<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>

<p>The <strong>Invoice Payment Option</strong> extension for WooCommerce enables you to add a new invoice payment method to let customers place orders without making any payment. Display the new payment option based on user roles, product in cart, order amount, quantity and other conditions.</p>
<p>You can rename the payment method to Pay Later, Pay by Invoice or give it any other name that suits your business requirements. Once the order is placed, the customer will receive the standard WooCommerce order email. If needed, you can also attach invoice PDF with the order emails.</p>
<p>After the order and payment confirmation, you can send a direct payment link using the default WooCommerce feature to let customers pay using the default WooCommerce checkout process. Alternatively, you can choose to receive payment via other channels such as banking checks, cash on delivery, etc.</p>
<h2>Use Cases:</h2>
<p>The following are use cases where this extension can be extremely helpful but not limited to!</p>
<p><strong>B2B Orders:</strong></p>
<p>When working with a company, they usually require an invoice before making the payment. Using this extension, you can allow your customers to place an order without payment. The admin can later on send the payment link to merchants to receive payment via WooCommerce default checkout.</p>
<p><strong>Bulk Orders:</strong></p>
<p>When placing bulk orders, the customers are sometimes reluctant to pay upfront and need assurance before paying. The extension allows them to place orders and once confirmed, they can proceed with the payment.</p>
<h2><strong>Features of Invoice Payment Method</strong></h2>
<ul>
<li>Automatically creates new payment method “Pay by Invoice”</li>
<li>Customize title, description and default order status</li>
<li>Create multiple rules to show invoice payment method based on
<ul>
<li>Customers and user roles</li>
<li>Specific products, categories or tags</li>
<li>Minimum & maximum order quantity and amount</li>
<li>Country, state, city and zip codes</li>
<li>Shipping method</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Generate and attach PDF invoice with orders emails<strong> (New)</strong></li>
<li>Separate email notification for customer and admin when order is placed using invoice payment option <strong> (New)</strong></li>
</ul>
<h2>Customize payment method label:</h2>
<p>Once the extension is installed, you can configure the newly created invoice payment method from WooCommerce > Settings > Payments. You can customize the label and other details of the payment method. You can also configure the default order status for orders placed using this payment option.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8520897" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/invoice-payment-option.png" alt="" width="980" height="553" /></p>
<p>The invoice payment method appears along with other payment methods on the front-end.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8520912" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Invoice-payment-option-frontend.png" alt="" width="980" height="538" /></p>
<h2>Trigger Invoice Payment based on various condition:</h2>
<p>You can create multiple rules to trigger the invoice payment option based on variations conditions like product in cart, order amount, user roles, country and more.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8520902" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Create-restrictions-rules.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="439" /></p>
<p>While creating a new rule, you can configure the following options:</p>
<ul>
<li>Add rule title</li>
<li>Select shipping method (enable invoice payment option for selected shipping method)</li>
<li>Enable invoice payment for virtual products</li>
<li>Enable for selected customers and user roles</li>
<li>Enable for specific cart quantity and amount range</li>
<li>Enable for specific product, product category and tags</li>
<li>Show to selected countries, states, cities or zip codes</li>
</ul>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8520901" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Creating-new-rule-for-invoice-payment-method.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="2263" /></p>
<h2>Invoice PDF</h2>
<p>You can attach a customizable PDF invoice with the orders placed using this “Invoice Payment Method”. The extension offers 3 different PDF templates to choose from. You can customize the PDF content and color scheme to match your business needs.</p>
<p>Using the extension settings, you can trigger separate email notifications for both customer and merchants when an order is placed using the invoice payment option.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734003700000" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PDF-Invoice-1.png" alt="" width="980" height="912" /></p>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<p>Minimum PHP version: 7.2</p>

Invoice Payment Option

<p>Order Now and Pay Later! Allow your customers to select invoice payment option during checkout to place orders. Add conditions to show invoice payment options for specific products, categories, countries, cart total, user roles and more.</p>

Group Buying vs Invoice Payment Option