Configuring Manual Minimum Amounts for Free Shipping with WooCommerce
The “Free Shipping Amount Label & Progress Bar for WooCommerce” offers flexibility for stores using non-standard free shipping methods. This section delves into the plugin’s “Manual Min Amount Options” to help you set up minimum order values for free shipping manually.
Understanding Manual Minimum Amounts
- By default, the plugin retrieves the minimum free shipping amount from your WooCommerce settings (the standard “Free Shipping” method).
- However, if you’re using custom free shipping methods that don’t utilize the default method, you’ll need to define the minimum amount manually here.
Manual Min Amount Options
- Enable manual min amount section: Activate this option to configure manual minimum amounts.
- Amount: Enter the minimum order value required to qualify for free shipping.
- Special Values: Define specific behaviors using these values:
- Empty or Zero (0): Ignores the manual value and attempts to retrieve the minimum automatically.
- Free shipping: Displays the free shipping message regardless of the cart total.
- Minus one (-1): Disables functionality, acting like zero.
- Hide: Hides the “amount left for free shipping” text.
Extra Options: Amounts
This section allows you to set individual minimum amounts based on
- User roles: Define different minimums for guest users, administrators, editors, etc.
- Currencies: Specify minimums for specific currencies (e.g., USD, EUR). This can be particularly useful if you use the “WooCommerce Currency Switcher” plugin by realmag777. When enabled, the plugin automatically converts the manual minimum amount to the current currency displayed to the customer.
- Shipping zones: Configure minimums for designated shipping zones (e.g., North America, Europe). This allows you to tailor your free shipping offers to specific regions.
Summary
By effectively utilizing the “Manual Min Amount Options” and “Extra Options; Amounts,” you can ensure accurate free shipping information is displayed even with non-standard methods. Specifying minimum amounts based on user roles, currencies, and shipping zones empowers you to create targeted free shipping promotions, potentially leading to increased sales and conversions.
