Buy Credit Products – Purchasing WooCommerce Store Credits

In this tutorial, we dive into the nitty-gritty of creating products to buy credits and apply them to users using the FastCredit Pro plugin for WordPress and WooCommerce. Learn how to maximize your sales and enhance user experience by offering credits that can be bought, accumulated, and spent in your store.

Part 1: Understanding the Buy Credits Product

Overview

In this part, we’ll focus on what a “Buy Credits Product” is, and how it looks on your WooCommerce shop.

Step 1: Navigate to the WooCommerce Shop Listing

• Open your WooCommerce shop page.
• Look for the product titled as a “Buy Credits Product”. This should look similar to any other WooCommerce product on your shop.

Step 2: Examine the Buy Credits Product

• Click on the “Buy Credits Product” to view its details.
• Notice that it has a monetary value; let’s say $100 for this example.

Congratulations, you’ve just familiarized yourself with how a Buy Credits Product appears on your store.

Part 2: Applying Credits to Users

Overview

This part will explain how to set the credit value for a Buy Credits Product.

Step 3: Edit the Buy Credits Product

• Navigate to your WordPress Dashboard and go to WooCommerce -> Products.
• Click on the “Edit” button under your Buy Credits Product.

Step 4: Set the Credit Value

• Scroll down to find the FastCredit Pro settings.
• Assign a credit value that users will receive upon purchasing this product, say 100 credits.

Step 5: Set Credit Expiration (Pro Feature)

• Below the credit value, you’ll find an option to set an expiration date for these credits.
• Choose whether the credits expire daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly.
• Set the duration in the adjacent field, for example, two weeks.

Part 3: Miscellaneous Settings

Overview

This section will delve into additional settings like making a product virtual for immediate credit application.

Step 6: Set as a Virtual Product (Optional)

• Within the product editing screen, look for the “Product Data” box.
• Check the “Virtual” checkbox to ensure immediate application of credits upon purchase.

Step 7: Save and Test

• Save all your changes.
• Perform a test purchase to verify the credit application and expiration settings.

You’ve now successfully set up the entire flow of creating a Buy Credits Product, applying credits, and optionally setting an expiration date for them.

Conclusion

That wraps up our tutorial on how to effectively manage product settings and user credits with the FastCredit Pro plugin. With these steps, you can now enable your customers to buy credits and have those credits applied or expired based on your configurations.

If you have further questions or need additional guidance, don’t hesitate to contact us. Your success is our priority, and we’re here to assist you every step of the way.