Overview
↑ Back to topThe Buy One Get One Free plugin includes the “Product as a gift” promotion type (review all promotion types included in the plugin). This promotion type allows you to offer gifts to your customers for their purchases.
The plugin will display the gifts (products at a special price) in the “Choose your gift” area.
In this article, you’ll review:
- How the “Product as a gift” promotion type works.
- How to create a promotion in which the customer can choose a gift.
- How to create a promotion that adds a product to the cart automatically.
- How to customize the appearance of the gifts section.
Offer Gifts to Your Customer
↑ Back to topThis section will show how the “Product as a gift” promotion type works. Before reading this article, take a moment to review how to add and manage BOGO Promotions in the Getting Started guide.
The products you set as a gift must be purchasable, i.e., they must be public and in stock (or out of stock, but they allow backorders).
Allow the customer to choose the gift
↑ Back to topIn our example, the customer can select a product from the “Accessories” category for free if he buys two “Long Sleeve Tee.”
Below, you can see a screenshot with the promotion details.
When the customer adds two “Long Sleeve Tee” to the cart, the plugin will display a notice to notify the user that he can add one product for free.
The plugin will show a pop-up with the available products that the customer can buy at a special price after clicking the link “Click here to choose your gift.”
In our example, the customer can add one accessory for free. After adding the free accessory, the plugin closes the pop-up since there are no more products to add at a special price.
You can customize the notice and the pop-up in the Appearance menu
Add a gift automatically to the cart
↑ Back to topThe Product as a gift” promotion type also allows configuring offers that automatically add a product to the cart when the customer buys other products.
We’ll use the example “Buy three hoodies (of any color) and get one cap for free” to show how this option works.
After the customer purchases three hoodies, the plugin adds a free cap to the cart and notifies the user with a message.
Customizing the pop-up and notice
↑ Back to topThe Buy One Get One Free plugin lets you customize the pop-up design and notice without adding code.
Go to WooCommerce > Buy One Get One Free > Settings and use the Pop-up and Notice tabs to make your adjustments.
If you updated the plugin from a version before 5.0, you must set the option “Display eligible free gifts on” to “Pop Up” in the plugin settings to enable the Appearance menu.
Pop-up
↑ Back to topThis section lets you customize the pop-up’s appearance and behavior.
- Open the pop-up automatically.
When enabled, the pop-up displays as soon as a customer qualifies for a reward. - Show on the shop pages.
By default, the pop-up and notice appear on the cart and checkout pages. When enabled, the pop-up also appears on shop pages.
Title
Set the Pop-up title, font, and text alignment.
The placeholder [qty] displays the number of products customers can add to the cart at a special price. You can use it in the title.
Layout
These are options that affect the design of the products in the pop-up. You can customize the product card design, products per row, rows per page, and font.
Add to cart button
Select one of two options:
- Theme default: Displays the button using the theme style.
- Custom: Allows you to customize the button text color, background color, padding, and border-radius.
Notice
↑ Back to topThis section lets you configure the notice that invites customers to select their reward from the pop-up.
Message
Enter the notice message. Use [qty] to display the number of available items.
Button text
Enter the text for the link that opens the pop-up.
Appearance
By default, the notice displays as a WooCommerce notice, but you can select to display it on a top bar.
The “Top bar” option lets you customize the background, text, and button colors.
FAQs
↑ Back to topDoes the extension allow customers to select a variation as a gift?
↑ Back to topYes, customers can choose a variation of a variable product if you select “Customer can choose the gift” in the promotion settings.
Can I choose the variations offered as a gift?
↑ Back to topYes. You can use conditions to define the variations included in the offer.
Can I set up a discount price instead of free?
↑ Back to topYes. The plugin allows you to set a percentage discount in the offer details.
Is the extension compatible with “All Products for WooCommerce Subscriptions”?
↑ Back to topYes. The plugin removes subscription options for the “gift” products.
Can the customer remove the “gift” product from the cart?
↑ Back to topYes. The customer can remove the gift from the cart. After removing it, the plugin will display the “choose a gift” notices again.
Can I set a “private” product as a gift?
↑ Back to topNo. To the customer can add a product to the cart, the product must be public. If you want to hide the “gift” product, you can use the visibility options.
Can I offer the gifts only if the customer spends more than a specific amount?
↑ Back to topYes. The BOGO promotions support the minimum amount restriction. Review this restriction in the getting started guide.
Can I offer the gifts only if the customer uses a coupon?
↑ Back to topYes. Use the coupon restriction field in the promotion settings.