The Hassle-Free Solution for WooCommerce Order Approval Before Payment

Quickly create approval rules for your WooCommerce shop orders based on the customer origin, shipping destination, product categories, single products, and other rules.

• • Pre-approve all WooCommerce orders: All the shop orders will need to be approved by the shop manager or administrator before being paid for.
  • Pre-approve orders based on the customer’s user role: Orders entered by specific user roles or guest users will need to be approved.
  • Pre-approve orders based on the subtotal: Orders above a certain value (excluding taxes, fees, and shipping) will need to be approved.
  • Pre-approve orders based on the customer’s country and state: Orders with a billing or shipping country/state on the approval list need approval.
  • Pre-approve orders for certain WooCommerce shipping zones: Orders belonging to specific WooCommerce shipping zones need to be approved.
  • Pre-approve orders depending on product categories: Orders containing products from specific categories need approval.
  • Pre-approve WooCommerce orders for some products: Orders containing specific products need approval.
  • Pre-approve orders containing products on backorder: Orders containing products on the backorder list need approval.
  • Specific user roles can be excluded from approval: Orders entered by specific user roles will never need to be approved.
  • Build your own approval rules with a developer filter

Easy to Set Up
There’s a centralized dashboard where you can set all the pre-approval rules quickly and easily. Only per-product approval needs to be set on each product on the general tab. You can also set the checkout and order received messages to shop to your customer, indicating this order will need approval before payment.

Keep Your Customer and Yourself Up-to-Date With the Order Status
Two new emails are available after installing the plugin: “Order needs approval” and “Order approved.” There’s also a specific “Order needs approval” for the store owner, so you can act quickly on new orders needing pre-approval.

Simple Workflow
This plugin was developed after attempting other solutions that were overly complicated. We strive to keep the process extremely simple. After you set up the approval rules, the workflow is as simple as possible:

• • Based on the rules, during checkout, the customer will be informed that his order will need to be approved, and no payment options are shown;
  • The order is set to the “Needs approval” custom status, and both the customer and the shop administrator are notified via email.
  • The shop manager or administrator checks the order and approves it by changing it to the “Approved” status*. The customer receives an email informing them the order can now be paid, including a link to choose the payment method.
  • After payment, the regular WooCommerce workflow resumes.

*You can change the status from within the order edit screen or using our custom action buttons on the orders list screen.