Finale Lite – Sales Countdown Timer & Discount for WooCommerce vs Discount Rules for WooCommerce

Finale is the ONLY WooCommerce plugin that allows you to create urgency and scarcity inducing promotional campaigns. Urgency and scarcity are both powerful psychological triggers that motivate shoppers to take fast action and avoid missing out. You can use Finale to run scheduled sales campaigns such as flash sales, seasonal promotions, coupon code led discounts, pre-launch offers, daily deals, faster shipping deadline campaigns, instant discounts, early bird deals, recurring offers and more. Explore full capabilities of Finale in this article about WooCommerce Discounts Just plug in the promotion details and get started in minutes. Here’s how: Finale is built to empower store owners who want to run promotions and convert more visitors into buyers. It’s for those who don’t believe in ‘let’s hope they’ll buy someday’ philosophy. Instead want to seize every opportunity to generate more orders. “This plugin is everything I was looking for and more. The best part is that all the settings are intuitive- I didn’t have to spend hours figuring things out. I could get started within minutes of installation. And yes, a big thumbs up for support, they ensure you win with the plugin.” -Phil de Gruchy Founder, Blue Lama Finale’s Lite Features Set Up Sales Between Two Fixed Dates and Time In WooCommerce you cannot start a campaign at a set time. But Finale allows you to pick a time. This is great for running flash sales like happy hours, deals of the day (Wow Wednesdays, Tipsy Thursdays), prime time specials, lunch hour deals and more. Run a Countdown Timer to Give Shoppers a Clear Deadline for Action Most shoppers wait until the last few hours to make their purchase. In fact a typical sales graph shows that 90% of sales happen on the big last day. It’s when the fear of missing out is at its peak. Make this insight into buyer psyche work in your favor. Use Finale to set up stunning countdown timers on the product page to remind shoppers about the deadline. You’ll be surprised by the power of a subtle reminder. Set up a counter bar to show the real-time stock status Visualization is powerful. Don’t tell your visitors the number of items left in stock, show them. A counter bar shows the real time stock status and gives people a compelling reason to hurry up. It’s persuasive and moves as more and more people buy. Similar to Amazon’s counter bar on daily deals that says ‘x% of deal claimed’, it gives you the power to use scarcity with class! Create rules to customize campaigns Rule builder allows you to create your rules to customize campaigns. It makes the experience of using Finale hassle-free. No need to visit individual product pages to set up campaigns. Choose from 4 nifty rules to customize your campaigns. Set up campaigns: On certain hand-picked products, or all products in a specified product category, or chosen product type or only on products under or above a certain price point. Finale: The Must Have Tool For Running Scarcity & Urgency Led Promotions At Any Time of The Year Set up your deals of the day, clearance sales, end-of-season offers, early bird discounts, members-only offers, and festive campaigns in minutes. “Finale is a game changer. It’s one of the most effective sales-booster I’ve ever tried! It’s amazing how easy is to manage sales and display triggers that motivate customers to purchase more and come back to the store. Different sets of conditions and types of rules lead to impressive results. The outcome is almost unbelievable! Also the support is outstanding… Thanks, Daman you did a great job!” – Razvan Popescu Watch this video to set up your first promotion in 2 minutes. No matter what time of the year, people always need a push or a reason to make a decision. Finale gives them that credible reason they need to say yes. Use Cases of Finale Lite Here are just a few use cases of Finale Set up Flash sales scheduled to start on a set date/time Create Seasonal offers scheduled to trigger on set dates Run Exclusive Happy Hour Deals that only last for a few hours Set up Store Anniversary/Birthday Specials that last for a day and end at 11:59 pm Run Store-wide campaigns or only setup product category-wide sales Run Exclusive Festive deals that last till the stock lasts and end once the inventory goal is met Feed your entire promotional calendar in one go Show the depleting stock size through a counter bar to sell limited stock products There’s more ground you can cover with Finale Pro Finale PRO’s Features In addition to the features in Lite, Finale pro has the following core features: Set Up Recurring Campaigns That Stop And Re-Start On Automation Do you want to run frequent offers and campaigns without having to go to admin panel to re-start? Choose the start date/time, duration, pause period and number of recurrences. The campaign will start, pause and re-start as per your inputs. Never again log back in to re-start campaigns. Set up High-Converting Sticky Header & Footer Announce new campaigns in style. Put up urgency-triggering elements like the sticky header/footer on your store. Introduce new arrivals, announce campaigns, category-wide or store-wide discounts, time-limited offers with class. Increase click-through rate to the relevant product pages/ category pages with offers. Display Countdown Timer In Your Email Campaigns & More Grab the shortCodes and display these visually compelling countdown timers or counter bars on dedicated landing pages, blog posts, pop-ups and more. Generate buzz for upcoming products Lift curtains off new products in style. Set up a countdown timer on upcoming products and hide the ‘Add to Cart’ button during the waiting period. Set it to become auto-visible as soon as the counter strikes zero. Maximize conversions through Smart Events Instruct Finale to execute decisions based on real-time status. Bump up discounts when the campaign expiry time is close. Or increase the prices of products when remaining stock is little. Or bump up total units when few items are left in stock. You can even use Events to offer Early Bird Discounts (limit discounts to the first set of buyers). Embed Shortcodes Finale has 3 short codes for your campaigns (countdown timer, counter bar and custom text). Grab these short codes and embed them in your site and also in emails. Think dedicated landing pages, blog posts, urgency-inducing emails etc. Great for flash sales, festive campaigns, new launches and more. Finale Deal Pages List all your deals on a single page so that shoppers can discover and browse them easily. They’ll no longer have to scout for good deals and offers in your store. You can choose from a well-presented grid and list format to display your deals. List all your Christmas sale or Black Friday offers on one page during the promotion season. Also, show countdown timers and scarcity bar on this special curated page. Use Cases of Finale PRO Here’s a snapshot of a few interesting use cases of Finale Pro. The possibilities are endless. Run store-wide recurring flash sales or only on certain products/product category Automate your regular weekend offers on chosen products Spotlight special campaigns such as Christmas/ Black Friday/Mother’s Day etc. through sticky headers/footers Use Short codes to embed countdown timers on popups, landing pages, blog posts and sidebars Create buzz for upcoming products: Start countdown timers gearing up to the launch date/time Run campaigns on products with a specified stock status Set up frequent ‘Deals of the Day’ campaigns on automation Show a certain campaign to people from a chosen country. And another campaign to people from another country Personalize your campaigns and show them to logged in members only Hide ‘Add to Cart’ button on Out of Stock Products Trigger Early Bird Discounts on new arrivals that expire after a specified number of units sell Increase/Decrease discounts based on the units sold/left Set up a countdown timer to nudge shoppers to buy before same/next day shipment deadline expires Quick Start Tutorial Watch this ‘Quick Start Tutorial’ to hit the ground running with Finale: Frontend Demo: Experience all the visual elements of Finale Imagine Having all the tools you need to shed your visitors’ inertia and to jolt them into action Having the controls to plan and set up your promotional calendars in one go Being able to customize your campaigns based on 15 different conditions Owning a high-converting store that consistently clocks high sales Who should use Finale? Ambitious store owners committed to driving more revenue to their business this season. Store owners tired of letting interested shoppers leave their site and postponing their purchase decision Store owners who’re ready to generate more cash from the same traffic without spending a dime more on ads Those who understand the importance of shopper psychology in sales If this is you, you’re the right fit for Finale. Think About This Would you ever make it to the airport on time if flights didn’t have a set departure time? No. We speed our car, grab coffee on the way and do whatever it takes to make it on time. Why? Because there is a definite deadline attached to the task. We experience fear of missing out and fear of losing money on the tickets. This propels us into fast action. Similarly deadline-based campaigns and stock scarcity make people experience fear of missing out. This acts against their natural procrastination and nudges them to the finish line. Why We Built Finale? Most store owners run campaigns. But they are ineffective without awareness and definitive expiry deadline. We studied several top stores to see what they were doing to clock high conversion rates. And discovered they had the master key to sales i.e. shopper psychology nailed. Here is what Top store owners do to increase conversions: Run Time-bound flash sales Introduce Limited-edition products Announce Exclusive deals of the day and weekend offers Build hype around new launches Create awareness around festive campaigns through visual elements on the store Put up a faster shipment deadline. These well-planned campaigns help them set high sales records. We wanted to bring the same bag o’ nifty conversion hacks to small WooCommerce store owners. And that’s what led to Finale. Also, store owners like you told us they wanted us to build a plugin that could help them run recurring campaigns. They found it a tedious task to go back to the admin panel to re-start campaigns. These demands solidified the core features of Finale. About The Team Finale is backed and supported by a strong team of developers, support engineers and marketers from XLPlugins. The team is constantly updating the plugin and ensuring its compatibility with the latest WooCommerce versions. We’re also coming up with new and varied use cases of Finale and creating short videos around it. Our aim is to educate store owners to make the most of our tools.

Discount Rules for WooCommerce is a dynamic pricing and discounts plugin for WooCommerce that helps you create any type of bulk discounts, quantity discounts, product specific discounts, dynamic pricing, advanced discounts based on conditions, percentage discounts, tiered pricing discounts and more. With the PRO version, you can create advanced discount offers such as buy one and get one free (BOGO) deals, auto-apply coupons, free shipping discounts, bundle offers, discounts based on products, categories, attributes, tags, SKUs, user roles, cart items, purchase history and much more. The plugin offers a number of features that make it easy for customers to discover discounts and offers in your store: Show a bulk discount table on your product pages. This helps customers buy more in order to save more. Show the discounted price on product, cart & checkout pages with the original price crossed-out (with a line-through) Display “You saved” message on the cart & checkout pages Show a discount bar with your offers on the product pages Display a Sale badge on your shop & product pages View Demo | Documentation with examples | Ask Questions | PRO version | Examples DISCOUNT TYPES AND FEATURES WITH EXAMPLE SCENARIOS Free version features Create percentage discounts. Offer a storewide sale Example: A storewide 10% discount on all products Create bulk discounts. Example: Use quantity breaks to offer higher discounts on bulk purchases. Order total based discounts (Example: Spend more than $1000, get 10% discount) Set product specific percentage discounts (Example: Product A gets 10%, Product B gets 20%) Cart based discounts using the line items (Example: Purchase 4 different products or variants and get 10% discount) Exclude selected products from discount rules (product pricing discounts) Run special offers / sale for specific periods – Example: 10% discount only on BlackFriday Show bulk discount table on product pages Get the PRO version to create advanced discounts and grow sales PRO features All features of the free version, plus: Percentage discounts with advanced discount conditions. Fixed product discounts. Example: Get $9 discount for purchasing more than 6 items Category discounts – Get 25 % off on all items under Summer Collection Buy One Get One free offers – Buy a cap and get another cap for free Buy 2 and get 1 free offers – Buy 2 get 1 cheapest product free or Buy 2 and get 1 at 50% discount Buy one get one half off – Buy 2 get 1 at 50% off or buy one get the second product free or at 50% discount BOGO deals based on categories. Examples: Buy any product from Category A and get a product free from Category B. Buy Product A and Product B from Category Electronics and get a free product from category Accessories. Buy any product from Category Mobile and choose a free product from Category Hard Cases Volume discounts & tiered quantity discounts with conditions – Buy 6, get 10%, Buy 12, get 15% User role based discounts – Discounts for wholesale customers First order discount Product discounts with variant specific offers – Buy Product A with Variant X and get 10% discount Bundle discount – Buy 3 for $10, 6 for $20 Conditional discounts – Buy Product A and B and get discount on Product C Offer one or more free products. Multiple products could be offered free using a rule Apply discounts for multiple items using one coupon code Discount for product variants Attributes based discounts – Buy green color T-shirts and get 10% discount Discount for customers with specific domains – 10% discount for all emails ending with @example.com Customer specific discounts – 10% discount for selected customers Free shipping discount Shipping / Delivery location based discount Example: If shipping destination is California, get 15% discount Purchase history based discounts Example: Customers who spent at least $100 in previous purchases get 10% discount Discount based on the number of orders placed earlier. Example: 10% discount for customers with 5 or more orders Discount based on previously purchased products. Example: Customers who previously purchased Shoes get 10% discount Discounts based on sum of item quantities in cart – Order more than 10 items from any category and get 15 % discount Discount for the cheapest item in the cart – Add 3 products to the cart and get the Cheapest Item free Option to offer free products only from certain category Exclude products on SALE from discount rules SALE Badge for discounted products Highlight savings on the cart & checkout with “You saved” label Use a discount banner to highlight offers on product pages Option to show or hide the discounted price Priority support Discount Examples using PRO Features Category Discount The category discount feature allows you to offer discounts on all products in one or more categories. Simply choose one or more categories, set your discount offers, and the plugin will apply them automatically to every product in those categories. Here are some examples: Buy T-shirts from Apparel category and save 10% Get 30% off on Category A & Category B Purchase any 6 items from Category A and get a 25% discount on total cart value. Purchase 3 products from Category A or B or C or from all of them and get 20% discount valid from dd/mm/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy Bulk Discount / Quantity Discount / Tiered Pricing Discounts Bulk Discount, also known as quantity discounts, tiered pricing discounts or volume discounts, allows you to reward customers for buying in bulk. As customers purchase more, they receive better pricing, encouraging bulk purchases. Here are some bulk discount examples: Buy 5 to 10 quantities, get 5% discount, 11-20 quantities, get 10% discount, 21-30, get 20% discount Buy 1 to 5 quantities, get $2 discount, Buy 6 or more, get $3 discount Storewide Sale Discount A Storewide Sale discount allows you to apply discounts on all products in your store, offering a simple yet powerful way to drive sales. Whether you’re running a seasonal sale, clearing out inventory, or rewarding loyal customers, a storewide discount makes it easy for shoppers to save on everything in your store. 20% discount on all products in the store on Black Friday or Christmas Auto apply coupon of 10% for all products 10% discount on all products for specific user role like Wholesale customers Buy One Get One Free Discount Offers BOGO is a popular discount strategy that allows you to create offers like buy one get one free, buy 2 get 1 free, buy one get one at half price, buy x and get y product free and more. Here are some examples: Buy one and get one free of the same product Buy 2 get one cheapest free Buy X get Y product free Eg: Buy 3 product and get a pendrive free (or with 50% discount) Buy Any 2 items from Category X, and get a Product free from Category B Buy X products and get X number of products free Buy 3 products from any category, get 1 free. Buy 6 products, get 2 products free…. Buy 12 products (any or category specific), get X number of cheapest among them free Free products can be a few selected products, cheapest products in the entire store or from selected categories. Products can be offered either free (100% discount) or at a percentage discount (50%) Spending based discounts Boost sales by offering discounts based on the customer spend. Here are some examples: Spend $500 or more and get 15% discount, spend $1000, get 20% discount Add two to six products in cart and get flat $30 discount. 10% discount for all retailers (User Role specific discount) All orders above $500 will get 15% discount Free shipping for orders above $100 Bundle Discount Encourage customers to buy multiple items together. For example, you can create deals like “Buy 3 for $10” or “Buy 6 for $20,” providing clear savings for bulk purchases. Create offers like Buy 3 items for $10. 4th item will be charged full price. Buy more, save more offers. Example: Buy 3 for $10, 6 for $20 Product Specific Discounts Shoes get 20% discount, T-Shirts get 5% discount Special Edition Shoe (A specific product) gets 15% discount for 10 days Buy 10 or more Mugs and get 5% off Buy 3 for $10, Buy 6 for $20 Fixed Product Pricing discounts $5 off on all products in Category A Set a fixed price per unit for bulk purchases (Product A cost is $20. Buy 5 to 10 quantity for $15 per unit, 11 and above for $10 each) User Role based discounts Useful when you have different types of customers in your store. For example, wholesale customers, retail customers Bulk discount based on user role for specific product or product categories. Example: Members of Wholesale customers group gets 40% discount, while Retail customers get 5% discount Discount for Product Variants Get 50% off on T-shirts Small and Large Sizes only Buy a Small Size Tee and get a small Size shorts free Conditional Discount Offers Buy Product A at full price and get 20% discount in Product B Buy 2 quantities of Product A, 2 quantities of Product and get 30% discount in Product C Buy 3 quantities of Product A and get flat $10 off in product B Buy a Mobile and get 20% off on headphone Attribute specific discount offers Useful when you want to offer discount when a product has a specific attribute. Example: 10% discount for purchase of T-Shirt with Small sizes. Shipping Address Based Discounts Flat 25% discount for customers from New York Customers from California get 10% discount while those from Texas get 5% Purchase history based discount Discount based on the total amount spent by the customer in previous orders. Example: Customers who spent $1000 get 10% on future orders. Discount based on the total number of orders placed by the customer – Customers who ordered 50 products get 15% on all future purchases Based on product purchase history (Example: Provide 10% discount to all customers who purchased Shoes earlier) Purchase history for a specific period (10% discount for those who spent $500 in the last 3 months) Discount Conditions The following conditions help you tailor your discount offers depending on certain criteria. Products Categories Attributes SKU Tags Cart Line Items & Properties Customers User Roles Shipping locations – ZipCode, City, State/Region, Country Subtotal Coupons Date & Time Purchase History – Last Order, First Order, Orders with X Items, Number of Orders Need help? Reach out to us Whether you want to double-check your setup or need help with a unique discount promo, we’re here to assist you. Feel free to reach out via the Live Chat on our website or through our support request form. We’re happy to guide you through the setup and ensure everything is running smoothly. Don’t worry—we’re here to help! Quick Links: PRO Version Documentation Helpdesk & Support External services Flycart CDN & documentation: The CDN is used to fetch static assets including images and contentand hosted at static.flycart.net, while the documentation for the plugin is hosted at docs.flycart.org and linked at various sections in the plugin to help merchants. Terms, privacy policy Google Charts: The library is used to display discount reports in a chart format. The service is provided by Google. Terms, privacy policy Credits Dutch Translation – @mvdburg1971 – Michael van der Burg