Many retailers use this price tag strategy quite successfully. And displaying the amount of savings can increase your ecommerce store conversion rate as well 🙂
So, turning simple product default pricing from “$30 $20″ to “Was $30 – Now $20 – Save $10” is quite easy. With a little CSS you can also style the display and customize it according to your brand guidelines!

Part 1 – PHP Snippet: Display Prices as “Was, Now, Save” for Simple Products on Sale
/**
* @snippet WAS NOW SAVE Price Format
* @how-to Get CustomizeWoo.com FREE
* @sourcecode https://businessbloomer.com/?p=73551
* @author Rodolfo Melogli
* @compatible WooCommerce 3.5.1
* @donate $9 https://businessbloomer.com/bloomer-armada/
*/
add_filter( 'woocommerce_get_price_html', 'bbloomer_simple_product_price_format', 10, 2 );
function bbloomer_simple_product_price_format( $price, $product ) {
if ( $product->is_on_sale() && $product->is_type('simple') ) {
$price = sprintf( __( '<div class="was-now-save"><div class="was">WAS %1$s</div><div class="now">NOW %2$s</div><div class="save">SAVE %3$s</div></div>', 'woocommerce' ), wc_price ( $product->get_regular_price() ), wc_price( $product->get_sale_price() ), wc_price( $product->get_regular_price() - $product->get_sale_price() ) );
}
return $price;
}
Part 2 – CSS Snippet: Display Prices as “Was, Now, Save” for Simple Products on Sale
.was, .now, .save {
width: 50%;
padding: 0.5em 1em;
text-align: center;
}
.was {
background: #636363;
color: white;
}
.now {
background: #acacac;
color: black;
}
.save {
background: #eee;
color: red;
font-size: 120%;
}