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Offer Quantity Based Discounts in WooCommerce

Last updated on April 25, 2023


The purpose of a quantity-based discount is to entice customers to buy more. Quantity discounts result in less cost per unit of goods when they buy in bulk. Smart Coupon for WooCommerce (free) gives you the provision to create coupons with specific volume-based or category-based discount coupons.

Getting Started

  • First of all, install and activate the plugin.
  • Then, from the WordPress dashboard, go to Marketing > Coupons. 
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce - All Coupons page
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce – All Coupons page

Quantity Or Subtotal Based Discounts

With the plugin, you can set up the following discount rules:

BOGO-Buy One, Get One Free (Same Product)

  • From the Coupon window, click on Add Coupon. Key in an appropriate coupon code and description. 
  • From the General tab, select Discount type as BOGO (Buy X Get X/Y) offer. 
  • Now, select the Number of times to Apply once or Apply repeatedly. For example, let’s look at the case of a ‘Buy one, Get One free’ coupon, if you want the coupon to be only applied once even if the customer buys 2 products, choose to apply once. However, if you want the customer to receive 1 free item for every 1 product they purchase, select Apply repeatedly. 
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce - Add coupon
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce – Add coupon
  • Then, go to the Usage Restriction tab, select the product you’d like to offer the discount and set the Minimum quantity of matching product as 1.
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce - Usage restrictions
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce – Usage Restrictions
  • Next, open the Giveaway products tab, and select the same product at a 100% discount to offer it for free. Also, select the Quantity as 1. 
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce - Set giveaway products
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce – Set giveaway products
  • Finally, publish the coupon.
  • The cart page view on applying BOGO is as shown below:
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce - Cart
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce – Cart page

Buy 2, Get 1 Free (Specific Category)

  • From the Coupon window, click on Add Coupon. Key in an appropriate coupon code and description.
  • From the General tab under Coupon data, select the Discount type as Percentage discount/Fixed cart discount/Fixed product discount. Make sure to leave the Coupon amount field empty.  
  • Go to the Usage Restriction tab, select the Products category you’d like to offer the discount on, and set the Minimum quantity of matching products as 2.
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce - Usage restrictions
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce – Usage restrictions
  • Next, open the Giveaway products tab, and select the product you wish to offer for free on buying the products from the categories listed above.
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce - Set giveaway products
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce – Set giveaway products
  • Finally, publish the coupon.
  • The cart page view on applying Buy 2, get 1 free is as shown below:
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce - Cart page
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce – Cart page

Specific Product Discount – Get A 20% Discount On T-shirts

  • From Marketing > Coupon, click on Add Coupon. Key in an appropriate coupon code and description.
  • Open the General tab, from the Discount type dropdown select Percentage discount, and set the Coupon amount as 20.
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce - General section
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce – General section
  • Go to the Usage Restriction tab, and select the product you’d like to offer the discount on.
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce - Usage restrictions
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce – Usage restrictions
  • Finally, publish the coupon.
  • Cart page view on applying Get 20% discount on T-shirts is as shown below:
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce - Cart page
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce – Cart page

Cart Rule – Subtotal Based Discount (Spend $500 And Get 40% Off)

  • When the cart subtotal is equal to or more than the specified amount, the customer can avail of the discount.
  • From the Marketing > Coupon, click on Add Coupon. Key in an appropriate coupon code and description.
  • Open the General tab, from the Discount type dropdown select Percentage discount, and set the Coupon amount as 40.
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce - General section
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce – General section
  • Go to the Usage Restriction tab, and specify the Minimum spend as $500.
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce - Usage restrictions
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce – Usage restrictions
  • Finally, publish the coupon.
  • Cart page view on applying ‘Spend $500 and get 40% off’ is as shown below:
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce - Cart page
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce – Cart page

Cart Rule – Quantities In Cart

  • The discount applies when the number of quantities in the cart is equal to or more than the given number.
  • It is possible to provide a tiered quantity-based offer by creating multiple coupons with a range – like at least 2 quantities and less than 5.
  • So, the discount applies when the cart has 2-4 quantities. Creating another rule for 5 or more quantities.
  • For example: Buy two or more to get 20% off / Buy 5 or more to get 50% off
  • In this case, you will have to create two coupons. One coupon that applies when buying 2 to 4 products and another that applies when buying 5 or more products.
  • Let’s take a look at the steps for creating the coupons:
  • Buy two or more to get 20% off
  • From the Coupon window, click on Add Coupon. Key in an appropriate coupon code and description.
  • Open the General tab, from the Discount type dropdown select Percentage discount, and set the coupon amount as 20.
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce - General section
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce – General section

Go to the Usage Restriction tab and select the product you’d like to offer the discount on. Then, set the Minimum quantity of matching product as 2 and the Maximum quantity of matching product as 4. With this offer, buyers when purchasing 2 or more products can avail 20% discount.

Smart Coupons for WooCommerce - Usage restrictions
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce – Usage restrictions
  • Finally, publish the coupon.
  • Cart page view on applying Buy two or more to get 20% off is as shown below:
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce - Cart page
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce – Cart page
  • Buy 5 or more to get 50% off
  • From the Coupons window, click on Add Coupon. Key in an appropriate coupon code and description.
  • Open the General tab, from the Discount type dropdown select Percentage discount, and set the coupon amount as 50.
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce - General section
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce – General section

Go to the Usage Restriction tab and select the product you’d like to offer the discount on. Then, set the Minimum quantity of the matching products as 5. With this offer, buyers when purchasing 5 or more products can avail 50% discount.

Smart Coupons for WooCommerce - Usage restrictions
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce – Usage restrictions
  • Finally, publish the coupon.
  • The cart page view on applying Buy 5 or more to get 50% off is as shown below:
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce - Cart page
Smart Coupons for WooCommerce – Cart page

Related articles:

  • Create ‘Seasonal Discount’ offer
  • Auto apply coupons on the checkout

Please have a look at the Smart coupon for WooCommerce Pro plugin for more advanced features.

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Shesna is a technical content writer for WebToffee. She is familiar in working closely with the SMEs to break down complex technical information into a concise, easy to understand manner.

Comments (6)

  1. John

    June 16, 2022

    I’m trying to structure a coupon like so:
    For each X at full price, get 40% off an additional X or Y

    So that a purchase of 1 X and 1 Y would discount only the Y 40%
    And if they bought 2 X at full price, they could buy 2 additional Y and get 40% off both Y items.

    Is this possible?

    Thanks – excellent product.

    Reply
    • Mike

      July 21, 2022

      Hi John,

      You can set up a BOGO coupon to achieve this functionality. You may go to the Usage restriction tab and add product X in the Product restriction field. Then go to the Giveaway products tab and add products X & Y to the specific product field. Choose the Any from below selection option. To apply this coupon repeatedly, go to the General tab and choose the Apply repeatedly option. Kindly check it in that way and let us know how it goes.

      Reply
  2. Rebeca

    May 12, 2022

    Me gustaría saber si puedo poner que un código se aplique siempre y cuando en el carrito hayan 300€ de productos y el 50% sean de una categoría y el otro 50% sean de otra categoría.

    Reply
    • Shesna

      May 16, 2022

      Hi Rebeca,

      We understand the requirement, but our plugin currently does not support this feature. However, we have included BOGO in the next release. You will be able to configure quantity based coupons in different ways. Please keep the plugin updated. Thanks for understanding.

      Reply
  3. Murat

    April 24, 2022

    Hi There.
    i am trying to make a coupon where people get to buy 2 items and get 3rd item free on all products. however the giveaway item should be equal price or least expensive. for example:
    1 Coat: 100$
    1 trainers: 80$
    1 Tshirt: 40$ (FREE) system should automatically giveaway the cheapest item free.
    please let me know how this could be done.
    thank you

    Reply
    • Mike

      April 25, 2022

      Hi,

      We understand your requirement. Presently or plugin doesn’t offer any options to provide giveaways in that desired manner. However, the enhanced BOGO feature coming up in the next release will definitely serve your purpose. Please keep the plugin updated. Thanks for understanding.

      Reply

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  • Specific Product Discount – Get A 20% Discount On T-shirts
  • Cart Rule - Subtotal Based Discount (Spend $500 And Get 40% Off)
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