Coupons have two other settings tabs used for the configuration of coupons: Usage Restrictions and Usage Limits. Below, we provide detailed descriptions of each of the options in these tabs.

In the usage restrictions menu are options to restrict the use of the coupon to certain cart totals, products, and customers. Below, we describe each type of restriction that you can apply to a coupon:

• Minimum spend – Set the minimum subtotal needed to use the coupon.  Note: WooCommerce uses the sum of cart subtotal + tax to determine the minimum amount.
• Maximum spend – Set the maximum subtotal allowed when using the coupon.
• Individual use only – Tick the box if the coupon cannot be used in combination with other coupons.
• Exclude sale items – Tick the box if the coupon does not apply to products on sale. Per-cart coupons don’t work when a sale item is added afterward.
• Products – The coupon can be applied to these specific products, or these products must be in the cart for the coupon discount to apply.
• Exclude products – You cannot apply the coupon to these specific products, or these products cannot be in the cart for the coupon discount to apply.
• Product categories – The coupon applies to only these categories or requires specific categories in the cart for the discount to apply.
• Exclude categories – The coupon does not apply to these categories, or specific categories must not be in the cart for the coupon discount to apply.
• Allowed Emails/Email restrictions – These are email addresses that can use a coupon. Verified against customer’s billing email. WooCommerce also allows you to include a wildcard character (*) to match multiple email addresses, for example, `*@gmail.com` would allow any @gmail.com email address to use the coupon.

Usage limits specify how many times customers can use a coupon. There are three ways to limit coupon usage:

• Usage limit per coupon – Each coupon has a usage limit indicating how many times all customers can use it before it becomes invalid.
• Limit usage to X items – Customers can apply the coupon to a maximum of X items before it becomes invalid. Note: This field only works if specific products are added to the products field in “Usage Restrictions”.
• Usage limit per user – Each customer can use the coupon a certain number of times before it becomes invalid specifically for that customer.

Once you’ve configured all settings, select Publish and your coupon is ready to use.

If you do not want the coupon to be immediately available, you can schedule it to become available on a future date/time using the option in the Publish settings: