Products, Vendors & Vouchers
Create deals, external products, register vendors, and set up memberships and PDF vouchers.
After you install and set up WooCommerce you will have the option to create Products for your shop. To show, sell or redirect the different Offers and Coupons, these Products are styled and configured to fulfill that purpose. These are the items that appear in the Shop Page as well as the All Products and Product Slider Shortcodes.
In the Admin Panel, go to Products > Add New. On the Right Side from the Product Category you can add Categories to the current product (deal). Here you can also add the Product Image and Product Gallery.
Here is a description of all of the fields on the page:
- Main Content - the text displayed in the description in the Single Product Page.
- Product Data - contains all of the additional WooCommerce fields. Here you can select the Product Type as well as insert the Price, Type of Product, Stock Status, Additional Attributes and more.
- Product Fields - here you can adjust the Ribbon Text for the deal. You can also set the Expiring Date - when you choose a day, the offer will end at 00:00 (the beginning of) that day. There is also the option to select a Location for that Product (Deal).
Expired deals are hidden automatically. If a product disappears from the shop it's usually because its Expiring Date has passed or the expiring product checkbox isn't enabled. Expired deals also can't be added to cart. The field uses Ymd format (for example 20260601). See Deals, Products & Coupon Codes for the full checklist.
- Product Short Description - the text displayed next to the Product Image in the Single Product Page, under the Price for the Product.
Conditional Fields
Some fields are shown only in specific cases. When you select External Product in the Product Data, there is an additional field shown below the Product Fields - Product - External:
Here you can enter a Discount Code which will be shown when the Product (Deal) is redeemed. The user is present with the code and after that is redirected to the deal.
More Information and how to create External Deals can be found in the Create an External Product section.
Another conditional field is the Vendor field. It is shown after installing and activating the WC Vendors plugin.
Here you can select the Vendor that is offering this Product (Deal).
More Information and how to add Vendors can be found in the Register Vendors section.
Creating an External Product
The External Product cacn be used to add Coupons and Offers that redirect the user to another website. Here is a guide on how to do this:
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When adding a New Product, select its Type to External/Affiliate Product in the Product Data field. You can also set the Price, Sale Price and the Button Text for the redeem button.
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In the General Tab you have the option to set the Product URL to which the user will be redirected on redeeming the deal.
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An additional field below the Product Data and Product Fields - Product - External is shown. Here you can add a Coupon Code that will be shown to the user before he is redirected to the external URL.
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When you are done adding and configuring the different options click the Save changes button.
After you Publish (or Update) the Product, its Single Product Page will display the Price and the Button to the URL you have added:
If you have added a Coupon Code for the Product, clicking the button will show and copy the code:
Register Vendors
The theme is created to be fully compatible with the WC Vendors Plugin. It is a free plugin which allows users to register as vendors, who can submit products and earn commissions on each sale. You can read a detailed guide on their official website.
After installing and activating the plugin you can adjust its settings in Admin Dashboard > WooCommerce > WC Vendors.
You also have the option to manually add and edit Users, who are Vendors. In the Admin Dashboard > Users you can select/create an user and make him a Vendor.
After making an user a Vendor, there are be additional options available that can be adjusted for that user - Commission Rate, Shop Logo, Seller Info. Most importantly make sure that a Vendor has a Shop Name as that name is used throughout the site to display the Vendor.
Each Vendor can also edit his options from the Account Dashboard by logging in to the website.
Vendor dashboard not loading? CouponSeek's vendor features only work when WC Vendors is active and the user actually has the vendor role. Remember to set a Shop Name on each vendor - CouponSeek uses that name throughout the site. Full checklist in Vendors & WC Vendors.
Creating a Membership Plan
The theme supports WooCommerce Memberships plugins which enables creating paid plans for memberships of your site. If you only want to manually grant access to memberships on your site, you can skip this setup step. If you’d like to sell membership access, you’ll need to create a product to do so. Memberships are not a particular product type; instead, they can be tied to any kind of product on your site. You can find a quick start guide here
When you publish your membership product, you will see it appearing along your deals. You can hide it by going to its edit page and changing the visibility to Private.
Setting the membership product's catalog visibility to Private keeps it out of the main deals grid while leaving it purchasable through its membership landing page. See Membership showing as a deal.
You can read more about the plugin here.
Creating a PDF Voucher
The theme comes with a support for WooCommerce - PDF Vouchers plugins which provides you the option to generate printable PDF voucher codes. To create a PDF Voucher Product you will have to make it Simple product with Downloadable checkbox enabled or Variable product.
The PDF Vouchers tab only appears on specific product types. It's added by the third-party plugin and shows up on Simple products with the Downloadable checkbox enabled, or on Variable products. It will not appear on External / Affiliate products. See PDF Vouchers FAQ.
This will open and additional tab with WooCommerce Fields called PDF Vouchers just under Advanced. Clicking on it will provide you with all the options that the plugin gives for editing.
You can also create Voucher Templates by going to WooCommerce > Voucher Templates** in the admin dashboard. You can read more about the Drag & Drop interface here.
You can read more about the plugin here.