<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>Set up pre-orders in your Woo store, so customers can order products before they’re available. You can automatically or manually release and fill orders when you’re ready and let the extension handle the rest!</p>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-primary">
<li>Set an optional date/time when the product will be available</li>
<li>Automatically charge orders when the product is available</li>
<li>Change the release date for a pre-ordered product</li>
<li>Email all customers who pre-ordered a product</li>
<li>Cancel pre-orders if the product is no longer available</li>
<li>Filter your pre-orders with a custom “pre-order” order status</li>
<li>Works with simple & variable products</li>
<li>Optionally charge a fee for a pre-order</li>
<li>Customize the Add to Cart/Place Order buttons for pre-orders</li>
</ul>
<hr class="wccom-product-heading__hr" />
<h2>Sell Pre-Orders for Products and Services</h2>
<p>The pre-order experience is fully customizable and supports both pre-orders charged up front and upon release. If you’re using a supported payment gateway, pre-orders can be charged upon release without the customer returning and paying for their order.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="WooCommerce Pre-Orders Checkout" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/woocommerce-pre-orders-setting-when-charged-text.png" alt="WooCommerce Pre-Orders Checkout" width="553" height="231" /></p>
<p><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/woocommerce-pre-orders-setting-single-product-page-message.png"><img title="WooCommerce Pre-Orders Product Page" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/woocommerce-pre-orders-setting-single-product-page-message.png" alt="WooCommerce Pre-Orders Product Page" /></a></p>
<h2>Easy pre-order customization</h2>
<p>Control how pre-order products are displayed using built-in settings for button text, product messages, and more. Display the time remaining until a product is available anywhere on your site using a countdown time shortcode with support for customization via CSS.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="WooCommerce Pre-Orders Settings" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/woocommerce-pre-orders-settings.png" alt="WooCommerce Pre-Orders Settings" /></p>
<h2>Easy Pre-Order Management</h2>
<p>Pre-Orders can be charged in two ways, upfront or upon release. When charging a pre-order up front, the customer pays the entire pre-order amount during the initial checkout.</p>
<p>When charging a pre-order upon release, the customer’s payment method is charged when the product is released (either by reaching the availability date, if set, or manually within the Pre-Orders admin) when using a supported gateway. If a supported gateway is not available, the customer will receive an email when the pre-order is released, prompting them to come back to the store and pay for their pre-order.</p>
<p>All pre-orders can be managed through a dedicated page. From here, the admin can delay, complete, cancel, or email selected pre-orders or use the actions section to perform the same actions for all pre-orders for a given product.</p>
<h2>Automatically Charge Pre-Orders Upon Release</h2>
<p>When you use one of the <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/pre-orders/#supported-gateways-for-automatic-payments">supported payment gateways</a>, you can automatically charge your customer’s payment method when the pre-order is available. All gateways support manual payments for pre-orders, where the customer is sent an email asking them to come back and pay for their pre-order when it’s released.</p>
<p><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/woocommerce-pre-orders-support-gateways.png"><img title="WooCommerce Pre-Orders Authorize.net CIM Checkout" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/woocommerce-pre-orders-support-gateways.png" alt="WooCommerce Pre-Orders Authorize.net CIM Checkout" /></a></p>

WooCommerce Pre-Orders

<p>Allow customers to order products before they are available.</p>

Group Buying vs WooCommerce Pre-Orders