{"id":743,"date":"2016-03-18T17:42:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T16:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/?p=743"},"modified":"2023-08-15T16:14:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T15:14:54","slug":"set-automatic-periodic-discounts-woocommerce-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/set-automatic-periodic-discounts-woocommerce-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set automatic and periodic discounts on your Woocommerce shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em>Whichever way you look at it, more competition or more customers there are more players in the market. Therefore you also need to step up your game to reap in the profits and one of the ways to get there is by using the periodic discount.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Why should you offer periodic offers or deals on specific product categories?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b><i>#1 <\/i><\/b><b>Simply t<\/b><b><i>o drive traffic<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Some customer habits or periodic events are excellent opportunities to initiate sales.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example a Pizza shop does a weekly promotion specifically on Fridays named \u201cTerrific Friday\u201d whereby anyone who buys a pizza on Fridays gets a discount on any other product purchased. Why a Friday of all days? Simply because Friday is the last working day of the week whereby many people want to distress and have fun shopping. Anything that calls for less spending that day is definitely welcome.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em><b>#2 Make room for new products and renew stocks<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Do you know why most shops run sales right before the end of summer or any other season (winter,spring,fall)? Simply because people don\u2019t need summer clothes in winter. So retailers need to get rid of summer clothes before the end of the season in order to make room for new arrivals that will be sold during the winter season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em><strong>#3 Create anticipation<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">You can also use the countdown strategy to signal anticipation and scarcity. Festive seasons and countdowns go together like bread and butter. Imagine how you celebrated New Year?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">How to set up your periodic discounts?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can set up a periodic discount, by using the powerful plugin<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/product\/conditional-discounts-for-woocommerce\"> Conditional Discount for WooCommerce<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Here is how to proceed:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Before the creation of your periodic discount, you must first create a list of the products on which you wish to apply a discount within a period.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">First step: Create your product list<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A <b>product list<\/b> is basically a defined group of products on your shop which you can use for action based conditions when creating a discount.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">-Click on products list<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-691\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-691 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1.png\" alt=\"wordpress dashboard\" width=\"738\" height=\"431\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1.png 738w, https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1-600x350.png 600w, https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1-150x88.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0&#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0Click on New List<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-692\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-692 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2.png\" alt=\"new list dicount\" width=\"672\" height=\"254\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2.png 672w, https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2-600x227.png 600w, https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/2-150x57.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are two ways of creating a list: a <\/span><b>dynamic list<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a <\/span><b>static list<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>-Dynamic: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on custom request; it allows you to select the products in the list that matches multiple criterias.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ad1.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-694\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-694 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ad1.png\" alt=\"dynamic list\" width=\"609\" height=\"285\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ad1.png 609w, https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ad1-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ad1-600x281.png 600w, https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ad1-150x70.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>\u00a0 &#8211; Static: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by ID; allows you to select the products in the list by specifying their IDs.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/periodic.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-744\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-744 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/periodic.png\" alt=\"periodic list\" width=\"609\" height=\"254\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/periodic.png 609w, https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/periodic-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/periodic-600x250.png 600w, https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/periodic-150x63.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> Note<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Don\u2019t forget to add the type of discount in the box below \u00a0\u201c<strong>New list<\/strong>\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><strong>Second step<\/strong>:\u00a0Create your periodic discount, using the list previously created<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wordpress.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-745\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-745 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wordpress.png\" alt=\"wordpress product list\" width=\"554\" height=\"293\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wordpress.png 554w, https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wordpress-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wordpress-150x79.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Fill in the fields with the <strong>starting<\/strong> and<strong> ending date<\/strong> of your discount. You can also set it on <strong>automatic mode<\/strong>,so that it can be repeated any time you wish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">If the discount has to be applied, following some particular rules, please make sure you set those rules before selecting the <b>Product list<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/periodic-dates.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-746\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-746 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/periodic-dates.png\" alt=\"periodic dates\" width=\"609\" height=\"334\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/periodic-dates.png 609w, https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/periodic-dates-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/periodic-dates-600x329.png 600w, https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/periodic-dates-150x82.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Now you can easily create a periodic discount, using the plugin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/plugins\/woocommerce-all-discounts\/\">WOOCOMMERCE ALL DISCOUNTS.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/plugins\/woocommerce-all-discounts\/\">Every discount<\/a> can be a Periodic discount ,if you simply set the periods at which it should be repeated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">You may also be interested in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.orionorigin.com\/tutorials-and-snippets\/4-reasons-to-give-out-free-gift-deals-on-your-woocommerce-shop\/\">4 Reasons to give out free gift (deals) on your Woocommerce shop<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whichever way you look at it, more competition or more customers there are more players in the market. 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