How to add a note to customer in WooCommerce

Order notes are a great way to take instructions from your customers. Customers may want to communicate additional details regarding the orders they have placed. As a WooCommerce store manager, you should keep this in mind since it is critical to your business’s success.

What’s the best way to accomplish that? With WebToffee’s PDF Invoice and Packing Slip plugin for WooCommerce, you can easily display order notes or customer notes through the checkout process.

Importance of customer notes in WooCommerce order

It is highly recommended that you first understand the importance of order notes in WooCommerce. Sometimes, it may be necessary to get additional information from your customers before checkout. Let’s take a look at how customer notes could benefit you.

A customer note might be:

  • General comment or instruction about the order
  • Additional information about the recipient
  • A gift note
  • Details that your customer would like to add, such as their preferred delivery time
  • Any messages depend on the unique requirements of the customer.

The Order notes or Customer notes option allows customers to add comments to their orders during checkout.

Adding customer notes in WooCommerce PDF Invoice

WooCommerce allows you to add an order note to the PDF invoice. It is important for the store owner to have an order note as it provides additional information about the order. So, it’s time to learn how to add customer notes to WooCommerce orders.

Add customer notes on check out page

The sample checkout page below shows the option to add order/customer notes.

Sample check out page in woocommerce

The image below shows how the store owner can view the Order note from the WooCommerce Orders page.

customer note in woocomerce

Add customer note in invoice settings

Step 1: Install the plugin

From the WordPress dashboard, Plugins > Add New. On the Add Plugins page, Install and activate the PDF Invoice and Packing Slip plugin for the WooCommerce plugin.

Add new option of invoice in woocommerce
Invoice/packing slip plugin in Woocommerce

Step 2: Navigate to the Invoice settings page

From the WordPress dashboard, go to Invoice/ Packing > Invoice Settings > General tab.

Here can change the general settings of the invoice.

Basic General settings of Invoice in woocommerce

Step 3: Navigate to the Advanced tab

Move on to the Advanced tab. In the Order meta fields select Customer Note from the drop-down options as shown below.

order meta fields in the advanced tab

By clicking on the Update Settings button, you will be able to save your settings.

The invoice with the customer note

Here is an example of an invoice with a customer note:

Sample invoice with customer note in woocommerce

Bonus Point: WooCommerce owners can respond to customer notes

Yes! What you read is right! The store owners can respond to customer notes that don’t meet customer requirements.

At present, the free users of the Woocommerce PDF invoices/packing slip plugin cant access this feature. If required, purchase, install, and activate the premium version of this plugin.

The premium users can follow the instructions jotted below:

Responding to customer notes

From the dashboard, select WooCommerce > orders. Select any orders to send order notes to customers as shown below.

order list in woocommerce

If you select any order, there is an option to reply to your customer.

order/customer note in woocommerce
clear view of order/customer note in woocommerce

If you add a note here, the customers will be notified via email.

Sample order note to customer

It is possible to respond to customer notes like this if you do not offer the services that the customer wishes for.

a sample customer note request in woocommerce
Reply to customer note in woocommerce
email notification of customer note resoponse in woocommerce

Conclusion

WooCommerce’s order notes are a useful tool for facilitating customer-store communication. It’s also a very effective way to strengthen the bond between shop owners and customers.

Keep checking back for more helpful tips.

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