<h2>Smarter selling, safer orders</h2>
<p>Streamline approvals, keep full control of payments, and give customers a trusted buying experience.</p>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-primary">
<li>Smart approval rules (users, products, totals or shipping)</li>
<li>Approve before or after payment</li>
<li>Dedicated order approval dashboard</li>
<li>Built-in emails and reminders</li>
<li>“Pay Later after approval” option</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Features</h2>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li><strong>Order approval dashboard:</strong> Track, manage, and review all flagged orders in one place.</li>
<li><strong>Smart approval rules:</strong> Set rules by customer, product, category, shipping method, or cart total.</li>
<li><strong>Approve before or after payment:</strong> Full flexibility to decide how and when payment happens.</li>
<li><strong>Post-approval expiration timer:</strong> Automatically expire approvals if payment isn’t completed in time.</li>
<li><strong>Conditional payment gateways:</strong> Show or hide payment methods when approval rules apply.</li>
<li><strong>Country-based restrictions:</strong> Enable order approvals only in selected regions.</li>
<li><strong>Email notifications:</strong> Keep admins and customers updated at every step.</li>
<li><strong>Custom payment reminders:</strong> Send tailored reminders at intervals to recover pending payments.</li>
<li><strong>Order progress display:</strong> Show approval steps in a clean horizontal or vertical layout.</li>
<li><strong>Pay later after approval gateway:</strong> Let customers place orders without upfront payment and pay only once approved.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Benefits</h2>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-primary">
<li>Streamlined order management</li>
<li>Advanced control over order approvals.</li>
<li>Fraud protection.</li>
<li>Flexible payment handling.</li>
<li>Targeted communication.</li>
<li>Boost conversions with reminders.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Why you should choose Ultimate Order Approval</h2>
<p>By default, WooCommerce processes every order automatically, regardless of its value or risk. This leaves your store <strong>vulnerable to fraud, mistakes, and wasted resources.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ultimate Order Approval puts you back in control.</strong> With smart rules, flexible approval flows, and automated reminders, you decide which orders get approved and when customers should pay. It’s like adding a safety net to your checkout while keeping the experience smooth for genuine buyers.</p>
<p>Perfect for:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>B2B stores</strong> needing purchase validation before fulfillment.</li>
<li><strong>Custom product sellers</strong> who want to review details before production.</li>
<li><strong>Stores handling high-value orders</strong> where fraud prevention matters most.</li>
</ul>
<h2>How It Works & Setup Guide</h2>
<p>Learn how it works and how to set it up in our documentation:</p>
<p><a class="decorated-link" href="https://woocommerce.com/document/ultimate-order-approval/" target="_new" rel="noopener" data-start="162" data-end="219">https://woocommerce.com/document/ultimate-order-approval/</a></p>
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<p><i>Check out our other best-selling and popular plugins on <strong>WooCommerce</strong> below</i>,</p>
<ul>
<li><strong><a class="row-title" href="https://woocommerce.com/products/ultimate-payment-plans/">Ultimate Payment Plans or Deposits</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/ultimate-raffle/">Ultimate Raffle</a></li>
<li><a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/ultimate-tax-exemption/">Ultimate Tax Exemption</a></li>
<li><a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/ultimate-refunds/">Ultimate Refunds</a></li>
</ul>
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Ultimate Order Approval

<p>Control new orders with smart approval rules based on cart contents. Flag orders for manual review and approve them before or after payment.</p>

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<li>Collect donation or tip from cart and checkout pages</li>
<li>Restrict by products, user roles, shipping methods, and more</li>
<li>Choose from 3 layouts (Radio buttons, Popup, Simple buttons)</li>
<li>Extensive customization options to personalize labels and colors</li>
<li>Compatible with Cart and Checkout Blocks</li>
</ul>
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<h2 style="text-align: center"><strong>Add a Simple Tipping or Donation Box to Your Online Store</strong></h2>
<p>Tipping at Cart and Checkout for WooCommerce enables you to collect tips or donations from your online store. Using the pre-defined positions, you can display tipping or donations anywhere on the cart and checkout page. Using the shortcode, you can also display it anywhere in your store.</p>
<p><span style="color: var(--wp--preset--color--woo-text-gray,#101517);font-family: var(--wccom-font-family-default);letter-spacing: -0.011em">Choose from 3 different layouts, including the popup,  radio-buttons, and simple buttons layout. Customize labels, buttons, and suggested amounts according to your business needs. Show the custom amount option to let customers enter the desired amount they want to contribute.</span></p>
<p>Enable tipping or donation options for all or specific customers based on user roles. Trigger on the cart and checkout pages when an order includes certain products, categories, or when a customer selects specific shipping method during checkout.</p>
<h2>Use Cases:</h2>
<p><strong>Restaurants:<br />
</strong>If you are running a restaurant provide delivery services, you can use this extension to collect tips from customer during checkout.</p>
<p><strong>Delivery service:<br />
</strong>If you are providing any kind of delivery services, you can use this extension to collect tips for you riders while customer is placing an order.</p>
<p><strong>Donation or cause funding:<br />
</strong>If you are running a non-profit website or need to collect donation for specific cause from your online store, you can use this simple extension to seamlessly collect donations during checkout.</p>
<h2>Features List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>Collect tip or donation from cart and/or checkout page</li>
<li>Choose from 4 different layouts,
<ul>
<li>Select-box</li>
<li>Popup</li>
<li>Radio button</li>
<li>Simple buttons</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Show suggested amounts along with a custom amount field</li>
<li>Collect tips or donation in fixed or percentage of the order amount</li>
<li>Three cart display positions:
<ul>
<li>Before cart table</li>
<li>After cart table</li>
<li>After cart</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Six checkout display positions:
<ul>
<li>Before Checkout Customer Details</li>
<li>Before Checkout Billing Form</li>
<li>After Checkout Billing Form</li>
<li>Before Order Notes</li>
<li>After Order Notes</li>
<li>After Checkout Form</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Shortcode to show tip/donation feature anywhere on your website</li>
<li>Ability to customize labels, buttons, success messages and colors scheme</li>
<li>Restriction based on user roles and shipping methods</li>
<li>Trigger tip/donation when cart contains specific products or categories</li>
<li>Reports to show donations/tip collection</li>
<li>Personalize colors scheme, borders and add custom CSS if needed</li>
</ul>
<h2>Collect tips or donation during checkout:</h2>
<p>You can collect tip or donation from cart, checkout or both pages as per you business needs. Display it almost anywhere on your cart and checkout page using following pre-defined positions,</p>
<ul>
<li>Cart display positions:
<ul>
<li>Before cart table</li>
<li>After cart table</li>
<li>After cart</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Checkout display positions:
<ul>
<li>Before Checkout Customer Details</li>
<li>Before Checkout Billing Form</li>
<li>After Checkout Billing Form</li>
<li>Before Order Notes</li>
<li>After Order Notes</li>
<li>After Checkout Form</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong style="color: var(--wp--preset--color--woo-text-gray,#101517);font-family: var(--wccom-font-family-default);letter-spacing: -0.011em"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004508428" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Collect-tips-or-donation-at-checkout-or-cart-1.png" alt="" width="980" height="734" /></strong>     </strong></p>
<h2>Choose from 3 layouts:</h2>
<p>Tipping at Cart and Checkout for WooCommerce comes with 4 different layouts to choose from.</p>
<h3>Select-box:</h3>
<p>The select-box layout shows tipping options in a dropdown to let customers choose the relevant option or enter a custom amount to include in their order.</p>
<p><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004508424" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Selectbox-dropdown-design-for-tipping-and-donation.png" alt="" width="980" height="394" /></strong></p>
<h3>Simple Buttons</h3>
<p>This design shows suggested amounts or percentages as buttons that customers can click to include in their order totals. Customers can remove or update them by clicking on any other option or entering a custom amount.</p>
<p><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004508425" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Simple-buttons-design-for-tipping-and-donation.png" alt="" width="980" height="459" /></strong></p>
<h3>Radio-buttons</h3>
<p>The radio-button style keeps the selection highlighted and allows customers to select any other option as they desire.</p>
<p><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004508432" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Radio-buttons-design-for-tipping-donation.png" alt="" width="980" height="391" /></strong></p>
<h3>Popup</h3>
<p>Popup design allows you to retain your existing cart and checkout page layout while displaying tip or donation options in an attractive popup as soon as customers lands on their cart or checkout page.</p>
<p><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004508423" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Popup-design-for-tipping-and-donation.png" alt="" width="980" height="624" /></strong></p>
<h2>Products and shipping method restrictions:</h2>
<p>You can restrict tipping or donation by products, categories, and shipping methods. Show the tipping/donation option only when any of the selected products or categories are in the cart or the customer selects a specific shipping method.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004508462" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Payment-and-product-restrictions-1.png" alt="" width="980" height="451" /></p>
<h2>Collect tips or donations in amount or percentage of cart total:</h2>
<p>You can collect tips in the amount or percentage of the cart totals. Depending on the collection type, you can show suggested options to let customers quickly add the tip/donation to their cart. Additionally, you can show a custom field to let customers enter the desired tip instead of choosing from the suggested options.</p>
<p><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004508430" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Tip-donation-at-Fixed-or-percentage-amount.png" alt="" width="980" height="360" /></strong></p>
<h2>Shortcode:</h2>
<p>Using the shortcode, you can display a tip and donation option anywhere on your website. Additionally, you can add personalized heading, labels and other options for the shortcode.</p>
<p><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004508433" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Tipping-Shordcode.png" alt="" width="980" height="394" /></strong></p>
<h2>Restrict by user roles:</h2>
<p>You can enable tipping and donation option for all or specific customers by user roles.</p>
<p><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734004508434" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/User-Role-restrictions.png" alt="" width="980" height="328" /></strong></p>
<h2>Extensive customization options:</h2>
<p>Tipping at Cart & Checkout for WooCommerce comes with extensive customization options, which includes,</p>
<ul>
<li>Customization of labels, buttons, and success messages</li>
<li>Change colors of text labels, submit button, option amounts, background and more</li>
<li>Personalize border and radius</li>
<li>Add custom CSS for advanced customization</li>
</ul>
<p>Please see documentation for more details on customization options.</p>

Tipping at Cart and Checkout

<p>Allow your customers to leave a tip or donation while placing an order. Enable tip/donation on cart, checkout or any other page using shortcode. Restrict based on products, categories, user roles, and more.</p>

Ultimate Order Approval vs Tipping at Cart and Checkout