Price Drop Alert - Webkul Blog (2024)

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• Set the price alert module status as enable or disable.
• The admin can select the email templates of subscription emails.
• Admin can choose whether to apply price drop subscription on all products or to specific products.
• Any user can subscribe or unsubscribe to receive price drop alerts.
• The registered and guest users can subscribe to an unlimited number of products.
• The users receive mail notifications when they click subscribe.
• The guest user can unsubscribe from the price drop alert through mail only.
• The registered users can unsubscribe from the price drop alert from their respective accounts and mail.
• The admin can view the price drop alert subscription log.
• The admin can change the subscription status of a user.
• The module supports various language translations.
• The source code is open for customization.
• GraphQl has been implemented for the extension.
• The extension is fully compatible with the Hyva Theme.

Firstly, you need to log in to the Webkul Store, go to My Account>My Purchased Products section, verify, and then download and extract the contents of this zip folder on the system.

#2 Upload Folder

Once the module zip is extracted, follow pathsrc>appand then copy theappfolder into theMagento 2 rootdirectory on the server as shown below:

Go toMagento 2and then you need to copy both the Access Keys – Public Key and Private Key. These access keys will be needed in the next steps for authentication.

If access keys are not created earlier, clickCreate A New Access Key, enter any name and click OK.

#2 Update composer.json File

To know the component name and version number, go to your Magento Marketplace account section,My Profile>My Purchases, then find this extension to view the details.

Please note – Below is an example image, every extension will have its unique component name and version.

After that, navigate to your Magento project directory and update your composer.json file in the following format.

composer require <component-name>:<version>

For example, to install version 5.0.0 of this extension you need to run the following command:

composer require webkul/price-drop-alert:5.0.0

For Multilingual support, please navigate. Store>Configuration>General >Locale Options. And select your desired language from the Locale option.

If you need to do the module translation, please navigate the following path in your system. app/code/Webkul/PriceDropAlert/i18n. Open the file named en_US.CSV for editing as shown in the below screenshot.

Once you have opened the file for editing. Replace the words after the comma(,) on the right with your translated words.

After editing the CSV file, save it and then upload it to the same folder. Now your module translation is complete.

After the module installation, the admin needs to go to Stores>Configuration>Webkul>Price Drop Alert.

The following page will open, the admin needs to do the following-

Price Drop Alert Setting:

Status – Select Enable, to show the price drop alert option on the front end. Else, select Disable to hide the price drop alert option.

Enable Price Drop On All Products:

Status- The admin can apply the price drop subscription on all products or on specific products as Visible on AllorSelect Manually.

Price Drop Alert Email:

Price Drop Subscription Email – The admin can select the email template for the customers, and it will be used when the customers will subscribe to the price drop alert.

Alert Notification Email – Select the email template for the customers, when the price is dropped.

Price Drop Alert Unsubscription Email- Select the email template for the customers, and it will be used when the customers will unsubscribe to the price drop alert.

Click Save Config to apply changes.

Note – However, if the admin set the status of Enable Price Drop On All Products as Select Manually then the admin needs to set the Price Drop Alert as Enable/Disable or Apply Default Config on the product edit page for the customer to able to apply price drop for the specific product.

Create Email Template

The admin can create new templates for the price drop alert subscription. To do that, please go to Marketing>Email Templates>New Template. The following page will appear, select the Price Drop Alert option in Template and enter the content.

The admin can view the subscription list of all the users who have subscribed to price drop alerts. Please go to Price Drop Alert>Price Drop Alert Log, the following list will open. The admin can view the subscriber ID, subscribed product name, image, subscribed user email, subscription date, and status.

Actions – The admin can use this option to change the status of any subscriber.

Filter – The admin can use this option to find any subscriber from the list.

Subscribe-

On the front-end, the users will see the price drop alert option under add to cart button. The users just need to enter their email address and click subscribe button. Guest users can also subscribe to price drop alerts without even logging into the store.

Configurable Product

For the configurable product, users have to select configurations to subscribe for the price drop. After selecting the configurations, users just need to enter their email address and click subscribe button.

Subscription Notification

After entering the email address and clicking the subscribe button, the confirmation notification will be visible to the user as below using the Magento 2 price drop alert.

Subscription Email

Once a user clicks the subscribe button, the user will receive the following email to confirm the price drop alert subscription.

Note- Here the guest user can unsubscribe from the price drop alert through mail only.

Price Drop Alert Email

When the price of the product is dropped, the users will receive the following email in their inbox.

Unsubscribe-

If a subscribed user does not want to receive the price drop alert emails, the user can click the Unsubscribe button, as visible in the screenshot. This functionality is only for the registered users.

Price Drop Alert Unsubscription Email

When a customer will unsubscribe to a product Price drop alert, the customer will receive the following email in the inbox.