Automatically Create Sign-up Coupons in WooCommerce (3 Steps)

This article explains how to set up automatic WooCommerce new user discounts using a WordPress coupon plugin. By incentivizing new customers, the store owners can increase their chances of converting them into loyal customers. The blog also provides step-by-step instructions on how to customize the sign-up coupon code settings.

Signing in to your store may not be complicated, but customers usually avoid creating an account. Once they have an account, you can target their email addresses and send them marketing emails to boost your sales efforts. The easiest way to encourage visitors to create an account is by offering them sign-up coupons.

Sign-up coupons are discounts offered to customers to incentivize creating an account on your WooCommerce store. When a new customer signs up—they receive a coupon code—which they can use to get a discount on their first purchase.

There are different ways to implement sign-up coupons in your WooCommerce store. The next section discusses a quick method to create auto-generated sign-up coupons in 3 steps using the advanced WooCommerce coupon plugin Smart Coupons from WebToffee. Let’s look in detail at how to auto-generate unique sign-up coupon codes in WooCommerce.

Check out our tutorial to learn how sign-up coupons can be auto-generated using the plugin.

Once you have finished the installation and plugin activation, follow the steps below:

Step 1: Create a Master Discount Coupon

• Navigate to Smart Coupons > Add coupon, to create a new coupon.
• Key in the Coupon code and an appropriate description(optional).
• Select a Discount type and enter the Coupon amount on the General panel.
• Make coupons available on the My Account, Checkout, or Cart pages.
• Publish the coupon.

Step 2: Associate the Master Coupon With the Sign-up Coupon

• Go to Smart Coupons > Signup coupons.
• Choose Yes corresponding to the option Enable signup coupon.
• In the Associate a master coupon field, select the coupon created earlier.

Step 3: Configure the WooCommerce Sign-up Coupon

For Use Coupon Code as is, you have two options.

• Yes: Upon successful sign-ups, the email ids of the corresponding users will be added to ‘Allowed emails’ under the Usage Restriction section of the master coupon.

• No: A unique coupon code will be generated for every new customer. These coupons will follow the same configuration as the master coupon but with different coupon codes.
• Additionally, you can customize the sign-up coupon codes by configuring the coupon code generation rules, including the Prefix, Suffix, and Length of the coupon code.

• Save the sign-up coupon.

Now, you have successfully created a Woocommerce sign-up coupon.

Upon signing up, your users will receive a coupon code in their registered email account. This unique coupon code can be used during the next purchase to avail the discount.

Email content for customers about the sign-up coupon will be like this.

In addition to sign-up coupons, this WooCommerce coupon plugin offers several other features including:

• Configure advanced WooCommerce BOGO deals
• Offer gift cards and store credit coupons
• Create first-order discounts and nth-order discounts
• Bulk-generate WooCommerce coupons and email them
• Set up free giveaways
• Generate Coupon URLs
• Create coupon banners with count down timer
• Issue cart abandonment coupons

Automating the process of generating coupon codes for new user sign-ups in WooCommerce can be a great way to incentivize new customers and increase sales.

With the help of a plugin like Smart Coupons for WooCommerce, store owners can easily set up and customize the coupon code settings to suit their needs.

By offering attractive discounts to new customers, businesses can build a loyal customer base and achieve long-term success.