Create Coupon Codes with WordPress Shopping Cart Plugin

Posted by Jacob on Aug 11, 2011 in WordPress eCommerce Plugins | 0 comments

Did you know almost every WordPress Shopping Cart plugin have a Coupon feature that allows you to create your own Discount or Promotional Coupon Codes without using a WordPress Coupon Plugin? If you are selling products or services from a WordPress site then you must be familiar with WordPress Shopping Cart Plugins. Most popular shopping cart plugins such as Cart66, WP eStore and WP e-commerce plugin have their own Coupon feature.

Create Coupon Code with Cart66

In Cart66 you will find the Coupon Code feature under “Promotions “. Cart66 Coupon feature is very simple and neat. You can create vouchers or Coupon codes based on the Money amount or the Percentage of the total cart amount. It also allows you to set the Minimum amount of purchase before the coupon can be used.

Cart66 Coupon Feature

The problem with Cart66 Coupons that you cannot limit the use of the coupons by number of uses or expiry date, activate or deactivate the coupons whenever you want. If you want to deactivate a particular Coupon code, you will have to delete it entirely and create it entirely again when you want to use it later. By default the Coupons are active when you create them in Cart66.

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Create Coupon Code with WP eStore Plugin

WP eStore Shopping Cart Plugin offers the best Coupon code features. The features might seems a bit complex but it gives you all the options that you need and full control of your Coupons.

WP eStore Plugin gives you the choice if you want to allow the Coupon code feature on the checkout page or not.

Activate Coupon Option

WP eStore have automatic shipping discount feature but Its totally up to you if you want to use it or not.

Automatic Shipping Discount

With WP eStore Plugin, you can create a Voucher or a Coupon Code with redemption limit, redemption amount and an expiry date. That means you can control how much discount you want to give, how many times a code can be used or how long the promotion is going to last.

WP eStore Coupon Code Features

WP eStore Plugin gives you more flexibility to apply conditions on the Coupons. You get to select if you want to use the coupon for Individual item quantity, total quantity, subtotal amount, total amount, Item name or Product category.

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Create Coupon Code with WP e-commerce Plugin

WP e-Commerce Plugin has the coupon features under the Product Menu. Coupon features are pretty simple and neat as Cart66. Unlike Cart66 WP e-commerce plugin offers Coupon activation date and expiry date. Conditional options are very limited to item name, Item quantity, total quantity and subtotal amount.