Description
Time-Based Offers for WooCommerce is a powerful extension designed to boost your conversion rates using behavioral triggers and FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out).
Instead of showing generic popups immediately, this plugin tracks how long a user spends looking at a specific product. If they stay on the page for your configured “Trigger Time” without buying, it automatically presents a targeted, time-limited discount offer to push them towards a purchase.
Major features include:
* Behavioral Triggers: Show offers only to engaged users after a specific time.
* Two-Tier Offers: Automatically present a secondary (better) offer if the user closes the first one.
* Countdown Timers: Create real urgency with visual countdown timers on the product and checkout pages.
* Detailed Analytics: Built-in dashboard to track Impressions, Claims, Purchases, and Revenue generated by your campaigns.
* Flexible Targeting: Apply rules to specific products, categories, or globally.
* Advanced Scheduling: Date ranges, days of week, and time windows.
* Popup Customization: Colors, fonts, logo, and live preview in Settings.
* Server-Side Licensing: Free trial (email) or Pro license key with remote verification.
* HPOS Compatible: Fully compatible with WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage.
Licensing
This plugin requires an active free trial or Pro license to run.
- Free Trial: Register on our website, then enter the same email in Settings Free Trial.
- Pro License: Purchase on our website, then enter your license key in Settings Pro Plan License.
- Trial expired: Product Rules are locked and storefront popups stop until you upgrade to Pro.
Payment Methods
Payments are processed on our website via Paddle (not inside WordPress):
- Google Pay, Apple Pay, PayPal, Credit/Debit Card
- Free Trial: $0 — start from Pricing Start Free Trial
- Pro Plan: one-time payment in USD or INR
- License key available in My Account after Pro purchase
External services
This plugin is a client for the Time-Based Offers service at https://woosmartdiscounts.store. It does not work without an account (free trial or Pro license).
- License / trial check (verify-license.php): your license key or trial email, your site URL and the plugin version are sent when you save them in Settings and once a day.
- Discount rules (store-rules.php): your discount rules are stored on the service. When you create, edit or delete a rule, the rule settings and the product/category name are sent. Every 6 hours the plugin downloads a signed copy of your active rules.
- Discount claims (discount-claim.php): when a shopper claims a discount, the product ID, its category IDs, the rule ID and an anonymous shopper ID (a one-way hash of the WooCommerce session ID) are sent. No names, emails or order details of shoppers are sent.
Terms of service: https://woosmartdiscounts.store/terms-of-service.php
Privacy policy: https://woosmartdiscounts.store/privacy-policy.php
Installation
- Upload the plugin folder to the
/wp-content/plugins/directory, or install the ZIP file via the WordPress plugin dashboard. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- Go to Time-Based Offers Settings and activate either:
- Free Trial — enter the email you registered on our website, then Save Trial Email
- Pro Plan License — enter your license key after purchase, then Save License
- Navigate to Time-Based Offers Product Rules to create your first discount campaign.
FAQ
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Does it work with caching plugins?
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Yes, the plugin uses AJAX to deliver the popup and timer, making it compatible with caching plugins like WP Rocket and LiteSpeed Cache.
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What happens when my free trial expires?
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Product Rules cannot be edited, rules show as paused on the shop, and discount popups stop appearing. Activate a Pro license to continue.
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Do I need both trial email and license key?
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No. Use one or the other. A valid Pro license works even after trial expiry.
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
1.3.0
- Renamed plugin to Time-Based Offers for WooCommerce (new slug: time-based-offers-for-woocommerce).
- One plugin for trial and Pro — your account plan decides the features.
- Discount rules are now stored in your Time-Based Offers account (existing rules are moved automatically on first connection).
- Discount rules and discounts are signed by the Time-Based Offers service and verified by the plugin.
1.2.8
- Renamed plugin to Smart Discounts for WooCommerce (WordPress.org trademark compliance).
- Separate Free Trial and Pro Plan License settings sections.
- Server-side license verification with trial expiry enforcement.
- Product Rules and frontend locked when trial expires (no valid Pro license).
- Improved license cache and access control.
1.0.0
- Initial release.