Buy 2 Get 1 Free Discounts
This help file is for the "simple" buy 2, get 1 free type discount.
If you need something more customised/complex - please look at a custom discount. Also adding a free item to cart automatically
- Log in to your Website CMS.
- Navigate to: Ecommerce > Discounts / Promo Codes
- On the right-hand menu, click Add Buy X Get Y Free Promo.
- Enter the following details:
- Promo Code (Optional): Add a code if you’d like customers to enter it at checkout.
- Category (Optional): If the promotion applies to a specific category only, select that category from the dropdown list.
- Quantity: Enter the total number of items required to trigger the offer, including the free ones. Example: For a “Buy 2, Get 1 Free” offer, enter 3 here.
- Get Free Quantity: Enter the number of free items to give (e.g. 1).
- Click Add Promotion to save your offer. The promotion will now appear in your Discounts list.
- Test the Offer. Visit your website’s store and add the required number of items to your cart. Check that the discount is correctly applied at checkout.
More Learning
To have a buy 2 get 1 free, it needs to have 3 items in the cart, as the customer will take 3 items out of the shop. So the condition is where 3 items are purchased.
However, if the free item is from a different category, that the conditional/reference items, then you can just specify 2. Because, buy 2 oranges get 1 apple free, then once you have 2 oranges, then apples become free. So min quantity of oranges is 2, target item is apples, and get 100% off 1 item of apples, per reference quantity.
If a more complex offer is needed as below, use the custom discounts area:
Examples
Buy 2 oranges, get 1 orange free.
- Discount: 100%
- Discount Category: Oranges
- Limit Discount 1
- Allowance repeats per min quantity
- Only If items purchased from category: Oranges
- Min quantity = 3 (including the free item)
Buy 2 oranges, get 1 apple free
- Discount: 100%
- Valid for Category: Apples
- Limit Discount 1
- Allowance repeats per min quantity
- Only If items purchased from category: Oranges
- Min quantity = 2 (Only oranges are counted here)
Spend $100, get 1 free orange
- Discount: 100%
- Valid for Category: Oranges
- Limit Discount 1
- Allowance per order
- Minimum spend: $100
More From This Section
Here is how you add function of vouchers and discounts to your site
Set up voucher products that send the voucher code to the customer as an email once paid.
If you have not set up a product as a voucher, you can still adjust it to be one, or edit settings afterwards.
Our voucher management tool allows you to limit vouchers to a product or category and allows you to set expiry dates.
Learn how to apply a basic Category % Discount
If you require more complexity to your discounts, you can apply a custom discount.
Freight can be discounted in many ways
Learn how to create a discount of the type buy 2 get 1 free (or similar)
You can enable customers to earn loyalty points on paid purchases, which can then be applied as a credit on their next order
Loyalty points belong to a website as a whole, but are calculated/redeemable on page rules basis. Each shopping cart just need be setup with same loyalty point rules. All values must be > 0
You can set a sale product with RRP and reduced Checkout Price to have a limited number of uses.
Custom tags that can be used in the voucher template
If your customer is eligible for a free item, this can be added to their cart automatically.
The minimum spend option of the discount settings can have different logic depending on the structure of the discount.
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