WooCommerce Group Buy and Deals is a WordPress plugin that transforms your online store into a group buying site in the style of Groupon. Developed by Webkul, this plugin adds a new product type called "Groupbuy" to WooCommerce, allowing you to create collective offers where customers join together to reach a special price.
The plugin is designed for entrepreneurs and stores looking to increase sales through promotions with urgency and social participation. With it, you can define the minimum and maximum number of participants for each offer, set start and end dates, and limit how many times the same user can purchase a deal. If the offer does not reach the minimum number of participants, there is the option to automatically refund purchases, provided your payment gateway supports it, such as Stripe or PayPal.
Its standout features include automatic offer completion when the maximum sales are reached, the ability to relist finished deals manually or automatically, and customizable email notifications for key events such as the success or failure of a group purchase. It also includes widgets to display featured deals, those ending soon, or the most recent ones, as well as icons indicating the status of each deal (active, finished, or failed).
Registered users can access a "My Deals" page via a shortcode, where they can view all their purchases and participations. The admin panel allows filtering deals by status and viewing the group purchase history for each product. Additionally, the plugin is compatible with WPML for multilingual stores and works with any type of WooCommerce product, whether simple, virtual, or downloadable.
With a setup that can be completed in less than 30 minutes, WooCommerce Group Buy and Deals is a practical solution to generate engagement, rotate inventory, and create a more dynamic and social shopping experience in your store.