It doesn't matter what type of product you sell; there are most likely terms and conditions you would like your customers to be aware of before they check out. These could include your return policy, the software license, or your privacy policy. You could, of course, create a regular WordPress page and add a link in your menu, but that doesn't guarantee that anyone will actually read it.

WooCommerce has a nice feature—a checkbox with a link to the Terms & Conditions page on the checkout page. This forces the user to check that box before completing the transaction. This gives you some assurance that the user actually reads your terms before the purchase and will help you enforce them.

How to do it…

There are two steps to make sure users see your Terms & Conditions page in the checkout. The first stage is to create a regular WordPress page. Perform the following steps:

1. From the WordPress admin, go to Pages | Add New.
2. Enter a title for the page.
3. Enter the content for the page.

   Note

   It's pretty common for businesses to use PDFs or Word documents to pass around information. It is easy to upload those documents directly to your site and just link to them, but it's worth the extra time to pull the content out of those documents and paste it right into the Terms & Conditions page. It will make it much easier for your users to read.

4. Click on Publish.

Now that we have a page with the terms and conditions, we have to tell WooCommerce which page that is. Let's take a look at the following steps:

1. From the WordPress admin, go to WooCommerce | Settings | Checkout.
2. Click on the Terms and Conditions drop-down and select your Terms & Conditions page.
   
3. Click on Save changes.

Now the user will see a checkbox with a link to the Terms & Conditions page before the Place order button.