YITH WooCommerce Save for later 1.31.0

The YITH WooCommerce Save for Later plugin is a highly effective e-commerce tool designed to combat cart abandonment and improve the customer experience on a WooCommerce store.

It provides customers with a "Save for Later" functionality, typically displayed as a simple link next to each product on the cart page.

🌟 Core Purpose: Organizing the Cart & Reducing Abandonment

The plugin's main goal is to allow shoppers to move products they are not ready to purchase immediately out of their active shopping cart and into a separate, dedicated list.

This serves two crucial purposes:

Cleaner Cart: It allows customers to focus on the items they plan to buy now without deleting the items they want to buy later. This streamlines the checkout process and reduces frustration.

Purchase Reminder: The saved items remain visible and easily accessible on the cart page (or a separate "Saved for Later" page) during future visits, acting as a powerful reminder and eliminating the need to search for those items again.

⚙️ Key Features and Functionality

Feature

Description

Benefit for Store Owner

One-Click Movement

A single click moves the product, including all associated details (like variations, quantity), from the cart to the Save for Later list.

Faster Conversions: Reduces friction in the final checkout steps.

Cross-Session Storage

For logged-in users, saved products are stored indefinitely in their account across multiple sessions and devices.

Customer Retention: Ensures shoppers always return to their saved list, encouraging future purchases.

Guest User Support

Allows guest users to save items, typically using cookies. The duration for which guest items are saved is customizable by the admin (e.g., 60 minutes).

Wider Reach: Captures the interest of non-registered users.

Easy Retrieval

Items can be moved back from the "Save for Later" list into the active cart with a single click at any time.

Improved UX: Simplifies the process of completing a deferred purchase.

Admin Reports

The admin dashboard provides valuable insights, including: Total number of saved products, products purchased from the saved list, and total revenue received from saved items.

Data-Driven Merchandising: Helps identify products with high deferred purchase interest.

Shortcode Display

Provides a shortcode to display the "Save for Later" list on any page of the website (not just the cart page).

Flexibility: Allows the creation of a dedicated "My Saved Items" page.

Integration with Wishlist

(Likely a Pro Feature) Seamlessly integrates with the YITH WooCommerce Wishlist plugin, allowing users to move items between the two lists.

Organized Shopping: Differentiates between items they want to buy later and items they want to track/share (Wishlist).

By allowing customers to organize their intent without deleting products, YITH WooCommerce Save for Later leverages psychological triggers to increase the likelihood of a sale in the near future.