<p>Group Buying for WooCommerce enables you to offer group-buy deals on specific products and entice your customers to purchase in large quantities as a group to get discounts. Make your customers your brand ambassadors as they share your product to complete the group and qualify for a discount.</p>
<p>Group Buying is a must have extension for merchants dealing in products that can only be sold in groups, e.g., group classes, safari and tour tickets, and more.</p>
<p>Allow your customers to create public or private groups or join any existing group to get a product at a discounted price. This extension helps in achieving 3 major benefits, i.e., community building, increased sales volume, and increased word of mouth as customers intend to share with others to complete a group target.</p>
<p>For easy management, the extension offers flexible discount settings, participant limits, group deadlines and payment options to choose from. The Group Buy button and labels can be fully customized, maximizing its appeal to boost conversions.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004683550" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Group-buy-product.png" alt="" width="980" height="621" /></p>
<h3>Why offer group buying in your store?</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Efficiently sell group items</strong> that can’t be purchased individually like tours, group classes and more</li>
<li><strong>Increase store sales</strong> and boost engagement by offering discounts when purchased in groups</li>
<li><strong>Boost brand awareness </strong>through social sharing as your customers intends to complete group</li>
<li><strong>Beat the competition </strong>by offering an attractive group-buying facility</li>
<li><strong>Expand customer base</strong> by attracting new customers using your existing customers</li>
<li><strong>Reduce marketing costs</strong> through referrals, which are relatively inexpensive</li>
</ul>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004683549" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Group-buy-examples.png" alt="" width="980" height="629" /></p>
<h2><strong>Features List: </strong></h2>
<ul>
<li>Add group buying option to any product</li>
<li>Create global rules to enable group buy for multiple products and categories</li>
<li>Set sales target for each group to qualify for discount</li>
<li>Add group buy discount in fixed or percentage amount</li>
<li>Add a deadline to force customers to complete group within a specific time</li>
<li>Show countdown timer and group sales progress</li>
<li>Allow customers to join existing or create a group</li>
<li>Enable customers to create a private or public group</li>
<li>Limit the number of public and private groups that can be created on a single product</li>
<li>Quick links to let customers share group via Email, Facebook, Twitter, and more</li>
<li>Apply group buying discounts on regular or sale prices</li>
<li>Manage created groups from store admin panel
<ul>
<li>View group sales progress</li>
<li>Mark group as qualified or disqualified</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Display created, invited, and joined groups on my account page</li>
<li>Show all or specific payment methods for group buy purchases</li>
<li>Add default order status for group buy orders</li>
<li>Restrict group buy option for specific user roles</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Restrict Specific locations/countries (<strong>new</strong>).</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Leaderboards for top sharers/inviters (<strong>new</strong>).</span></li>
<li>Email notifications for admin and customers about group updates</li>
<li>Customize group descriptions, button labels, colors, and more</li>
</ul>
<h2>Enable group buy for specific products & categories:</h2>
<p>Add group buying to selective products and categories using global rules or product-level settings.</p>
<p><strong>Global rules:</strong></p>
<p>When adding global rules, you can enable group buying on multiple products and categories at once without having to set up options from individual product pages. When creating new rules, you can control group buy discounts, member limits, and all other options required to create tailored group buy campaigns.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004683090" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Global-Rules-for-Group-buying.png" alt="" width="980" height="1543" /></p>
<p><strong>Product level settings:</strong></p>
<p>Looking to enable group buying only on specific products? Using the product-level settings, you can set up group buy right from the product edit sheet. Each product can have different group buy discounts and other settings as per the product requirements.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004683081" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Group-buying-on-product-level.png" alt="" width="980" height="888" /></p>
<h2>Allow customers to create public or private groups:</h2>
<p>With Group Buying for WooCommerce, you can allow your customers to join or create either a public or private group.</p>
<p><strong>Public group:<br />
</strong>Public groups are available for all customers in your store. Other customers can participate in the group by purchasing products at a discounted group rate.</p>
<p><strong>Private group:<br />
</strong>The private group is visible to selected users only. While creating a private group, your customer can add the email addresses of multiple people and send them an invitation to join his group by purchasing products at a discount rate.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004683076" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Create-Public-or-private-groups.png" alt="" width="980" height="483" /></p>
<h2>Add groups creation limit:</h2>
<p>Control the maximum number of public and private groups your customers can create in your store. Once the threshold exceeds, your customers will only be able to join an existing group instead of creating a new one.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004683073" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Private-and-public-groups-Limits.png" alt="" width="980" height="365" /></p>
<h2>Define group targets:</h2>
<h2 style="font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--large,21px);font-family: var(--wccom-font-family-header)"><img class="alignright wp-image-18734004683091" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Define-group-targets.png" alt="" width="550" height="105" /></h2>
<p>You can set a group target in terms of sales or the number of members who must join to complete the sales target.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Sales target:</strong> If you have set a target of 5, as soon as the five quantities are purchased, the group target will be completed. Even one customer can purchase five quantities to complete the group target.</li>
<li><strong>Limit purchase quantity: </strong>To complete the sales target, the group must have five members, where each member can only purchase a single quantity.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Offer group buy discount in fixed or percentage:</h2>
<p>Offer attractive discount deals on group buying to entice customers to purchase products in groups. You can add a discount in a fixed or percentage amount and apply it to the regular or sale price of the product.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004683078" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Offer-discount-in-fixed-or-percentage.png" alt="" width="980" height="351" /></p>
<h2>Set group deadline:</h2>
<p><img class="alignright wp-image-18734004683077" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Deadline-countdown-timer.png" alt="" width="500" height="119" />You can set a deadline for all groups to complete within a specific number of days. Display a countdown timer to notify customers about the time left before the group expires. You can choose to display either a text or digital countdown timer.</p>
<h2>Groups management for admin:</h2>
<p>As store admin, you can view and manage groups that have been created on your store.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004683092" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Admin-group-buy-details.png" alt="" width="980" height="564" /></p>
<p>Clicking on any group will show the basic group details, group expiry date, sales/members target, and current progress, group status and more.</p>
<p>You can manually change the group status and view the orders linked to this group. If the group disqualifies, you can manually refund these orders or fulfill them even when the group has failed to qualify.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004683082" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Group-deals-page-for-admin.png" alt="" width="980" height="580" /></p>
<h2>Groups management for customer:</h2>
<p>Customers can view and manage their group from My Account page. The extension lists created, invited and joined groups along with the important group information like group name, product, discount, target, current status and order linked to each group.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004683079" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/My-account-page-group-details.png" alt="" width="980" height="560" /></p>
<h2>Control payment methods for group buying:</h2>
<p><img class="alignright wp-image-18734004683083" style="letter-spacing: -0.176px" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Payment-method-restrictions.png" alt="" width="550" height="102" /></p>
<p>Limit payment methods that can be used to place group buying orders, offering merchants a better control to display payment methods that are best suited for group buying.</p>
<h2>Set default status for group buy orders:</h2>
<p style="margin: 0 0 var(--wp--preset--spacing--24);letter-spacing: -0.176px"><img class="alignright wp-image-18734004683084" style="letter-spacing: -0.176px" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Group-buy-order-status.png" alt="" width="550" height="183" /></p>
<p>Set the default order status that should be assigned to group buy orders. <span style="color: var(--wp--preset--color--woo-text-gray,#101517);font-family: var(--wccom-font-family-default);letter-spacing: -0.011em">The extension will list any custom order status that you might have created.</span></p>
<p><strong>Note: </strong>You can also add <span style="color: var(--wp--preset--color--woo-text-gray,#101517);font-family: var(--wccom-font-family-default);letter-spacing: -0.011em">custom statuses using our </span><a style="font-family: var(--wccom-font-family-default);letter-spacing: -0.011em" href="https://woocommerce.com/products/custom-order-status/">Custom Order Status </a><span style="color: var(--wp--preset--color--woo-text-gray,#101517);font-family: var(--wccom-font-family-default);letter-spacing: -0.011em">extension to easily add and assign custom status to group buying orders.</span></p>
<h2>Detailed Dashboard:</h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">You can access a dedicated group-buying dashboard to track campaign performance and key metrics. Easily view active groups, participants, total groups, top creators, and top inviters, all from one place.</span></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734006470707" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Group-Buy-Dashboard.png" alt="Group Buy Dashboard" width="980" height="740" /></p>
<h2>Customize options:</h2>
<p><strong>Group buy label and descriptions:</strong></p>
<p>You can customize group buy labels, descriptions and other content as per your business needs. Add product specific description and discount content to conveniently communicate required information with your customers.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004683086" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Customize-label-and-descriptions.png" alt="" width="980" height="309" /></p>
<p><strong>Button, colors, heading and other details:</strong></p>
<p>You can customize the group buy button label, color scheme, heading and other details as per your store layout. See documentation for more details.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004683089" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Button-labels-and-other-options.png" alt="" width="980" height="971" /></p>
<p><strong>Email notifications:</strong></p>
<p>Group Buy for WooCommerce sends the following email notifications to customers and admin. You can customize these emails from WooCommerce  > Settings Emails.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004683088" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Email-notifications.png" alt="" width="980" height="255" /></p>

Group Buying

<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Add group buying to your store! Allow your customers to purchase products at a discounted price when they buy in groups.</span></p>

<h2><strong>Allow Customers to Request Order Cancellations</strong></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Build trust among customers by allowing them to cancel orders or request partial or full refunds with the WooCommerce cancel orders plugin.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Customer Order Cancellation allows you to approve or decline cancellation requests. You can restrict order cancellations to specific order statuses, user roles, and products. You can also charge an order cancellation fee and decide whether to give full or partial refunds.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Customers are required to submit a reason for canceling their orders. This information can help you decide whether to approve requests and give you data on customer behavior. Find out if they changed their minds due to an error, price, quality, or other reasons.</span></p>
<h2><strong>Features</strong></h2>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Allows customers to cancel orders</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Restrict order cancellation for specific users</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Automate acceptance of order cancellation requests</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Easily manage order cancellation requests</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Display the order cancel button for specific order statuses</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Impose an order cancellation fee</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Refund the full or partial amount of the order</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Obtain order cancellation reasons from the customers</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Create a list of cancellation reasons or allow users to add a custom message</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Email notifications for customers and store owners</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Hide the order cancel button after a specific time</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Allow order cancellation for selected products</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Display a notification for non-refundable products</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Set a minimum amount for order cancellation</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Display Message Non-Refundable products</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Customize the order cancelation button</span></li>
</ul>
<div class="woo-sc-box normal">This Plugin is fully compatible with HPOS(High-Performance Order Storage) and Multisite.</div>
<h3><b>Enable Customers to Request Order Cancellation</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">WooCommerce order cancel for customers plugin enables store admins to allow customers to cancel orders and get refunds, or reorder with the exact product or its variation, and ask for customizations rather than getting an item they won’t like.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-8656602 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Enable-Customers-to-Cancel-Orders.png" alt="Enable Customers to Request Order Cancellation" width="834" height="494" /></p>
<h3><b>Restrict order cancellation to specific users</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Let only specific users request order cancellation based on their user roles. For example, VIP customers can revoke orders while subscribers cannot.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-18734000442651 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/1-8.png" alt="Restrict order cancellation to specific users" width="786" height="446" /></p>
<h3><b>Automate acceptance of order cancellation requests</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Streamline the order cancellation process by enabling automatic cancellation of orders after a request is submitted. This ensures a swift and hassle-free shopping experience. </span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-8656604 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Automatically-Cancel-Orders.png" alt="Automate acceptance of order cancellation requests" width="817" height="202" /></p>
<h3><b>Easily manage order cancellation requests</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The wooCommerce cancel order plugin displays all the order cancellation requests in a dashboard for you to review. You can decide which order to approve or disapprove of according to your business policies.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-8656608 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/https___woocommerce.com_wp-content_uploads_2021_10_Manage-Cancel-Order-requests-2.png" alt="Easily manage order cancellation requests" width="1174" height="454" /></p>
<h3><b>Display the order cancel button for specific order statuses</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Display the cancel button for specific order statuses making sure that only eligible customers request order cancellation. For example, you can allow only the pending orders to be canceled and let the processing orders complete.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-8656612 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Cancel-specific-order-statuses-only.png" alt="Display the order cancel button for specific order statuses" width="704" height="362" /></p>
<h3><strong>Impose an order cancellation fee </strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">To discourage a higher rate of order cancellation, you can impose a fee to let the customers know that it is going to cost them. It can be a fixed amount or a percentage of the order amount.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-8656614 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Impose-an-order-cancellation-fee.png" alt="Impose an order cancellation fee" width="665" height="474" /></p>
<h3><b>Refund the full or partial amount of the order</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Offer complete or partial refunds to customers depending on their order status. The WooCommerce refund order plugin allows store admins to offer complete order refunds and select the specific order statuses for which refunds can be allowed. In this way, you can cover the cost of the operations for processing the order.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The WooCommerce partial refund plugin also provides store owners with the ability to offer partial refunds to their customers. You can choose to charge the cancellation fee only or deduct the refund amount on top of the cancellation fee.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-18734000442653 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2-5.png" alt="Refund the full or partial amount of the order" width="767" height="249" /></p>
<h3><b>Obtain order cancellation reasons from the customers</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Gather valuable insights from customers by asking for order cancellation reasons with the WooCommerce customer cancel order plugin. This helps you to improve your product or service based on real-time customer feedback. </span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-8656622 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Ask-a-reason-for-order-cancellation.png" alt="Obtain order cancellation reasons from the customers" width="763" height="488" /></p>
<h3><b>Create a list of cancellation reasons or allow users to add a custom message</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Create a list of order cancellation reasons that customers may choose from to make the process user-friendly. You can also allow the customers to write a custom message to state their reason for order cancellation.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-18734000442655 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/3-10.png" alt="Create a list of cancellation reasons or allow users to add a custom message" width="665" height="664" /></p>
<h3><b>Email notifications for customers and store owners</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">With the cancel order WooCommerce plugin, you can enable email notifications for the customer and owner of the store. Notifications will keep them informed and enable them to take additional steps when needed.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-8656628 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Email-notification-for-user-and-owner.png" alt="Email notifications for customers and store owners" width="859" height="138" /></p>
<h3><b>Hide the order cancel button after a specific time</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">You can choose to hide the cancel order button when a set period passes after customers place an order. Beyond the time you select, customers will not be able to cancel orders.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-18734000442658 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/4-8.png" alt="Hide the order cancel button after a specific time" width="770" height="222" /></p>
<h3><b>Customers can Withdraw Cancellation Requests</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Allow customers to withdraw their order cancellation requests in case they change their mind. Customers can cancel their requests depending on the order status (on hold or pending), making the purchase process user-friendly.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-18734003631954 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Screenshot-from-2024-04-30-14-22-20.png" alt="Customer can withdraw their order cancellation request" width="810" height="501" /></p>
<h3><b>Allow order cancellation for selected products</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">With the WooCommerce cancel order by customer plugin, you can allow order cancellation of selected products or categories. You can choose to exclude certain products so stock levels, on those products, won’t be disrupted.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-8656637 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Allow-order-cancel-for-selected-products.png" alt="Allow order cancellation for selected products" width="727" height="210" /></p>
<h3><b>Display a reorder button to recover cancellations</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">WooCommerce cancel order adds a reorder button on canceled orders so customers can easily place their orders again. This way you can recover on previously canceled orders and increase your sales.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-8656641 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Reorder-button-to-recover-cancellations.png" alt="Display a reorder button to recover cancellations" width="866" height="455" /></p>
<h3><b>Show/Hide Cancellation Button Based on Payment Method</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Control order cancellation requests based on various payment methods. Admin can show or hide the order cancellation button for selective payment methods. This allows store owners to streamline cancellation requests by restricting requests for selective payment methods.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-18734003631960 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Screenshot-from-2024-04-30-14-20-22.png" alt="Show/Hide Cancellation Button Based on Payment Method " width="737" height="287" /></p>
<h3><b>Set a minimum amount for order cancellation</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">To prevent recurring order cancellations, you can set a minimum amount for allowing order cancellation with the WooCommerce customer order cancel plugin. This way you will be able to easily manage canceled orders and encourage your customers to make purchases in a particular amount.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-18734000442671 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/5-4.png" alt="Set a minimum amount for order cancellation" width="809" height="212" /></p>
<h3><b>Display a Message for non-refundable products</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">WooCommerce refund order enables the admin to set certain products as non-refundable. Display a message with non-refundable products to inform customers beforehand. This way customers will know if a product is refundable or not before they make a purchase, saving you from all the later inconveniences.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-18734000442672 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/6-2.png" alt="Display a Message for non-refundable products" width="827" height="574" /></p>
<h3><b>Customize the order cancelation button</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Admin can customize the cancel order button according to the outlook of your store with the cancel order in WooCommerce plugin. You can change the text of the button, background color, and button text color with the help of the WooCommerce cancel order button.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-18734000442677 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/7-1.png" alt="Customize the order cancelation button" width="789" height="217" /></p>
<h3><strong>Benefits</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Increases customer confidence</li>
<li>Improves store by gathering helpful customer data</li>
<li>Boosts conversions with improved UX and reorders</li>
</ul>
<h3>Compatibility</h3>
<p>Our plugins are designed to be highly versatile and also compatible with the most commonly used themes, browsers, builders, and mobile views. We understand the importance of flexibility and integration when it comes to enhancing your website’s functionality. Our plugins can effortlessly integrate with the following:</p>
<h3>Themes Compatibility</h3>
<ul>
<li>Store Front</li>
<li>Avada</li>
<li>Flatsome</li>
<li>Porto</li>
<li>Woodmart</li>
<li>WooCommerce default theme</li>
<li>Divi</li>
</ul>
<h3>Builders</h3>
<ul>
<li>Elementor</li>
<li>Bakery</li>
<li>Divi</li>
</ul>
<h3>Compatible with</h3>
<ul>
<li>Multi-Site</li>
<li>PHP 8</li>
<li>Mobile Layout</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>Requirements</strong></h3>
<p>Minimum PHP version: 5.2</p>

Customer Order Cancellation

<p>Allow customers to cancel orders and request partial or full refunds with the Customer Order Cancellation for WooCommerce plugin.</p>

Group Buying vs Customer Order Cancellation