Quantities and minimum orders

Trade customers often buy by the case. Wholesaleline lets each group have its own quantity rules for a product, and its own minimum order value.

Quantity rules for a product

1. Edit the product and open its Wholesale tab.
2. For each group, fill in what applies:
   • Minimum: the fewest the customer may order.
   • Maximum: the most they may order.
   • Step: the pack size. With 6, they order 6, 12, 18 and so on.
3. Click Update.

Leave a field empty for no rule. A variable product's rules apply to each of its variations.

What customers see

• The quantity box on the product page starts at the minimum (rounded up to the pack size) and goes up in steps of the pack size.
• Add to cart buttons on the shop and category pages add the minimum (rounded up to the pack size).
• Adding an amount that breaks the rule shows a message straight away, such as "Order at least 6 of "Stoneware mug"." or ""Stoneware mug" is sold in multiples of 6."
• The cart and checkout, classic or block, don't let an order through until the quantities are right. The classic cart shows a message for each line to change; the Cart block changes a line's quantity to the nearest one allowed by itself.

Customers without a group, and guests, order any quantity.

A minimum order value

1. Go to WooCommerce → Wholesale and edit the group.
2. Under Ordering, enter the Minimum order, for example 150.
3. Click Save group.

The group's customers can't check out until their cart subtotal reaches it. They see "Your account has a minimum order of $150.00. Your cart comes to $52.50." in the cart and at checkout, and the minimum under My Account → Wholesale account.

The subtotal is the one the customer sees: with or without tax, as the store (or the group's Show prices) displays it. Shipping isn't counted.