This blog post will cover everything you need to know to set up auto-apply coupon URLs for WooCommerce. We will also see how to do this with a help of a plugin that offers additional customizations and QR code support.
Customers always appreciate a hassle-free shopping experience! So how do you make shopping relaxed? One good way is to bypass manually entering coupon codes! This could also reduce the number of customers leaving your site looking for discount coupon codes.
How would you offer discounts without applying coupon codes? Well, you can create unique coupon links or URLs for each coupon and offer them to the customers instead of raw coupons.
By default, WooCommerce enables you to generate URLs for coupons in WooCommerce manually. However, if you need additional functionalities like coupon QR codes, custom redirect pages, attaching products with URLs, and more, the URL Coupons for WooCommerce plugin is here to help.
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How Do WooCommerce Custom Coupon URLs Work?
URL coupons or coupon links, an alternative to our conventional coupon code approach, enable applying coupons using an hyperlink. Clicking on the coupon URL will automatically apply the coupon to the customer’s shopping cart.
This WooCommerce auto-apply coupon functionality adds convenience to the checkout process as this eliminates manual coupon application.
In addition to discount coupons, you can also attach products with coupon URLs with the URL coupons for WooCommerce plugin. So when a customer clicks on the coupon links, the products along with the discount codes, will be applied to the cart. This makes shopping even easier!
You can configure a URL Coupon for internal or for any external site very easily in just a few easy steps. Here we are going to primarily focus on linking the URL with internal and external blog posts.
How To Configure URL Coupons In WooCommerce?
The first step is installing the URL Coupons for WooCommerce plugin. Once you have installed and activated the plugin, you can move on to creating URL coupons.
You can create a WooCommerce URL Coupon in the following manner.
- Navigate to WooCommerce > Coupons, and create a new coupon by clicking on Add Coupon.
- Provide an appropriate coupon code (or automatically generate one) and description.
- Configure the coupon according to your specific requirements.
For example, if you wish to offer a 20 percent discount with the URL coupon. Then, create a percentage discount coupon with a coupon value of 20.
- Configure the URL options tab.
1. Enter an appropriate text in the unique URL field. This string will be appended with your site URL to form a unique coupon URL (sale20).
2. You can specify the product that you want to automatically add to your customer’s cart when they click or scan the URL/QR code in the Add products to cart field. (Men’s Cotton T-Shirt – Red)
3. Define where your customers should be redirected to after applying the coupon in the Redirect after applying field. You can either provide a specific URL or a page (Checkout).
- Publish the coupon.
Now, let us create a blog where this URL coupon can be embedded. Here, we are going to link the URL coupon with an image in a blog post, as shown below.
Publish the post and preview it.
On clicking the image, the customers will be redirected to the checkout page. Also, the specified product will be automatically added to the cart, and the coupon will be applied.
You can also generate QR Codes corresponding to each coupon, just like the coupon URL, and download them with the plugin.
Downloading the QR codes makes sharing the coupons easier.
When a user scans the QR code (provided the underlying coupon conditions are met), the respective coupon code will be automatically applied to the cart.
You can even place these coupon codes outside your web store, say on social media, to catch the eye of users who have never before engaged with your store.
Benefits Of WooCommerce Coupon URLs
Some of the benefits of using URL Coupons are:
- Automatically apply WooCommerce coupon discounts to customer’s cart
- Redirect customers to a specified page after the coupon application
- Increase conversion by bypassing manual coupon application
- Generate personalized coupon URLs to reward customers
Conclusion
The URL coupons are a better alternative than the usual coupon code fields. They are a real conversion killer as customers often leave your site searching for coupons and may not return.
URL coupons give you the flexibility to redirect the customers to the cart and automatically apply coupons without any manual intervention. The QR code coupon capabilities of the URL coupons for the WooCommerce plugin are a good way to make your print advertising actionable. This can help in better conversions and improved customer retention.
Know more about our other coupon extension plugin, Smart coupon for WooCommerce.
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Comments (6)
coupon
March 14, 2022
Thanks for the great sharing. It really helps me and everyone a lot.
Paiboon
July 27, 2021
Hi,
I want to know if your plugin can do this. I can make a picture or text with a keypad. When a user clicks on it, the coupon code will be stored in that user immediately. without being able to click twice like this again.
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AifVBNS8N5OIg44mFUjQgrhrXBsEZg?e=koLIwV
My company will start buying plugins in the middle of next month.
Thank you.
Mark
July 29, 2021
Hi Paiboon,
Please submit a ticket via the support page detailing the requirement. The shared file is not accessible.
Mrs Carole Jones
January 29, 2021
the coupon only seems to trigger when i have the coupon code box showing on the front end. If i remove that the discount is not applied automatically. I am using the free version. Any ideas?!
Mark
February 4, 2021
We have tested it and it is working correctly in our testing site and in fact in this website itself, it is working that way.
Please submit a ticket here with the site details, order number of purchase and coupon url.
Finesse Coupon
June 26, 2020
Useful information!!
Thanknyou for sharing this.