Ultimate Guide for Magento 2 Free Gift

Get four additional promo actions to automatically add free items to cart. Display custom banners to inform visitors about special offers and let them select a gift among available promo products.

• 5 extra auto add promo actions
• Informative banners on product pages
• Offer to add non-free products as a gift
• Add only in-stock products as promo items
• Full support for coupons functionality
• Convenient rule setting via Free Gift Rules Wizard
• Different product types support

To configure the extension settings, please go to Stores→ Configuration→ Amasty Extensions→ Free Gift.

Add Simple/Virtual/Downloadable Products Automatically, Without Confirmation - enable automatic adding promo products to the cart. Select Yes, discounted and free products if you want non-free products to be added to cart automatically as well.

Auto Add Free Items Based on Cart Amount - specify the cart amount type, basing on which a free gift will be automatically added. You may choose Subtotal Before Discounts or Subtotal After Discount.

Gifts Selection Method - Сhoose here the way customers will select gifts in the pop-up window in the cart.

Multiple - a customer selects item(s) by using checkbox(es) and then click 'Add to Cart' button.

One By One - a customer adds item(s) by using 'Add to Cart' buttons.

Popup header text - Specify the pop-up window header text you want to be displayed to customers.

'Add to Cart' button text - Enter the text for the 'Add to Cart' button.

Message For The Free Item In The Cart - Specify the default message to display it next to free or discounted items in the shopping cart.

Prefix For The Free Item Name In The Order - Indicate the default prefix that will be used with promo items on order pages in the admin panel.

Add Free Gift Message - Specify the message that will be displayed in the pop-up window with promo items.

Open Popup Automatically -If the option is set to ‘Yes’, customers will see the pop-up automatically when rule conditions are met.

Show Original Price in the Popup - If the option is set to ‘Yes’, the discounted products in the pop up will be displayed with a strike-through old price and a new price. If you choose 'No' - a customer will see only a new price.

Display Error Messages - Set to ‘Yes’ if you need error messages to be displayed.

Display Success Messages - Enable success messages when a promo item is added to cart.

Display Remaining Gifts Counter - With this option, you can display in the pop-up the number of available gifts.

Reminder about Available Promos - Use this option to show a special reminder message on the frontend catalog pages to inform customers about available gifts. Set the option to 'Yes' to specify a custom message.

Notification Message - Specify the text of a notification message.

Do not Offer Promos for Products with Special Price - Enable the setting if you don't want to apply promo rules to products with special price. This will help to avoid double discounts application. When the setting is enabled, tune up the next field:

Do not Offer Promos for Configurable Products when Child has Special Price - Enable, if you want not to apply promo rules to configurable products if one (or more) of its child product has a special price.

Validate condition based on - validate conditions for banners display based either on Product Page or on the Shopping Cart Contents.

Enable Top Banners - Use the option to display promo banners on top of a product page.

Enable After Product Description Banner - This option shows banners above the 'Add to Cart' button.

Show One Banner Only - If the option is set to 'Yes' only one banner from the matched rules (depending on the priority of the rule) will be shown. Select `No` to show all banners from matched rules.

In this section you can configure the promo items display.

Gift Image Width (px) - Set promo images width.

Gift Image Height (px) - Set promo images height.

Product Attribute for Header/ Description - Use text attributes like Name and Short Description to display additional info about promo items when a customer hovers the mouse over the promo item image

Create numerous cart price rules and quickly view the most important rule information. To view the list of rules or create a new one please go to Marketing → Cart Price Rules.

On a convenient grid, all the rules are displayed. You can Edit a rule by clicking the necessary one or Duplicate it via Actions column.

To perform mass action, tick them and expand Actions dropdown menu. It is possible to Delete, Enable/Disable rules, set Top Priority or Lowest priority right on the grid. Click Submit to apply an action.

To create a new rule, click Add New Rule or use our handy Free Gift Rules Wizard.

Free Gift Rules Wizard allows to create all basic rules simply in 4 steps. It will help you to avoid complicated settings and configure a rule quickly.

To create a rule via Wizard, press Free Gift Rules Wizard on the grid page or go to Marketing → Free Gift Rules Wizard.

Determine the type of the desired promotion and action mechanics.

Two scenarios are possible:

• A customer adds N products to the cart and gets free gifts - choose this scenario to create a rule based on the number of products in a cart;
• A customer reaches $X amount and gets free gifts - choose this one to configure a rule according to the total amount.

This step allows to configure the general mechanics of your promo action according to the scenario you’ve chosen in Step 1.

For N products rule

How many products customer needs to buy to get a free item? - specify products quantity that the customers need to buy to get a free gift.

Which products customer needs to buy? - choose Any products to give a free gift according to the products number only, or choose Specific products to which the promotion will be applied.

If you set Specific products, set the conditions according to which particular items will include a free gift.

How many free products will receive your customer? - specify the quantity of free products you want your customers to get.

Which products your customer will be gifted - choose which product your customers will get as a gift: The same as added to the cart or Different products.

In case Different Products are set, decide if:

• Your customer will be able to choose free products (any combination but up to the allowed maximum);
• Your customer will get N free products of each kind specified in the 'List your free products' field.

List your free products - add your promo products.

Click Add products button to choose the needed ones from your list. Tick them and hit the Add selected products button.

For $X amount rule

Here specify Cart Subtotal amount in Base Currency, before taxes and discounts that a customer should spend. Then, similar to N products rule, select products that a customer need to buy, how many free products your customer will receive and choose promo products.

Configure general settings of the rule.

The extension allows to apply the rules only after a particular coupon is used. Specify if the rule will be triggered automatically or a specific coupon code is needed.

Websites - specify the websites on which the rule should be applied.

Customer Groups - select customer groups for which the rule will be applied.

How many times your rule will be triggered? - specify how many times a customer can get a free gift:

• Only First Time when conditions are met;
• Every Time when conditions are met;
• Every Time with Limit when conditions are met.

If you want to apply the rule Every Time with Limit, in the next field set the maximum number of times your rule will be triggered.

Do you have extra criteria for applying the rule? - set special conditions for applying the rule if needed via conditions tree.

In this block you will see an auto generated preview of the rule: it helps to check without leaving the page how the rule will work. If the summary does not match your requirements, you can easily go to the necessary step and change the settings.

Rule Name - the title of your promotion will be generated automatically.

Rule is Active? - enable/disable the rule.

Summary For N products rule

Summary For $X amount rule

In case everything is set correctly, Save the Rule.

You will be redirected to the Cart Price Rules grid. In the convenient pop-up you can use a link to set more advanced configuration such as promo banners, product labels, etc.

To create a specific rule, go to Marketing → Cart Price Rules. Click Add New Rule.

Here the example of a discount rule is presented.

Rule Name - Indicate the rule name that will be shown on the Rules grid.

Description - Specify a short rule description (optional).

Status - Activate/Deactivate the rule at any time.

Websites - Specify websites on which the rule should be applied.

Customer Groups - Select customer groups for which the rule will be applied.

Coupon - you can either enable the coupon option and specify a particular coupon code with the usage limit or disable the option to automatically add free gifts to cart.

Uses per Customer - specify how many times the rule can be used by one customer. The option works for logged in customers only.

From/to - Specify the time period during which the rule will be active.

Priority - Set the rule priority to regulate the order of rules application.

Public In RSS Feed - enable this option to notify your subscribers about special promotions.

Conditions define in which case your promo will be applied.

Actions determine what benefits a customer will get if he/she fulfills the promo conditions.

Apply - select one of available promo actions.

With this extension you get 5 unique discount actions to enrich your promotional possibilities:

• Auto add promo items with products
• Auto add promo items for the whole cart
• Auto add the same product
• Auto add promo items for every $X spent
• Add gift with each N-th product in the cart

Number Of Gift Items - Specify the number of promo items provided for each discount step.

Type - Choose ‘All SKUs below’ option to automatically add to cart all promo items. ‘One of the SKUs below’ option will allow customers to choose one of the available promo items, specified in Promo Items field.

Promo Items - Define the SKUs of products that will be granted as gifts.

Maximum Qty Discount is Applied To - it’s possible to specify the maximum number of products with discount a customer can get per order.

Discount Qty Step (Buy X) - choose per how many paid products one free item should be added.

Discard subsequent rules - if the option is set to 'Yes' all subsequent rules will not be applied.

Apply tax on the original price of promo items added for free - it's possible to tax gift products based on their original price.

Apply shipping on promo items added for free - if 'No', free gifts won't be counted when the shipping price is calculated, i.e. gifts will be shipped for free.

With this option, you can offer your customers not only free items but discounted products as well.

Promo Items Discount - here you can set a fixed price (e.g. 20), a fixed discount (e.g. -20) or a percent discount (e.g. 50%). If you want to add a product for free, leave this field empty.

Minimal Price - here you can specify a minimal discounted price for the suggested promo items in the pop-up. For example, you set a 50% discount and a minimal discounted price to be '10'. In this case, if the product you offer in the pop-up costs less then $21, its price after the discount will be 10$.

Please note that you can also set an option that will automatically add non-free products to the cart on the General tab at Stores→ Configuration→ Amasty Extensions→ Free Gift.

Default Rule Label for All Store Views - In the ‘Labels’ tab you can preset the promo text to display on in the shopping cart when the rule is applied. It's also possible to set different promo texts for different websites and store views.

Upload a custom image for the top banner and specify its parameters according to your needs.

On Hover Text - Specify the text that will be shown on a mouse hover.

Link - Specify the page to which the banner should lead.

Show Gift images - Choose whether to display promo items.

Configure the display of the 'After Product Description Banner' in the same way.

The link with available promo items is added to the shopping cart page.

Here is the example of a special popup which appears on the shopping cart once a customer clicks on the Free Gift link.

Customers can select necessary options of a configurable promo item.

All promo items added to cart are marked with a special label.

Promo banner placed on top of a product page.

Promo banner with an additional text. It's also possible to the display the text only without showing the banner.

Display available promo items right on a product page.

The advanced add-on functionality allows you to see a detailed overview of rules' performance on a handy dashboard. Get actionable insights on how special offers impact sales to timely manage your marketing strategy and save money.

With the add-on, you can see the efficiency of your promo campaigns in one click. To see the reports, please navigate to Admin Panel → Reports → Marketing → Free Gift Reports

On a dashboard, you'll see the sections with statistics and charts.

You can also select the Customer Groups and Date Range. After choosing the inputs you need, press the Refresh button. The reports for specified selection will be displayed on a dashboard below.

On a Statistics block, the following data is presented:

• Total Sales - the sum of all purchases that were completed during the chosen timeframe.
• Orders - total number of orders that were completed during the selected period.
• Average Cart Total - a calculated average cart value includes both types of purchases (with and without promotion rules applied).
• Promo Items per Order - an average number of promotional items that were placed in the cart. Applicable only for carts that had one or more rules triggered.

The chart compares the Average Order Values for orders with and without promo rules applied. This way, you can see clear numbers of how promotional rules impact sales.

To update the statistics, please go to Reports → Statistics → Refresh Statistics. Then, on a grid, select the Amasty Free Gift report and press the Submit button.

The extension fully supports Magento's default two-step Checkout, extra Checkout steps provided by payment gateway extensions, and One Step Checkout by Amasty.

The extension is compatible with most non-default Checkout routines which require a single Shipping address.

The extension is not intended to be used with Order splitting of any kind.

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