Order Total rules allow you to set discounts according to the value of the user’s cart. For instance, you can offer 10% off if the user spends more than $500. You can also set tiers – so offer increasing discounts the more the user adds to their cart.
Order Total rules work on the value of the entire cart. If you want to create discounts based on the combined value of certain items, you need to use the Discount on Spend rule type.
You can also see here for a complete tutorial on discounts based on the order total in WooCommerce.
Configuring Order Total rules
To create an order total rule, go to WooCommerce > Fees and Discounts and click ‘Add New’.
Rule
In ‘Rule Settings’ select ‘Order Total’.
Label
You can add an optional label to accompany the discounted total in the cart.
Schedule
You can set a status for the rule – either Active, Paused or Scheduled
- Active – to activate the rule on the front end
- Paused – to stop the rule on the front end (but keep your settings, ready to be re-activated at a later date)
- Scheduled – to start and stop the rule at times you specify.
Times and dates
If you have selected ‘Scheduled’ as the status, you’ll see start and end dates and times. Just enter the time and date that you would like the discount rule to go live on your site. You can enter an end date and time as well – or leave these blank for the rule to run indefinitely.
Applies to
Use this setting to determine which products the offer will apply to. Choose from:
- All items – all items in the store will be eligible for the offer
- Specific categories – this will open a new field where you can select which categories are eligible for the offer
- Specific products – this will open a new field where you can select which products are eligible for the offer
Role settings
If you’d like to apply the rules to a specific role, then you can define the roles here.
Tiers
Create pricing rules according to the total value of the cart.
Min value
Enter the minimum value of product needed to require for this tier. If you leave this blank, then there’s no minimum.
Max value
Enter the maximum value of product that qualifies for this tier. If you leave it blank, then this discount will apply to any value above the minimum.
Adjustment
Choose the type of discount. Pick from:
- Fixed Discount
- Fixed Fee
- Percentage Discount
- Percentage Fee
Amount
Choose the value of the discount for this tier. Note that this figure is either a fixed value or a percentage of the product price, depending on what you’ve chosen in the ‘Adjustment’ field.
Fixed adjustments per product
If you are using either ‘Fixed fee’ or ‘Fixed discount’ then the amount will be adjusted based on the total, not per item.
If you want to apply your fixed adjustment per item, e.g. $1 per item in the cart, choose ‘Per product’ in the ‘Fixed adjustment type’ field.