Shop as Client for WooCommerce – Manual, Phone & vs WP Express Checkout (Fast Payments via PayPal & Stripe)

Create manual orders in WooCommerce directly from the frontend checkout. Ideal for phone orders, email orders, POS or in-store purchases, sales representatives, and customer service teams placing orders on behalf of customers. Manual, phone & email orders made easy Do you take orders by phone, email, in-store, or through sales representatives visiting customers? Do your staff need to place orders on behalf of customers? Shop as Client for WooCommerce allows store administrators and shop managers to create manual orders directly from the frontend checkout, using the exact same purchasing experience customers use. Perfect for: Manual order creation Phone orders Email orders In-store or POS purchases Customer service assisted orders B2B sales teams Sales representatives creating orders for clients Instead of using the limited WooCommerce admin order screen, your staff can simply shop normally and assign the order to the correct customer. Why create manual orders from the frontend? WooCommerce’s backend order editor does not always reproduce the real customer shopping experience. With Shop as Client, your staff members can: Add products to the cart normally Use coupons and discounts Apply shipping and payment methods Trigger checkout integrations Use plugins that only work on the frontend This ensures orders behave exactly like customer-placed orders. How it works When an Administrator or Shop Manager reaches checkout: All customer checkout fields become available, including custom fields Staff can enter the customer’s email and details The order is automatically assigned to an existing customer if matched by email address Or a new customer account can be created Or the order can remain as a guest order The result is a clean, correct WooCommerce order created on behalf of the customer. Free plugin features Place manual orders on behalf of customers using the regular checkout Enter phone and email orders directly in your shop Assign orders to existing customers automatically Create new customers during checkout Allow guest orders when needed Works with both the classic and the block-based WooCommerce checkouts Uses your existing checkout workflow and extensions PRO add-on features The PRO add-on expands staff ordering workflows with powerful tools: Live customer search with autocomplete results while typing “Request payment by email” payment gateway to finalize orders and send payment links to customers “Invoice or Purchase Order” payment gateway for orders to be invoiced later or already paid via PO — optional PO number field, and a “Payment already received” checkbox that automatically marks the order as paid when ticked Search registered customers by email address, name, company, billing and shipping addresses, or any other profile field Optionally search on previous orders to find customers faster or previous guest orders Allow staff to adjust product prices for special deals or negotiated orders (compatible with WooPayments multi-currency) Show the product’s Cost of Goods Sold (WooCommerce 9.5+) when adjusting its price, so staff can see the margin before granting a discount Set guardrails on price changes: disallow free products, enforce a minimum markup above cost, or set a floor on the allowed discount Advanced features for developers and power users Developer filter to add custom fields to the automatically filled checkout details User Switching integration, to benefit from the fact that the customer is logged in, and still use our plugin functionalities, like the payment request gateway and seller tracking Start the order with a blank checkout form Set default values for the “Shop as client” and “Create user” fields Automatically update the customer details on their profile after checking out Get custom fields from: Simple Checkout Fields Manager for WooCommerce WooCommerce EU VAT Assistant WooCommerce EU VAT Number Invoicing with InvoiceXpress for WooCommerce NIF (Num. de Contribuinte Português) for WooCommerce Technical support Continued development Ideal use cases Shop as Client is widely used by stores that need assisted ordering: Retail stores taking phone orders Shops receiving orders by email Physical stores creating POS orders in WooCommerce Customer support teams placing orders for customers Wholesale and B2B businesses Sales agents managing client purchases Field sales representatives creating B2B orders Built for real WooCommerce workflows Unlike backend order creation, Shop as Client keeps your existing checkout logic intact: Payment gateways Shipping rules Checkout customizations Taxes and fees Integrations that only run on checkout Mostly everything works exactly as if the customer placed the order themselves. 🚀 Upgrade to PRO Need faster order entry or payment request workflows? The PRO add-on turns WooCommerce into a powerful assisted-sales system for phone, email, and in-store orders. Ideal for teams handling high volumes of phone, email, or assisted orders. Now available in lifetime licensing Try a demo of the PRO add-on for free here! Other (premium) plugins Already know our other WooCommerce (premium) plugins? VAT Number and EU VIES Validation for WooCommerce – Collect and validate VAT identification numbers for the whole European Union, confirm them against VIES and remove VAT on qualifying intra-EU B2B orders Advanced Coupon Restrictions for WooCommerce – Create coupons for any Product Taxonomy, User details, and Order destination. Simple Checkout Fields Manager for WooCommerce – Add custom fields and manage (remove, make required or optional) core fields on the new WooCommerce Block-based Checkout Simple WooCommerce Order Approval – The hassle-free solution for WooCommerce order approval before payment Taxonomy/Term and Role based Discounts for WooCommerce – Easily create bulk discount rules for products based on any taxonomy terms (built-in or custom) DPD / SEUR / Geopost Pickup and Lockers network for WooCommerce – Deliver your WooCommerce orders on the DPD and SEUR Pickup network of Parcelshops and Lockers in 21 European countries Auto Cancel WooCommerce On-hold Orders – Automatically cancel WooCommerce “On-hold” orders after a determined period of time.

The WP Express Checkout plugin allows you to sell any type of products and services from your WordPress powered site easily using fast checkout options from PayPal and Stripe. Install the plugin, configure some basic settings, create a few products and you are ready to sell products and services from your site. The checkout process is quick and easy. This plugin gives you shortcodes to generate customizable payment buttons that allow customers to pay for items instantly via a payment popup window. Customers can pay using PayPal, Stripe, or a credit card. It uses the newest/latest Checkout APIs for both services. Additionally, this plugin provides a product block that seamlessly integrates with the WordPress block editor, enabling you to easily incorporate products into your website. The PayPal checkout takes place in a payment popup window and the customer never leaves your site. It creates a fast and elegant checkout experience. This is ideal for users who want a lightweight and simple solution for selling products or services via PayPal and Stripe. Checkout Demonstration Great for Selling Digital Downloads If you want to sell digital products using PayPal or Stripe then you will love the simplicity of this plugin. You can configure it to expire the download links after it has been used a few times or after a certain period of time. Works with PayPal’s Buy Now Pay Later Feature This plugin works with PayPal’s Pay in 4 (Buy Now, Pay Later) feature also. It lets your customers pay later in 4 installments. Basic Setup and Usage Video Usage Documentation View configuration and usage details on the WP Express Checkout plugin’s documentation page. Features Offer fast, secure checkout using both PayPal Checkout and Stripe Checkout from the payment popup. Sell products or services using a quick and easy checkout process. Accept payments via PayPal (PayPal account, credit card, debit card, Pay in 4, Venmo etc.). Accept PayPal donations with minimum donation amount limit. Accept payments via Stripe (credit card and other payment methods). Support for Apple Pay, Google Pay, and other Stripe-supported payment methods. Sell downloads, files, or any digital goods. Sell music, video, ebook, PDF or any other digital media files. Shop page that will list all your products in a grid view. Users can browse your products and purchase it. Allow the customers to automatically download the file once the purchase is completed via PayPal or Stripe. You can deliver the digital downloads using encrypted download links that expire automatically. Ability to enable force download option on your digital products. Option to offer downloads via a non-web accessible local file path, instead of a URL, to enhance download security. Offer Buy Now Pay Later payment option to your customers (via PayPal). Accept Payments via Venmo (through PayPal) easily. View the transactions from your WordPress admin dashboard. Option to configure a notification email to be sent to the buyer and the seller after the purchase. Option to customize the purchase notification email on a per-product basis. Ability to set a product thumbnail for a product. Use a simple shortcode to add a payment button anywhere on your site. Create a payment button widget and add it to your site’s sidebar. Ability for a customer to enter an amount and pay what they want for a product. Ability to configure variable products. You can charge different amount for different options of the product. It can be used to accept donations on your site. Option to configure a minimum donation amount so the customers have to pay a minimum amount for donation. Option to customize the currency formatting. Stock control option. You can limit the number of quantity available for a product. Option to charge shipping for your items. Ability to set a shipping cost for each item separately. Option to charge tax for your items. Option to configure discount coupon codes. Option to give a free product using 100% discount coupon code (offer complimentary product). Option to configure terms and conditions before checkout. You can see all the orders within your WordPress admin dashboard. Option to customize the Thank You page. Option to create product categories and apply it to some products. Option to create product tags and apply it to certain products. Option to export the orders data to a CSV file. Ability to configure the download links to expire after X number of hours. Ability to configure the download links to expire after X number of clicks. Option to test it on PayPal Sandbox mode before going Live. Option to use manual/offline checkout Option to Integrate it with WooCommerce to offer product checkout via PayPal’s express checkout system. The setup is very easy. Once you have installed the plugin, all you need to do is enter your PayPal and/or Stripe API credentials in the plugin settings and your website will be ready to accept fast payments via both services. You can also accept payment using PayPal’s Pay in 4 feature (buy now pay later offering). Read the Buy Now, Pay Later Tutorial to learn more. Optional WooCommerce Integration There is also an option for WooCommerce. So you can use this plugin to add the new PayPal Express Checkout gateway to WooCommerce. Please note that the integration with WooCommerce is entirely optional. It is important to highlight that this plugin is primarily designed for standalone use and does not depend on WooCommerce. Shortcode This plugin adds the following shortcode to your site: [wp_express_checkout id="123"] Where 123 is the product ID. Or use the following shortcode to output product details and the express checkout payment button: [wp_express_checkout id="123" template="1"] Additionally, you have the option to utilize the product block for adding a product into the post or page editor. Usage View this usage documentation page for additional info.