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Practical guides for building better WooCommerce, WordPress and Booknetic sites — drawn from the plugins we make.
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Add a delivery date picker to the WooCommerce checkout (free)
Let customers pick a delivery date (and time) at the WooCommerce checkout — with min/max limits, conditional visibility per shipping method, and an optional express-delivery fee. Free, on classic and Block checkout.
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Sell by size in WooCommerce: measurement & area-based pricing (free)
Price WooCommerce products by width × height, length or any measurement — with a formula, a minimum charge and a live price breakdown. Free with Alovio Product Options.
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How to accept Paystack payments in Booknetic
Add Paystack as a payment method in Booknetic — NGN, GHS, ZAR, KES, USD, EUR and GBP, one-click API key setup, and per-tenant accounts on Booknetic SaaS.
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Add custom product options and paid add-ons to WooCommerce
Sell engraving, gift wrap, made-to-order sizes and finishes as paid product options — 18 field types, five pricing modes including formulas, conditional logic and a live price breakdown. No code, 100% free.
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How to add a fee to the WooCommerce checkout (free)
Gift wrapping, priority processing, small-order surcharges — here is how to let any checkout field add a fee to the WooCommerce order total, live, without code or a paid plugin.
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Let customers upload a file at the WooCommerce checkout
Artwork, prescriptions, permits, reference photos — how to add a secure file-upload field to the WooCommerce checkout, with the file attached to the order. Free, on classic and Block checkout.
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How to set ZIP codes for locations in Booknetic
Booknetic has no built-in postcode-to-branch matching. Here is how to assign ZIP codes to each location so customers are routed to the right branch automatically.
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Add custom fields to the WooCommerce Block checkout (Store API)
The new WooCommerce Block (Cart & Checkout) checkout breaks many custom-field plugins. Here is how to add checkout fields that render, validate and save on both the Block and classic checkout — with conditional logic, free.
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Build a service price calculator in WordPress (cleaning, moving & more) — free
Add an instant price or quote calculator to your WordPress site for cleaning, moving, construction, solar and other services — with live totals, conditional logic and lead capture, free and no code.
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Turn the Booknetic customer panel into a real dashboard
The stock Booknetic customer panel works, but it reads like a settings page. Here is how to give customers a modern account portal — appointment cards, reschedule and pay drawers, packages and six themes — with no core edits.
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Accept bank transfer payments in Booknetic
Card fees eat margins and some customers simply prefer paying by transfer. Add a native bank-transfer method to Booknetic — instant pending booking, customer confirmation, and one-click admin approval.
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Build a self-service help center for your Booknetic SaaS
Every repeated support ticket is a missing article. Add a structured, searchable knowledge base inside Booknetic — topics, live search, article voting and analytics — so tenants and customers answer their own questions.
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Reduce no-shows in Booknetic with email verification
Fake and mistyped email addresses create no-show bookings and dead reminder lists. A six-digit OTP that blocks the Booknetic booking flow until the email is confirmed fixes both — here is how it works.
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Send SMS, WhatsApp and email campaigns from inside Booknetic
Re-activate past customers and fill quiet days by messaging your Booknetic customer list directly — audience segments, templates, a queue with retries, and per-recipient logs. No exports, no third-party tools.
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Add conditional fields to the WooCommerce checkout (without code)
Collect gift messages, delivery dates, tax IDs and more at the WooCommerce checkout — with conditional rules that show each field only when it is relevant. Works on classic and Block checkout.
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How to add a price calculator to WordPress and WooCommerce (no code)
Build a live, formula-driven price or quote calculator for any WordPress page or WooCommerce product — fields, conditional logic and instant totals, without touching code.
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