{"id":1960631,"date":"2024-06-05T18:54:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T22:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/?p=1960631"},"modified":"2024-08-22T12:43:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T16:43:23","slug":"how-to-add-coupons-for-tickets-with-woocommerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/how-to-add-coupons-for-tickets-with-woocommerce\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add Coupons for Tickets with WooCommerce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Add Coupons for Tickets with WooCommerce\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1dw4APd2oFM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Event Tickets is a great plugin that allows you to make money by selling tickets to events. This is accomplished by using our default payment method called Tickets Commerce, which allows you to connect to Stripe or PayPal for collecting payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While this solution works great, it does have certain limitations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might find yourself wanting to use a payment gateway other than Stripe, or PayPal, or maybe you want to be able to create coupons your customers can use on their ticket purchases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#141827;background-color:var(--global-palette8)\">\ud83d\udc4b While WooCommerce is a free plugin, using WooCommerce with Event Tickets requires <a href=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/products\/wordpress-event-tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Event Tickets Plus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WooCommerce opens up a lot of options for Event Tickets Plus users, and in this article, we&#8217;ll show you how to create some simple coupons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-creating-coupons\">Creating Coupons<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can get started creating coupons by following WooCommerce&#8217;s documentation at <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.woocommerce.com\/document\/coupon-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/docs.woocommerce.com\/document\/coupon-management\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll go over this in a bit more depth.<br><br>First, make sure that Event Tickets Plus and WooCommerce are both fully updated. Then you can go ahead and create an Event and add a Ticket to it, or you can add one to an already created event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, head to the WooCommerce&#8217;s Marketing options under <strong>Marketing &gt; Coupons<\/strong>. This menu will let you create them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WooCommerce-Coupons-menu-1024x453.png\" alt=\"WooCommerce Coupons menu\" class=\"wp-image-1960660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WooCommerce-Coupons-menu-1024x453.png 1024w, https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WooCommerce-Coupons-menu-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WooCommerce-Coupons-menu-768x339.png 768w, https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WooCommerce-Coupons-menu-1536x679.png 1536w, https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WooCommerce-Coupons-menu-2048x905.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Create and manage coupons under <strong>Marketing &gt; Coupons<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Simply click on <strong>Add Coupon<\/strong> and it will bring up the creation menu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, you can create different types of coupons as well. There are multiple options for the type of coupon, either a percentage discount, or a fixed discount. You can also limit or restrict the coupon itself; how many times it can be used, the minimum cart price for it to be allowed and much more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WooCommerce-Coupon-1024x574.png\" alt=\"WooCommerce Coupon code\" class=\"wp-image-1960653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WooCommerce-Coupon-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WooCommerce-Coupon-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WooCommerce-Coupon-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WooCommerce-Coupon-1536x860.png 1536w, https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WooCommerce-Coupon-2048x1147.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edit Coupon screen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These coupons can then be used on the WooCommerce Checkout page after adding a ticket. Depending on your theme, this may require clicking <strong>Have a coupon?&nbsp;Click here to enter your code<\/strong> first. Type the code in the box and you should see your discount pop up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Event Tickets is a great plugin that allows you to make money by selling tickets to events. This is accomplished by using our default payment method called Tickets Commerce, which allows you to connect to Stripe or PayPal for collecting payment. While this solution works great, it does have certain limitations. 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