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September 22, 2026

How to display tiered pricing for variable products without selecting a variation

Show the pricing table on a variable product from the first second: a default variation in WooCommerce, the plugin’s default variation, or shared pricing for all variations.

Show tiered prices on variable products before a variation is picked

On a variable product every variation can have its own tiers, so Tiered Pricing Table for WooCommerce waits until the customer picks a variation before it knows which table to show. When your variations share the same prices, or you simply want the table on the page from the first second, one setting fixes it.

Option 1: preselect a variation in WooCommerce

WooCommerce can open the product with a variation already chosen. In the product editor go to Variations → Default Form Values, choose a value for each attribute and update the product. The variation is selected on load, so the price, the Add to cart button and the pricing table appear at once.

Use this when it is fine for the attribute dropdowns to start with a value.

Option 2: the plugin’s default variation

If the dropdowns should stay empty until the customer decides, tell the plugin which variation’s table to show in the meantime. Open the product’s Tiered Pricing tab, expand Additional Options and pick a variation under Default variation.

The Tiered Pricing tab of a variable product with the default variation and the shared pricing option
Additional Options of a variable product: Default variation and Variations share pricing.

The table shows as soon as the page loads, with the dropdowns still empty. When the customer chooses a variation, the table switches to that variation’s tiers.

A variable product page with the pricing table shown before a variation is selected
Nothing selected yet, and the tiers are already there.

When every variation costs the same

Tick Variations share pricing next to the default variation. The plugin then keeps the default variation’s table for every choice instead of reloading it, which makes the page a little faster and avoids the table flashing on each change. A default variation is required for this option; any variation will do, since the prices are identical.

One set of tiers for all variations

Enter the tiers once on the parent product (the Tiered Pricing tab of the variable product). Variations without tiers of their own use the parent’s rules, so you do not have to repeat them on every variation.