Setting Up Price Options

Reading time: 5 minutes | Difficulty: Beginner

Overview

Price options define what customers can purchase through your form. Learn how to set up fixed prices, custom amounts, and multiple pricing tiers.

Prerequisites

• A payment form created
• Know your pricing structure

Accessing Price Options

1. Edit your payment form
2. Click the Price Options tab

Adding a Price Option

1. Click Add Price Option
2. Configure the option settings
3. Click outside the panel or add another

Price Option Settings

Each price option has these settings:

Setting	Description
Label	Display name (e.g., “Basic Plan”)
Amount	Price in your default currency
Type	One-time or Subscription
Description	Optional details shown to customer

Fixed Price Options

Set a specific amount customers pay.

Single Product

For selling one item at one price:

1. Add one price option
2. Set the label (e.g., “Product Name”)
3. Enter the amount (e.g., 29.99)

Multiple Tiers

For offering pricing tiers:

1. Add multiple price options
2. Give each a clear label
3. Set different amounts

Example tier setup:

Label	Amount
Basic	$10.00
Standard	$25.00
Premium	$50.00

Custom Amount (Pay What You Want)

Let customers choose their own amount.

Configure Custom Amount

1. Add a price option
2. Enable Custom Amount
3. Set constraints:

Setting	Description
Minimum	Lowest amount allowed
Maximum	Highest amount allowed (optional)
Default	Suggested starting amount

Use Cases

• Donation forms
• Pay-what-you-want products
• Flexible service pricing
• Tips and gratuities

Selection Modes

Control how customers select options.

Single Selection (Default)

Customers choose ONE option:

• Radio button style selection
• Only one option can be selected
• Total = selected option price

Multi-Select Mode

Customers can select MULTIPLE options:

To enable:

1. Go to Price Options tab
2. Find Selection Mode setting

1. Choose Multiple

With multi-select:

• Checkbox style selection
• Multiple options can be selected
• Total = sum of all selected options

Quantity Selection

Allow customers to purchase multiple units.

Enable Quantity

1. Expand a price option
2. Enable Allow Quantity

1. Set quantity constraints:

Setting	Description
Minimum	Lowest quantity (usually 1)
Maximum	Highest quantity allowed
Default	Starting quantity

Quantity Total Display

When quantity is enabled, the total updates in real-time:

Reordering Price Options

Drag and drop to reorder:

1. Hover over a price option header
2. Click and drag to new position
3. Release to drop

The first option is selected by default on the frontend.

Expanding and Collapsing

• Click a price option header to expand/collapse
• Click Expand All or Collapse All for bulk actions

Default Selection

The first price option is selected by default. To change:

1. Reorder options so your preferred default is first
2. Or enable “No default selection” to require explicit choice

Deleting Price Options

1. Expand the price option
2. Click the Delete button
3. Confirm deletion

Note: Deleting a price option doesn’t affect past transactions.

Currency

Price options use the currency set in:
WP Payment Pal > Settings > General > Currency

All prices on a form use the same currency.

Common Configurations

E-commerce Product

• Single fixed price
• Quantity enabled
• Maximum quantity: 10

Service Packages

• Multiple fixed prices
• Single selection
• No quantity

Donation Form

• Custom amount enabled
• Minimum: $5
• Default: $25
• Suggested amounts as fixed options

Event Tickets

• Fixed prices per ticket type
• Quantity enabled per option
• Multi-select mode

Frontend Display

Price Options Display

With Order Summary

What’s Next?

• Creating a Donation Form – Pay-what-you-want setup
• Building a Multi-Product Checkout – Multi-select mode
• Adding Quantity Selection – Quantity controls