Add Free Product to Cart - Magento 2

To configure the extension proceed to Stores > Configuration > Aheadworks Extensions > Add Free Product to Cart.

• Default Title Of Popup - the title of the popup to be displayed in case of several active promo offers; 
  
• Hide options of configurable products - the Yes/No option ("Yes" makes sense if your offer contain both configurable and simple products);
  
• Where to display promo popup - the place of the popup display (on cart and checkout pages only, or on any page as soon as the contents of the cart are associated with the rule);
• Validate subtotal - allows including or excluding taxes from the subtotal of the cart when working out the rule.

 To complete the settings, click the 'Save Config' button on the top right.

Dashboard

To manage the scenario rules of the campaigns and track their performance proceed to Marketing > Add Free Product to Cart > Rules. This is where you will see the Scenario grid as well as the board with some financial indicators of thereof.

The dashboard displays the following info:

• Active promo campaigns - the number of active promos;
• Total sales - the total amount of all orders with at least 1 promo item, $$;
• N% of all sales - the percentage of total sales which were stimulated by the promos;
• Orders - the total number of orders with at least 1 promo item;
• N% of all orders- the percentage of the total of orders stimulated by promos;
• Avg cart total of orders with promo items, $$;
• Avg cart total of all orders, $$;
• Promo Items per order - the average quantity of promo items per order.

The rule grid featuers the following columns:

• id - the identification number of the scenario;
• Title - the title of the rule;
• Scenario - the title of the scenario;
• Coupon - the name of the coupon, if part of the scenario;
• Status - indicates whether the scenario is enabled or disabled;
• From / to - the dates of promo activity;
• Priority - the decimal numeric for sorting the overlaying rules;
• Action - the Select active link with two alternatives: Edit and Delete.

The functionality of the grid makes it possible to enable, disable and delete the rules both in bulk and individually. For the former, select the rules and use the Actions dropbox on the top left of the grid.

To edit the rule click Select in the corresponding Action cell, and select 'Edit'. Alternatively, click on the row of the chosen rule. 

To design a new rule, click the Add New Rule button on the top right of the page.

Creating Rules

The New Rule page is made of four blocks: General Settings, Rule Settings, Popup Settings and Promo Settings.

General Settings

The General Rules block features the following parameters for set-up:

• Title - the name of the rule;
• Description - the description of the rule (visible only on the backend);
• Enable - the Yes/No alternative;
• Active From / To - the dates of validity of the promo; 
• Customer Groups - restriction on the customer groups to fall under the promo campaign;
• Rule Priority - the decimal numeric to prioritize overlapping promos (zero is a top priority);
• Discard Subsequent Rules - the Yes/No alternative;
• Offer only those products which are in stock - the Yes/No alternative.

Rule Settings

This is where you opt for a scenario: "Buy X get Y", "Spend $X get Y", "Coupon", set frequency of response, select products to participate in the campaign and decide on either a fixed-value- or %-discount.

Depending on the chosen scenario the block features a combination of the following parameters for set-up:

• Scenario - the Buy X Get Y, Spend $X get Y, Coupon alternatives;
• Every time / First Time / Every Nth Time - the frequency of response of the scenario to the rule;
• When a user entered this coupon code - the text of the promo code;
• The "If" block - the conditions to define the scenario; 
• For a Fixed Amount / With A Percent Discount - the character of the discount, and the number of products to fall under the discount;
• The "Products" block - the native Magento "Add Products" functionality to add products to the campaign. 

The first four parameters are different for different scenarios. The other two stay the same.

The discount condition allows setting the (decimal integer) number of products (in the Products promo list ) which fall under the discount, the % or fixed-value character of the discount and the value of the discount/promo price. Clicking on the number here will open a text box to alter that number, clicking the character of the discount will open a swtich-box to choose between the two alternatives.

The Product block herein allows adding products to the promo, as well as removing them from it. Furthermore, you can configure selected parent-products.

The Products grid features the following columns:

• id - the identification number of the product;
• Name - the name of the product;
• SKU - the stock keeping unit number of the product;
• Thumbnail - the image of the product;
• Configuration - the active link to the Product Configuration popup (available for parent-products only);
• Actions - the Remove action link.

To add a product to the rule, click the Add Products button on the top left of the grid. The Select Products popup will appear on the page.

Select the products for the rule using the tick-boxes in the first column of the grid and click the Add Selected Products button on the top right.

Should you choose a parent-product, you will later be able to configure it with the help of the Configure active link in the Product grid (see the previous picture). 

The Configure Product popup allows setting the desired seize and color of the product. The SKU and price of the configured product will get updated in the Products grid automatically. Click OK to finalize the configuration.

Buy X Get Y

This scenario defines a situation when you want customers to get the Y product for free or with a discount should they get interested in product X.

This is the only block where the frequency of response of the scenario to the rule makes sense. 

• First time - customers will get the promo item or offer only for the first time when the conditions of the rule are met. E.g. A customer receives a promo product only for the first product X, disregarding how many Products X they are buying;
• Every time - customers will get the promo item or offer every time when the conditions are met. E.g. With every Product X a customer can get Product Y;
• Every Nth time- customers will get the promo item or offer every second, third or Nth time. E.g. For every 3 Products X a customer will get 1 Product Y.

To add a condition to the scenario click the green "Cross" button   and choose one of the following:

• Product Attribute Combination - opens up the "If an item is FOUND in the cart with ALL of these conditions true" condition and allows selecting a product attribute to define the item;
• Products Subselection - opens up the "If total quantity is ... for a subselection of items in cart matching ALL of these conditions:" and allows selecting a product attribute to define the item;
• Conditions Combination (default condition) - opens up the "If ALL of these conditions are TRUE:" and allows choosing one of the conditions herein.

Use the 'ALL', 'TRUE', 'IS', '...' and other clickable parameters to choose a meaningful variation and shape up the condition to your needs.

To delete a condition click the red "Cross" button.

Spend $X Get Y

This scenario defines a situation when you want customers to get the Y product for free or with a discount should the sum in the cart run over $X.

The default condition is the same here. At the same, alongside the product attributes it allows car item attributes and cart attributes to define the condition. 

Coupon

This scenario defines a situation when you want (selected) customers to use a predefined coupon at cart to get a discount on the items in it.

The conditions configuration is the same here. The only difference is that the name of the Coupon has to be suggested to make things work.

Popup Settings

This is where you set the parameters for the popup which will bear the promo:

• How to offer promo products - the two alternatives: Show Popup and Auto-add promo product to cart, if possible;
• Text in the Popup Header - the alternative text to the deafult one, indicated in the Settings.

Promo Settings

This block is available only when the "Buy X Get Y" scenario is chosen. This is where you can configure the promo described by the scenario rule.

The block presents the following parameters for set-up:

• Promo Text - the message to reflect the promo call to action;
• Product Label * - the name of the product label;
• Large / Medium / Small text on the Promo Label * - the text as seen on the labels of various sizes; 
• Image - the image that will be displayed next to the promo items in the popup;
• Header - the text for the header of the promo popup;
• Description - the brief description of your current promo that your customers will see if they click on the promo image;
• URL - the link to the page you want to redirect your customers to, should they want to read more information on the campaign;
• URL Text - the message to encourage customers to follow the abovementioned link.
  

Sample Rules

a) Buy X Get Y - SKU condition

I want to offer discounted Y products or grant complimentary Y ones to the customer who has topped-up his/her cart with one of the X products. The customer may use this promo only once. 

In the picture below: Once the product X has been added to cart a gift icon with a numeric '1' appears in the top right corner of the page, next to cart.

Clicking the gift icon or proceeding to the cart, the customer will see a popup with the promo product and supporting information on the offer. The customer will be able to decline the offer or add the product to cart. 

Once the customer adds the promo product to cart, he/she will see in the Cart Summary the subtotal, the discounted price (-$6 in the example, which makes the price of the bottle the target $1) and the total order price.