Free Gift

[Guidepost]

Hi,

I did ask this question in a thread on the wish list, but think it was in the wrong place, so am asking here!

I am offering a free gift of a first aid kit with any purchase of two or more maps.

The problem I have is that the first aid kit is not for sale - purely a promotional item. Initially, I set the first aid kit up as a product with a nominal 1p price, and hid it on the website. I had thought that the product would automatically be added to the shopping basket once the customer had met the required criteria but this does not happen - the customer has to add it to the basket.

I can't offer the first aid kit for sale, and in order for cutomers who qualify to see it at the checkout they would need to add it to their basket. I could of course just send it to qualifying customers without it appearing in the basket, but think this looks a bit unprofessional, and even if I put a note on the site to this effect would get people contacting me to ask where it was!.

- any ideas?

Thanks,

Rosalyn

[fergusw]

Hi Rosalyn,

We put together an example [no a working demo] of adding a specified product to cart automatically when a condition was met. In our example the condition was when the cart total exceeded a value.
This could possibly be edited to allow the condition to be based on quantity of product rather than value of cart. Is this the kind of thing you are asking for?

[Guidepost]

Hello Fergus,

Thank you for your reply.

Yes, it does look like the kind of thing I need, but as you say based on number of products rather than value.

I have a different (better!) special offer running for the month of March, so I am going to delay this one until April / May, and will be in touch then.

regards,

Rosalyn

[Guidepost]

Hi Fergus,

I forgot to mention above that the link from that page to your Actinic themes page does not work.

Rosalyn

[Guidepost]

Hello Fergus,

Just a quick question - would this allow you to add a product which is hidden on the website?

Thanks,

Rosalyn

[fergusw]

Hi Rosalyn,

The way we currently have it working is that you simply specify the Product Reference of the product you want to have added. As long as that product can be purchased online, hidden or otherwise, then it will work.

[PoolsPlusMI]

I too am looking to do the same thing but when I went on our Site Options the box you have highlighted is not on our software. We have v. 11. Is it not available?

[fergusw]

Scott,
This was a potential plugin we developed back in V10, if I recall correctly.

It also had a few functionality issues e.g. not automatically removing free item if cart total dropped below trigger level.
Because of this we never released it as a commercial plugin.

You do not have those options in "Site Options" in V11 as these options were added as part of the plugin customisation.