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Tomasz Bednarek

Advanced product quantities, decimals, and new units in WooCommerce

Updated: October 19, 2022 / News, Plugin Tutorials

Today, I will show you how to implement in WooCommerce the advanced product quantities and new units of measure. You’ll learn how to manage quantities, decimal quantity values, and units in WooCommerce with a free plugin!

WooCommerce advanced product quantities and units

By default, you can sell products by items. But what if you want to offer products with different units of measurement? Let me show you the free plugin that lets you change the unit of measure, manage the WooCommerce product quantity settings, and even enter the increment or min/ max quantities in decimal values!

Decimals and new units of measure WooCommerce
Change the unit of measure for a WooCommerce product
Sell products by with new units of measure - weight
Sell products by weight
Sell products based on weight WooCommerce with decimal value
Sell products based on weight and with decimals

 

Let me show you how to achieve that! 😊

Table of contents

  • Boost your WooCommerce product quantity options
  • Enhance WooCommerce with advanced product quantities and new units
  • Sell products with custom units of measure and unit dimensions (PRO)

Boost your WooCommerce product quantity options

To get the advanced quantities options for WooCommerce products, follow these steps:

  1. Get Flexible Quantity - Measurement Price Calculator for WooCommerce (free)

    Download the plugin →

    You can also find it with a search bar in WordPress → Plugins → Add new.
  2. Install and activate the plugin

  3. Edit the product and enable the Flexible Quantity settings

    Enable Flexible Quantity Measurement Price Calculator for WooCommerce options

  4. Manage the product unit and quantity options

    You can set different units of measure or quantity settings per WooCommerce product.
    Set the new unit of measure for a product

You may also read the in-depth article on how to limit the product quantity per product and set the min/ max quantity in WooCommerce!

Enhance WooCommerce with advanced product quantities and new units

Let’s see now how many things you can set up with the new plugin! 😊

I. Choose the unit of measure in WooCommerce

First, you can define the label and, most importantly, change the unit of measure (or stay with the item).

Set the new unit of measure for a product

Learn more about new units of measurement for WooCommerce products!

II. Manage the price per new unit

Next, set the regular and sale price for the product with the new unit. Let’s say, you want to sell oranges by weight.

Sell products by weight in WooCommerce

III. Use advanced product quantities in WooCommerce

Then, enter the quantity increment value and min/ max quantities. That will let you limit the quantity of the WooCommerce product a buyer can choose.

Set price and sale price for product with a new unit of measure

Finally, decide about the stock management and if you want to sell the product individually.

Inventory management and sold individually options for products with a new unit of measure

As you can see, the plugin helps you set the advanced quantities and units in WooCommerce with a few clicks. What’s really important, you can use the product quantity and unit settings independently and with high flexibility which will boost your WooCommerce store! 🚀

Of course, you can use the decimal quantity for this and other WooCommerce products!

Set decimal values for products

Sell products with custom units of measure and unit dimensions (PRO)

But what if the list of units of measurement the Flexible Quantity plugin gives you is too short?

Add your custom units of measure in WooCommerce!

Yes, it’s possible! With the Flexible Quantity PRO, you can add new units.

Add custom units of measure in WooCommerce

The custom units of measure will be available for WooCommerce products in the plugin settings!

Custom unit of measure in WooCommerce

Are there more features in the PRO? Yes! Let me take you on a short preview. 🌟

Enable unit dimensions and price measurement based on input

Let’s assume you sell wallpaper per square meter (what you can set in the free version of the plugin). But you want to let customers define the exact dimensions, for example, the length of the wallpaper.

You can do that by enabling Unit Dimensions in the PRO version of the plugin. As you can see, you may choose the user input or fixed value.

Add Unit Dimensions for a new unit of measure for a WooCommerce product

As a result, the price and the precise size of the wallpaper will depend on the user input.

Sell product by unit dimensions in WooCommerce

Similar unit dimension settings are available for volume units (LxWxH). For weight, length, and volume units you can enable the smaller units for customers to use on the product page.

For example, let’s set the advanced quantities and smaller units of measure for a WooCommerce product (stone) so that you sell it by weight (tone), but clients choose the quantity in kg:

Use smaller weight units for WooCommerce products

Dynamic prices based on the WooCommerce product quantities of new units of measure

In the PRO, you may also make prices depend on the total amount of the new unit chosen. By setting multiple prices based on the quantity, you can achieve dynamic pricing for your WooCommerce products.

Dynamic product prices based on the quantity - WooCommerce Price Calculator PRO

The customer will see the better prices right away on the product page.

WooCommerce Price Calculator in action for dynamic product prices based on the new unit of measure

Read more about using the Flexible Quantity plugin as your Measurement Price Calculator for WooCommerce!

Shipping table = flexible cost of transportation in WooCommerce

Of course, there is a big difference in shipping costs when a customer buys in bulk. The Flexible Quantity PRO will let you set a similar table (based on the quantities of the new unit of measure) to change the product shipping class “on the fly”.

Shipping class table for flexible shipping costs in WooCommerce

After setting the shipping classes in WooCommerce → Settings → Shipping,

Flexible Quantity - shipping classes settings and additional costs

the shipping cost will then depend on the quantity. So, the plugin helps you manage your WooCommerce product quantity and transportation costs much better. 🪙

Flexible shipping costs in WooCommerce

WooCommerce advanced product quantities and units - Summary

In today’s article, you’ve seen how to improve product management in your store.

Most of all, how to use the powerful options to add new units of measure and advanced settings for quantities, pricing, and shipping costs per WooCommerce product.

Start setting product quantity options and change the units of measure with a free plugin!

Read the plugin documentation and visit the plugin's product page to see all features of the extension! One more thing! You can also test the PRO in your free demo.

Flexible Quantity Calculator for WooCommerce £79

Enable product price calculation based on dimensions on the product page. Set price and shipping thresholds for product quantities.

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Plugins used by 235,546+ shops
Last Updated: 2023-03-16
Works with WooCommerce 7.2 - 7.5.x

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