date.

Add another date

Set the period for which data will be loaded into the report in the “Export date range” section.

The “Export date range” section

Conclusion on how to set up Advanced Order Export for Woocommerce (Pro)

Now you figured out how to configure Advanced Order Export for Woocommerce (Pro). It also has many other equally useful settings. You can read about all of them in our plugin documentation.

How to Set Up Advanced Order Export for Woocommerce: Beginner’s Guide

Advanced Order Export for Woocommerce is a plugin for e-commerce websites. It takes advantage of WordPress express environment and makes it easy to configure and export orders on the fly. It enables users to configure all settings in each template and create its own schedule (view details in “pro version” article). Also, it gives the facility to customize specific fields using PHP.

Orders can be exported in different formats (for example, CSV, XLS or HTML), as well as to different applications like Zapier.

 So, what is the easiest way to set up Advanced Order Export for Woocommerce?

How to install Advanced Order Export for Woocommerce

First, you need to open the

First, you need to open the “Plugins” tab and click “Add new”. 

The “Plugins” tab

You have to write “Advanced Order Export for Woocommerce” in the search panel

The search panel

Click “Install now” and wait a few seconds.

Click “Install now”

Then activate it.

You can find the plugin in the “Woocommerce” tab.

The “Woocommerce” tab

How to set up Advanced Order Export for Woocommerce

Some parameters in the plugin are set by default. Orders are filtered by the date they were created, the export file name is “orders-%y-%m-%d-%h-%i-%s”, orders are sorted by id in descending order, and all fields are in the export fields.

We will configure the most requested settings and create three different export files: a regular file with multiple orders, summary report by products, and summary report by customers.

First situation: regular file with multiple orders.

First, let’s set the order date range. For this you must click on “Date range” and select the day, month and year from the pop-up calendar

The pop-up calendar

Then change “Export filename“. To make it clear, orders for which period will be exported, let’s write the following code:

“orders-{from_date}-to-{to_date}”

Export filename

Select format of export file. In our example, it will be a PDF. Set up settings for it. Click again on PDF and choose: 

Page number – right align

Page header text – First example

Fit table to page width – Yes

Format of export file

You can also change the colors in your file and add your logo.

Other settings

Now set up fields to export.

Click on “Remove all fields” and then add other fields by method drag-and-drop.

Fields to export

Second situation: summary report by products.

For this type of export, you need to choose “Summary report by products”

Summary report by products

Note: All other settings will be saved, except for the fields for export. They will be changed to those appropriate for this type of report.

Changed fields

Third situation: summary report by customers.

As in the previous case, you need to tick the “Summary report by customers”

Summary report by customers

Also fields for export will be different.

Different fields

How to create a custom field in Advanced Order Export for Woocommerce

Sometimes it happens that you need additional fields for a report. In the plugin Advanced Order Export for Woocommerce, you can add them yourself.

How to create a custom field:

  • Go to the desired category and click on the “Add field” button;
  • Select the “Meta key” value;
  • Add the value to the “Column name” and “Field format” fields (string only for XLS);
  • Click the “Confirm” button.

Custom field

Another way to add a static field:

  • Click on the “Add static field” button;
  • Enter a value in the “Column name” field;
  • Fill in the “Value” field or leave it empty;
  • Select the value from the “Field format” drop-dow;
  • Click the “Confirm” button”.

Static field

How to save report settings to your own Profile in Advanced Order Export for Woocommerce (Pro)

Once you’ve set up your report, you can save them to your Profiles. 

To do this, click on the “Save as a profile” button

The “Save as a profile” button

You can create several such settings for different types of reports, as well as configure their schedule, automatic export when the order status changes, and the destination. (view details in “pro version” article)

Export the order

Note: Before exporting orders, you must ensure that your list of orders is not empty.

There are two ways to export orders from Woocommerce: “Export” and “Export without progressbar”.

Export orders

For bulk exporting orders, you must use the “Export” button. Otherwise, click on “Export without progressbar”.

There are three reports: the regular file with multiple orders, summary report by products, and summary report by customers.

The regular file with multiple orders

Summary report by products

Summary report by customers

Conclusion on how to set up Advanced Order Export for Woocommerce.

Now you figured out how to configure Advanced Order Export for Woocommerce. It also has many other equally useful settings. You can read about all of them in our plugin documentation.

How to set up gifts in Advanced Dynamic Pricing for WooCommerce

One of the most effective marketing strategies is promotional products. They serve to build brand awareness, increase sales, generate consumer loyalty, and create lasting brand exposure.

Promotional products are used to boost sales in various industries, such as building and construction, retail, telecom, hospitality, media, and retail. Some industries use promotional products more frequently than others, such as FMCG.

Customers are always grateful for a free product and appreciate what is useful. 50% of those who receive promotional items use them in their daily lives. Therefore, gifts are an ideal way to interact with customers for online stores.

Let’s see how you can create your own gift rule in Advanced Dynamic Pricing for WooCommerce

Add free products based on subtotal amount

Let’s add a rule and configure it.

Note: For all rules, you should specify the title, the number of applications, the date, and apply at first to.

The title, the number of applications and and apply at first to

The date

Select the type of discount “Gifts” from the list.

The types of discount

The following window will appear in front of us.

Settings for gifts

Click on “Give gift from the list (1st available)” in the gift filter.

The gift filter

Choose Album.

Item

Configure a rule. Let’s set up a condition “Subtotal (exc. VAT) ≥ 100”.

Gift rule

Add 3 hoodies to cart. We have 1 gift — Album.

Shopping cart

Gift for selected model and colors

Limit the gift options, create a list and select the items. Click on “Give gift from the list (1st available)” in the gift filter.

The gift filter

Choose a gift (Album).

Album as a gift

Configure a rule. Let’s set up a condition “Product attributes qty in list 1 color: blue”.

The condition

When choosing a blue hoodie, an album is included as a gift in the shopping cart.

The shopping cart with the gift

Almost same rule, but use “exclude products”

Repeat the steps from the previous point, but in the conditions menu, enter “Products” equals “Hoodie” using the “Add condition” button.

The conditions menu

When there is a blue hoodie in the cart, there is no gift.

Hoodie without the gift

And if there is a polo (blue), then the album appears as a gift.

Polo with the gift

Free product only monday

Limit the gift options, create a list and select the items. Click on “Require to choose from products” in the gift filter.

The gift filter

Choose gifts (Album and Beanie).

Album and Beanie as gifts

Set the condition “Day of the week” — “Monday”.

The condition

Let’s buy polo. A message appears in the cart stating that we definitely need to choose a gift.

The shopping cart with message above

If the customer click on the “Checkout” button, then he/she will not be able to pay for the order, as the follow page tells us.

Warning Page

Let’s go back to the cart and click on the “Choose your gift” button. On the page of available gifts, select an album.

The page of available gifts

As soon as the customer choose the gift, he can pay for the order.

Album is a chosen gift

Note: Pro version has quite useful settings. Go to Settings>Free Products and tick Choose the gift directly from the cart or/and Select the gift from the product page.

Choose the gift directly from the cart and Select the gift from the product page

In conclusion, setting up gifts in Advanced Dynamic Pricing for WooCommerce can be a great way to incentivize customers to purchase more. It’s an effective way to increase sales, allowing customers to receive discounts for purchasing multiple items or larger quantities of items at once. When setting up gifts in Advanced Dynamic Pricing, make sure to consider the number of items, the types of items, and the discount rate. Additionally, consider setting up separate rules for different types of customers, such as wholesale customers, in order to maximize the benefits of the offering. Finally, use analytics to track the effectiveness of the gift setup and make adjustments as needed. With the right setup, Advanced Dynamic Pricing for WooCommerce can be an invaluable tool for boosting sales and providing customers with the incentive to purchase more.

How to set up Phone Orders for WooCommerce (Pro): Beginners Guide

How to install Phone Orders for WooCommerce (Pro)

The pro version of the plugin is paid. To purchase it, follow this link: https://algolplus.com/plugins/downloads/phone-orders-woocommerce-pro/

Select the appropriate tariff and click on the “Purchase” button.

Click on the “Purchase” button

After payment, you will receive an email with the plugin archive and activation key.

Purchase Receipt

Please, deactivate the free version of the plugin and install the pro version instead of it.

Then go to the “Plugins” tab and click on “Add new”.

Click on the “Upload” button at the top of the page and choose the plugin archive. The plugin will appear in the “All plugins” tab. Activate it.

How to configure fields and default values while adding new customers

In the guide about the free version of the plugin, we told you about how to specify the shipping / billing address for the customer.

If you need to select your required fields, then follow the next steps.

Click on “Settings” the tab and choose the ”New customers” link. You will see this panel.

The “New customers” tab

To hide fields, check fields with a checkmark next to them.

The “Hide fields” option

You can select required fields. The selection algorithm is similar to the previous one.

The “Required fields” option

Choose the default city, postcode, country, state for every new customer.

Choosing the default values

Now, you don’t need to fill in the required field while placing the order, because they have default values.

Required fields and default values in the “New Customer” editor

How to define products that can be sold

Click on the “Settings” tab and choose the ”Products” link. You will see this panel.

The ”Products” tab

Tick the “Sell “out of stock” product” option to allow selling the products that currently are out of stock.

The “Sell “out of stock” product” option

Tick the “Don’t sell products with no price defined” option if you wish to omit products without a specified price from search and order results.

The “Don’t sell products with no price defined” option

Tick the “Sell disabled variation” option to allow selling the disabled variations.

The “Sell disabled variation” option

Now, even if the product is out of stock, it can be sold.

We can choose out of stock product

How to use feature “Pay order as customer”

Click on the tab “Settings” and choose the ”Layout” link. You will see this panel.

The ”Layout” tab

Make sure the checkbox is disabled.

The “Hide button “Pay as customer””option

The order of using the “Pay order as customer” function:

  1. Fill in the order details and customer details. Click on the “Create order” button.

The “Create order” button

  1. The button “Pay order as the customer” is shown now. Click on it to continue the payment.

The “Pay order as the customer” button

  1. You will see the customer payment page. Choose a payment method and click on the “Pay for order” button.

The “Pay for order” button

  1. If the payment was successfully paid, you see the following message.

“Order received” message

Note: To return to the admin panel, click on the “Back to admin area” link.

How to send invoice to the customer

Click on the “Settings” tab and choose the ”Layout” link. You will see this panel.

 The ”Layout” tab

Make sure the checkbox is disabled.

The ”Hide button “Send Invoice”” option

You can also tick the “View invoice for orders” and “View invoice for draft orders” checkboxes to see what the invoice will look like.

”Show button “View Invoice”” options

Now, after clicking on the “Create order” button, you can both send an invoice and view it.

Send invoice

View invoice

How to add additional blocks to the interface

Click on the “Settings” tab and choose the ”Custom fields” link. You will see this panel.

The ”Custom fields” tab

There is advice in the settings on how to create a custom field. Use the following format:

Label Text|custom_fieldname

For example, let’s create a new line “Pickup at” in the “Order fields” block using the following code:

Pickup at|pickup_time|time

Creating a new line

You will find the new field in “Order details” on the “Add order” page.

The new field in “Order details

Conclusion on how to set up Phone Orders for WooCommerce (Pro)

This article shows only a small part of all the possibilities of using Phone Orders for WooCommerce. I am planning on writing more articles about the plugin and the features that make it easier to work with it. Keep an eye out for them!

How to set up Phone Orders for WooCommerce: Beginners Guide

How to set up Phone Orders for WooCommerce: Beginners Guide

Essentially, a phone order is a calling up to your buyers and placing an order via telephone. This can obviously be a huge boon to your revenue as you don’t have to use postage or an expensive shipping service to ship products to customers who may only be making a small order.

The Phone Orders for WooCommerce makes it easier to enter phone orders in the WooCommerce backend. This makes it much more efficient.

The plugin has many useful features:

  • Quick search through existing customers or add new ones
  • Easily add new products or search for existing ones on-the-go
  • Prices can be set according to default rates, or adjusted within the order itself

In this article, we will show. how to install and start to use the phone Orders plugin.

How to install Phone Orders for WooCommerce

Click on the “Plugins” tab and select “Add New”.

Then enter “Phone Orders for WooCommerce” in the search bar. Click on the “Install now” button and then on the “Activate” button.

The plugin will appear in the “Woocommerce” tab.

How to create a new order in Phone Orders for WooCommerce

As you can see in the picture, the “Phone Orders” area is divided into two blocks: order details and information about the customer.

Phone Orders main area

Fill in the details of the order. We select the products that the customer wants to purchase.

Searching of the products in Phone Orders search

As soon as we click on the desired product, it immediately appeared in the shopping cart.

The Phone Orders’ cart

Let’s change the price and quantity.

Changing the price and quantity in Phone Orders

Click on the “Recalculate” button to display the tax in the shopping cart.

The “Recalculate” button

Now the price with tax is displayed in the cart.

New price with tax in the shopping cart

Notes are located in the lower left corner. It can be both notes of the customer, and others.

Write your order’s note in Phone Orders

Let’s add a new customer. Click on the “New customer” button link.

The “New customer” link

Required fields are marked with a checkmark. Let’s fill it in.

Note: You can set up suitable required fields in the pro version.

The “New customer” editor

For example, Lisa (our customer) said that she needs to deliver the order to a different address. Check the box “Ship to a different address?” and fill in the data (pencil icon).

Checking the box “Ship to a different address?”

Editing address

When you have entered all the details of the order, click on the “Create order” button. Now you can view the order, send a check to the customer by email or create a new order.

Creating the order

This is what the “View order” page looks like.

The “View order” page

How to create a new order based on existing order in Phone Orders for WooCommerce

Find, edit and copy an existing order using “Find Existing Order” section in the PRO version of the Phone Orders plugin:

  1. Input customer name, product name or order number;

Using the “Find existing order” panel

  1. Find and choose the order you need;

Choosing needed order

  1. Сopy it to the new.

Clicking to the “Copy order” button

Successful creation of a copy of the order

The view of copied order

In the PRO version of the plugin, you have access to such functions as:

  • Pause and resume the order
  • Customer search by shipping/billing fields
  • Configure fields and default values while adding new customers
  • Define products that can be sold (out of stock? without price?)
  • Support composite/bundled/other complex products
  • Add any additional fees
  • Setup custom fields for the order/customer
  • Extra WooCommerce reports
  • After creating the order, you can “Pay order as customer”

Read about them in our article How to set up Phone Orders for WooCommerce: Beginners Guide (Pro).

Conclusion on how to set up Phone Orders for WooCommerce

In this blog post I have demonstrated how to set up Phone Orders for WooCommerce. I hope you will be able to set up the plugin with the help of this article. If you are looking for other helpful tutorials, read related articles of this blog.