WooCommerce: Is it possible to create links with specific products in the basket?

Sometimes it can be useful to have the ability to create links that place specific products directly into the user's shopping basket. This can be useful, especially if you want to allow your customers to add products to their basket with a single click. It's important to note that the feature only works if you have already created the products in your WooCommerce shop. You also need to make sure that the ID of the products is correctly specified in the link, otherwise the feature will not work.

To create a link that adds a specific product to the basket, you need to add a unique URL parameter. This parameter is usually called "add-to-cart" and contains the product ID.

Here's an example of how you can create a link that adds the product with ID 123 to the basket:

https://dinwebshop.com/?add-to-cart=123

When users click on this link, the product with ID 123 will automatically be added to their shopping basket. This can be handy if you want to share a direct link to a product in your marketing materials or social media posts, for example.

Here's an example of how you can create a link that adds the product with ID 123 to the basket with a quantity of 3:

https://dinwebshop.com/?add-to-cart=123&quantity=3

In this case, the product with ID 123 will be added to the basket with a quantity of 3. You can of course change the value of the "quantity" parameter to the desired number.

Make the customer experience even easier by using the URL swipe from the basket page to navigate customers directly to the basket.

It's actually quite smart to use URL slugs from the basket page so that the customer is directly redirected to the basket when a product is automatically added. This can provide a more seamless user experience and save time for the customer.

When adding a product to the cart using URL parameters, you can include the cart URL slug as part of the URL. This can be done by adding the "add-to-cart" action and the product ID followed by the URL slug.

Here's an example of what the URL might look like:

https://dinwebshop.com/cart/?add-to-cart=123&quantity=1

When users click on this link, the product with ID 123 will automatically be added to their shopping basket with a quantity of 1 and they will be redirected to the basket page where they can view and edit the contents of their basket.

This makes it very easy for your customers to get an instant overview of their basket contents.

Remember to change "cart" to something else if your cart page url looks different.

What about direct links that navigate to the payment page?

Yep, you can make it even easier for the customer! You can also navigate customers directly to the payment page (checkout) when the product is automatically added.

Here's an example of how you can create a link that adds the product with ID 123 to the basket with a quantity of 1 and sends the customer directly to the payment page:

https://dinwebshop.com/checkout/?add-to-cart=123&quantity=1

When users click on this link, the product with ID 123 will automatically be added to their shopping basket with a quantity of 1 and they will be redirected directly to the checkout page. This gives customers a quick and seamless experience by skipping the basket page and going straight to checkout.

Please note that this is just an example and you will need to customise the URL to your own payment page URL slug, after which you can test the functionality of the URL redirect to ensure that customers are redirected correctly to the desired payment page.

What about variable products that have different attributes and options? Can you still link directly to a specific variation of a product?

Yes, you can! WooCommerce also allows you to create links that add specific variations of a product to the basket.

Here's an example of how you can create a link that adds a specific variation of a product with ID 123 to the basket:

https://dinwebshop.com/?add-to-cart=123&variation_id=456&attribute_pa_color=blue&attribute_pa_size=large&quantity=1

In this example, "variation_id" is used to identify the specific variation of the product, while "attribute_pa_color" and "attribute_pa_size" specify the selected attributes of the variation (in this case colour and size). You can customise these parameters to suit your own product and its variations.

When users click on this link, the desired variation of the product with ID 123 will be added to their shopping basket with the specified quantity.

How about adding a discount code along with the product?

WooCommerce allows you to include a discount code in your link so that the customer automatically gets the discount when they add the product to their basket and checkout.

Here's an example of how you can create a link that adds a specific discounted item to the basket:

https://dinwebshop.com/?add-to-cart=123&quantity=1&coupon=SUMMERSALE

In this example, the "coupon" parameter is used to specify the discount code value (here it is "SUMMERSALE"). You can customise this parameter to match your own discount code.

When customers click on this link, the product with ID 123 will be added to their basket with the specified quantity and the discount will be applied at checkout.