In this lesson, we’ll show you how to create WP Ultimo discount codes. A discount code in WP Ultimo allows you to give discounts to your clients when they buy your membership plans, packages, or services. You can create absolute discounts (specific amount) or relative discounts (percentage). This can be a great marketing strategy to attract new clients to your WordPress Multisite platform.

Just follow these steps to create a new discount coupon in WP Ultimo:

1- Add a new WP Ultimo discount code

Go to Network Admin > WP Ultimo > Discount Codes.

Once you’re there, hit Add Discount Code or Create a new Discount Code.

2- Add the title, description and uses limit to the discount code

Once you’re in the Add new Discount Code form, you need to start by adding the discount code’s title.

Then, add a Description stating what this discount code is. This will be useful to manage your discount coupons and make a difference between them.

In the Advanced Options section, go to the Limit Uses tab, where you can select how many times this discount code will be used.

Enter the number of times the coupon will be used in the Max Uses field. You will see how many times the coupon was used in the Uses section above the Max Uses field.

3- Select the Start & Expiration Dates for this discount code

If you move to the Start & Expiration Dates tab in Advanced Options, you can enable and select a start date and an expiration date. This is useful if don’t want the discount coupon to be permanent but temporary.

• Enable Start Date: Enable or disable this field as you want.
• Start Date: Select the start date here.
• Enable Expiration Date: Enable or disable this field as you want.
• Expiration Date: Select the expiration date here.

4- Select the product limits for this discount code

In the Limit Products tab, you’ll be able to select the products to which the discount code will be applicable.

You will see a list of your products, and you just need to enable the field to make the discount code applicable to each product.

5- Select the discount code discount type and amounts

If you move to the Coupon Code field, you can enter the actual code your customers will enter during checkout to get the discount.

The Discount field allows you to select the discount type and the discount amount or percentage.

If you enable the Apply to renewals field, the discount code will be applicable when the customers renew a membership.

If you enable the Setup fee discount, the discount code will be applicable to the set up fee in case your products have a set up fee.

Using the Active field, you can enable or disable this coupon. This is a great option because you don’t have to remove the coupons to disable them.

That’s how you can create WP Ultimo discount codes / coupons. Follow the same steps to create as many discount codes as you want for your WordPress Multisite platform.

An interesting way to get new customers for your platform can be offering WP Ultimo discount coupons.

Your early customers will have extra motivation if you offer them a good discount.

While building your platform, a discount coupon can be handy if you want to test the sign-up workflow without making real payments during the development of your platform.

That’s why we show you how to create discount coupons in WP Ultimo. Just follow these steps:

1- CREATE A NEW COUPON

Open the Network Admin dashboard.

Go to Coupons, where you’ll see the coupons list.

Click the Add New Coupon button.

2- SELECT THE COUPON GENERAL SETTINGS

In the Add New Coupon form, select the following values to create a new coupon:

• Add New Coupon: Enter the coupon title. SAVE10, for example.
• Coupon Description: Enter a brief description of the coupon.

Go to Coupon Settings > General and select the following values:

• Allowed Uses: Enter how many times this coupon can be used.
• Expiring Date: Use the date selector to define until when the coupon can be used.
• Billing Cycles: Enter how many times a user can use this coupon. If you set it to 0, the uses will be unlimited for a user.

3- SELECT THE PLANS, FREQUENCIES, AND VALUE

Go to Coupon Settings > Plans & Frequencies.

• In Plan & Frequency Limitation Options, you can select for which plans and payment frequency this coupon will be enabled.

Once you select that, move to Coupon Value, and select the following values:

• Apply to Setup Fee: Mark it if you want this coupon to be appliable to the membership setup fee (if you defined one on your membership plans).
• Coupon Type:
  • If you want to discount an exact amount (10 dollars, for example), you can select Absolute Discount ($).
  • If you want to discount a percentage (10 percent, for example), select Relative Discount (%).
• Coupon Value: This will depend on what you selected in the previous field. Enter the discount amount or percentage.

DONE!

The discount coupon has been created, and you can repeat these steps to create other coupons. Now you can use the coupon to see how the sign-up process works.