Want to offer exclusive, automatic and targeted coupon discounts for your customers? That’s where <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/group-coupons/">WooCommerce Group Coupons</a> will help. This extension for WooCommerce uses the free <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/groups/">Groups</a> membership plugin and WordPress <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities">roles</a> to control the validity of coupons.
<h2>Features</h2>
<h3><img class="wp-image-3154875 alignleft" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/apply-to-groups.png" alt="Automatically apply Coupons to Group Members" width="128" height="128" />Apply Coupons Automatically</h3>
New coupon features add the possibility to apply coupons automatically for group members. This allows to have discounts applied for certain customer groups.
It is very convenient to have discounts applied automatically for certain user groups. This covers any cases ranging from applying a promotional discount automatically to any registered user, to granting automatic discounts to specific user groups like distributors, volume clients, etc. It can also be combined with another features provided by this extension to assure that coupons can only be used by certain groups.
 
<h3><img class="wp-image-3154867 alignleft" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/restrict-to-groups.png" alt="Restrict Coupons to Group Members" width="128" height="128" />Restrict Coupons by Group</h3>
This new feature provided by the extension allows to restrict coupons to be used only by group members. This adds the possibility to control who is allowed to use coupons by their group membership.
Coupons can be restricted to one or more groups and this feature can be combined with the automatic application of coupons per group.
 
<h3><img class="alignleft wp-image-3154878" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/exclude-groups.png" alt="Exclude Groups from using Coupons" width="128" height="128" />Exclude Members</h3>
Another useful feature provided by this extension is the option to exclude group members from using certain coupons. This allows to effectively exclude specific groups from using a coupon.
With this feature, you can for example run promotions for new customers and exclude existing customers. You can also allow some more privileged groups to have access to more discounts than others.
 
<h3><img class="alignleft wp-image-3154872" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/restrict-to-roles.png" alt="Restrict Coupons to WordPress Roles" width="128" height="128" />Restrict Coupons by Role</h3>
This new feature provided by the extension allows to restrict coupons to specific WordPress user roles. It adds the possibility to control who is allowed to use a coupon based on their role.
For example, you could grant a promotional discount to existing customers with the Customer role, while normal registered users would not be able to use it.
 
<h3><img class="alignleft wp-image-216802" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/WooCommerce_Group_Coupons_Showing_Discount.png" alt="Display pretty coupons" width="190" height="128" />Display Pretty Coupons</h3>
The extension also provides a new shortcode to show the coupons handled by the extension to your customers.
The coupons are displayed when valid based on the user account, coupon settings and the shortcode settings.
 
With the above features, the extension provides essential new features for coupons, including:
<ul>
<li>Exclusive discount coupons for group members with the free <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/groups/">Groups</a> membership plugin</li>
<li>Exclusive discount coupons for roles</li>
<li>Automatic discounts for group members</li>
<li>Discount target groups and roles at a glimpse</li>
<li>Pretty coupons via shortcodes</li>
<li>Helps to cover many promotional and marketing cases</li>
</ul>
<h2>Examples and Screenshots</h2>
<h3>A restricted Coupon for Registered Users</h3>
This example shows the settings used for a coupon that is limited to registered users and applied automatically for them. This means that the coupon will be applied automatically for any existing user account, without the need for the customer to input the coupon code at checkout explicitly. In this example, we also exclude any member of the Test group from using the coupon.
<img class="size-full wp-image-3154960 aligncenter" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/registered-group-coupon-excluding-test-group.png" alt="Registered group Coupon excluding Test group" width="980" height="650" />
<h3>An automatic Coupon for Distributors</h3>
In this example you can see the settings used for a coupon that is limited and applied automatically for two distributor groups.
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3154966" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/distributor-groups.png" alt="Coupon settings for distributor groups" width="980" height="399" />
<h3>A Coupon limited to certain Groups</h3>
Here we have an example with settings for a coupon that is restricted to two groups, Level 1 and Level 2.
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<h3>A Coupon limited to Customers</h3>
This example shows the settings used for a coupon that can only be used by those who have the Customer role.
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3154975" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/customer-role.png" alt="Settings for a coupon restricted to the Customer role" width="980" height="271" />
<h3>Extension Settings</h3>
The extension provides some very easy to control settings. Here you can also see that we have the free <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/groups/">Groups</a> membership plugin installed, which allows to use the coupon settings related to groups.
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Group Coupons

Automatically apply and restrict coupon validity for user groups. Offer exclusive, automatic and targeted discounts for your customers.

<h2>Offer prepaid plans with additional delivery options</h2>
Prepaid for WooCommerce Subscriptions is a great addition to WooCommerce Subscriptions, which helps you increase revenue by offering prepaid options for your subscription products. 
Features in a nutshell:
<ul>
<li>Add prepaid plans in addition to your regular subscription options. For example, an Annual plan in addition to a Monthly plan.</li>
<li>Users can upgrade from the regular subscription to the prepaid plan.</li>
<li>Deliver orders on a different schedule than billing (e.g., pay annually, ship monthly).</li>
<li>Custom cancellation options help users keep their subscription until the prepaid period is over.</li>
<li>Several product layouts and pricing string customizations.</li>
<li>Three ways to charge for shipping.</li>
<li>Add-to-cart link for each prepaid plan that you can insert anywhere on your site.</li>
<li>Friendly UI sequence for each prepaid subscription and adjusted email notifications.</li>
</ul>
When you add prepaid plans to your regular subscriptions, your customers may choose whether they want to pay for each delivery or pay upfront for a longer period to get the best deal possible. 
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<h3>How is this different from variable subscriptions? </h3>
Using variable subscriptions allows you to create limited variations for a subscription product, including various subscription durations. For example, when you offer three variations such as: for one week, one month or one year, these products will be delivered respectively once a week, a month or once a year. But when you want your customers to pay for one year and provide products every month, you have no option to do this by default. 
Prepaid for WooCommerce Subscriptions lets you create as many prepaid plans for each subscription product as you want and make shipments regularly. It also helps you provide accurate information to your clients about subscription lengths and delivery schedules, offers them better deals for long-term subscriptions, and charge them for shipping the best way. 
<h2>Switching to a prepaid plan from a regular subscription. </h2>
Consider offering prepaid plans to make your revenue streams more predictable. When a customer signs up for a longer subscription plan and pays upfront, you can count on that revenue for the entire year. With Prepaid for WooCommerce Subscriptions, you can offer upgrades from a regular subscription (e.g., monthly) to a prepaid plan (e.g., annually) directly from the user’s account:
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Don’t forget that you can offer discounts for longer-term usage and highlight it with customizable pricing strings to make your offer more attractive to your current customers.
The prepaid plans may help you generate more revenue and increase the lifetime value of each subscription.
<h3>How to deliver on a different schedule to billing (e.g. pay annually, ship monthly)</h3>
There are two methods of selling prepaid plans: 
<ul>
<li>Offer prepaid options in addition to regular subscriptions. E.g., pay for one or two years and get a monthly delivery or pay every month as usual. </li>
<li>Offer ONLY prepaid options and ship on a different schedule. E.g., pay upfront for three or six months and get weekly shipping without the option to pay every week.  </li>
</ul>
When the customer pays for a certain period in advance you can expect to generate stable and predictable profits. This feature is widely used by magazine publishers that may charge upfront for one year and ship every month on a particular date. With Prepaid for WooCommerce Subscriptions and synchronizing renewals feature, you can offer such kind of subscription. 
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<h3>Features</h3>
Choose from two layouts for the product page. You can adjust the subscription product page to display prepaid options favorably for clients.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8641282" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Layout-1-1.png" alt="Prepaid for woocommerce subscription" width="980" height="532" /><img class="alignnone wp-image-8640456 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/4-2.png" alt="Prepaid plans - woocommerce subscription" width="980" height="532" />
 
Three payment methods for shipping: 
<ul>
<li>Default payment – charged regularly per every shipment as it is now with your usual subscription.</li>
<li>Upfront payment – your regular shipping cost multiplied by the number of subscription pieces in the prepaid plan and charged once for the entire prepaid period at the first checkout.</li>
<li>Custom payment – you can specify the flat-rate cost for each prepaid plan separately that will be charged once the customer signs up. </li>
</ul>
Customize pricing strings and add an extra description for every prepaid option using variables. It helps you adjust prepaid functionality and use a separated shipping schedule that suits your preferred shipping options. 
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Adjustments to the cart, checkout, and user account pages to let your customers track their subscription statuses. 
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Prepaid for WooCommerce Subscriptions has a user-friendly admin interface for managing prepaid subscriptions. You can find a prepaid sequence area in every prepaid subscription to help you figure out the delivery schedule for each client. 
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Use prepaid addition to emails to inform your clients about what’s going on with their subscriptions, how many deliveries are left, and when the next renewal payments will come. 
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Canceling prepaid subscription. There are two options to prevent canceling ongoing subscriptions:
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<ol>
<li>Regular cancel subscription button on user account – cancels prepaid subscription right away, no matter how many prepaid pieces have left. This one is needed in case you have any costs associated with delivering prepaid subscription products.  </li>
<li>Cancel prepaid button – subscription won’t be canceled right off the bat but will wait until all prepaid pieces are delivered, and auto-cancels after the last piece is shipped. </li>
</ol>
Each prepaid plan also has its own Add to cart URL which is used in those cases when you need to offer a subscription not from the product page, but from the pricing table or any other place outside of the product page. 
Prepaid for WooCommerce Subscriptions works with almost any regular WooCommerce Subscription setup and setting (for both simple and variable subscription-based products).
<h3>Limitations: </h3>
<ul>
<li>Prepaid for WooCommerce Subscriptions works with both Simple and Variable subscription products (products should be subscription-based only, not the ones modified by the All Products for Subscriptions plugin). </li>
<li>There’s no option to switch between regular and prepaid subscriptions. The only thing users can do is cancel one subscription and pay for another subscription type. </li>
<li>Prepaid plans don’t work with the prorated payments option. You still can use synchronizing renewals, but only when prorated first renewal is set to never, and the full amount is charged upfront. </li>
</ul>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
Minimum PHP version: 5.6 
Plugin: <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-subscriptions/">WooCommerce Subscriptions</a> 
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Prepaid for WooCommerce Subscriptions

Deliver products on a different schedule to the recurring payments by offering prepaid plans for regular subscriptions.

Group Coupons vs Prepaid for WooCommerce Subscriptions