{"id":21936,"date":"2023-08-19T14:05:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T14:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/?p=21936"},"modified":"2026-05-17T08:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T08:24:11","slug":"offer-free-gift-on-first-customer-purchase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/offer-free-gift-on-first-customer-purchase\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Offer a Free Gift on First Purchase in WooCommerce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Offering a <strong>free gift with purchase<\/strong> is one of the most effective marketing strategies for attracting new customers and increasing conversions in WooCommerce stores. Many successful online shops use the <strong>free gift technique<\/strong> to encourage visitors to place their first order and build a positive shopping experience from the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A well-planned <strong>free gift for customer<\/strong> campaign can help your store stand out from competitors while increasing brand awareness and customer loyalty. Whether you want to offer <strong>free items with purchase<\/strong>, provide a <strong>free gift with every order<\/strong>, or create special promotions for first-time buyers, WooCommerce gives you the flexibility to run different gifting campaigns with the right plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this guide, you will learn how to create a <strong>WooCommerce free product with first purchase<\/strong> strategy using the Free Gifts for WooCommerce plugin. We will explain different examples and practical methods to help you offer a free gift on the customer\u2019s first purchase and improve your store\u2019s sales performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The benefits of offer free gift product on the customer&#8217;s first purchase<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A free gift for a customer&#8217;s first order is usually used to attract attention and encourage new customers to buy from the online store. In this method, free gift products are offered to increase sales. For this method to be effective, a product must be chosen as a gift that attracts customers&#8217; attention. The gift product should be attractive enough to encourage customers to buy from your online store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the essential advantages of offering a free gift product on the first customer purchase, the following can be mentioned:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Attracting new buyers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increase sales of a particular product.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strengthen brand awareness.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increase revenue generation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to offer a free gift for the first customer purchase in WooCommerce stores?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WooCommerce is one of the efficient platforms for setting up online stores, providing many possibilities for store managers to sell their products online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the essential features that every manager needs to increase sales and attract buyers is to offer free gifts. As we said, you cannot access such a feature by installing WooCommerce, but you can quickly provide any type of free gift to your online store with any strategy you want by installing the WooCommerce free gift product plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This plugin has numerous features that allow you to create different rules for offering free gifts. But in this article, we will teach you how to provide a free gift product to customers who place their first order in your store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Offer a free gift for the first purchase of a customer with the free gifts for WooCommerce plugin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the free gift for WooCommerce plugin, a condition section has been designed with various fields. After installing this plugin and creating a new rule, store managers can go to this section and add conditions to limit gift offer, which is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Date and time conditions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cart based conditions like cart items, cart quantity and cart subtotal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Checkout conditions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Customer based conditions like customer value, customer purchase history, customer purchase quantity, and customer purchase value.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Purchased gifts history conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to create a condition in the free gift for WooCommerce plugin that customers will receive a free gift only if they place their first order, you must first click on the \u201c<strong>Add Conditions<\/strong>\u201d button in this section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you can see in the image below, a list of different options will be displayed in the first box. In this list, you must select the order count option to limit the number of orders registered by the customer to receive the free gift in the relevant fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/select-order-count-from-condition.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1193\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/select-order-count-from-condition.jpg\" alt=\"select order count from condition\" class=\"wp-image-21944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/select-order-count-from-condition.jpg 1193w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/select-order-count-from-condition-500x179.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/select-order-count-from-condition-1000x358.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1193px) 100vw, 1193px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Select order count<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By selecting the order count option, three more fields will be displayed. Let check them below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Set the time<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this field, you must specify the time frame for the plugin to consider the customer registered orders. You can choose the period from all times, current, days, weeks, and months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In our strategy, the customers must have placed their first order to receive the free gift product. So they have never bought from your store, and you must select the <strong>All Times<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/select-time-period-on-order-count-condition.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1204\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/select-time-period-on-order-count-condition.jpg\" alt=\"select time period on order count condition\n\" class=\"wp-image-21945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/select-time-period-on-order-count-condition.jpg 1204w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/select-time-period-on-order-count-condition-500x206.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/select-time-period-on-order-count-condition-1000x412.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1204px) 100vw, 1204px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Set the time<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Determines the number of purchases condition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the second field, you need to specify how the plugin will consider the number of customer purchases. You can choose the following options in this field:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>At least:<\/strong> The number of customer purchases should be the minimum entered value in the last field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>More than:<\/strong> The customer&#8217;s purchase must exceed the entered value in the last field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Not more than:<\/strong> The number of customer purchases should not exceed the entered value in the last field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Less than:<\/strong> The number of customer purchases must be less than the entered value in the last field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/select-criteria-on-order-count-condition.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/select-criteria-on-order-count-condition.jpg\" alt=\"select criteria on order count condition\" class=\"wp-image-21946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/select-criteria-on-order-count-condition.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/select-criteria-on-order-count-condition-500x76.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/select-criteria-on-order-count-condition-1000x152.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Set the number of purchases condition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to our strategy to offer a free gift for the <strong>first purchase<\/strong>, you should select the \u201c<strong>less than<\/strong>\u201d value in this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The number of orders registered by the customer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the previous fields and our strategy, you must enter <strong>1<\/strong> to this field because we want to offer gift products to new customers who don&#8217;t have purchased any order in our online store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/enter-order-count-on-condition.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1182\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/enter-order-count-on-condition.jpg\" alt=\"enter order count on condition\n\" class=\"wp-image-21947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/enter-order-count-on-condition.jpg 1182w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/enter-order-count-on-condition-500x72.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/enter-order-count-on-condition-1000x144.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1182px) 100vw, 1182px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The number of orders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By completing the fields in the conditions section, you could easily add the condition of offering a free gift for the first customer purchase to your rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the following, we will examine three examples of offering a free gift on the first purchase with different marketing methods and show how you can use the free gifts for WooCommerce plugin for any strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First example: If the customers buy any product from the store, they will receive a gift for the first purchase<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this gift product promotion, you plan to give a gift product to all customers who register their first order, and it doesn&#8217;t matter which product they buy from your store or how much they buy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This method is useful when you want to increase brand awareness and attract new customers to your online store. This strategy can increase your site&#8217;s click and conversions rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To add this offer in your online store using the free gifts for WooCommerce plugin, you can go through the following steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click on the \u201c<strong>Woo Free Gift<\/strong>\u201d menu to create a new rule. Then select \u201c<strong>Rules | Settings<\/strong>\u201d to enter the rules page. A new rule will be created if we click the \u201c<strong>Add Rule<\/strong>\u201d button on the new page.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/woocommerce-gift-product-rule-list.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/woocommerce-gift-product-rule-list.jpg\" alt=\"WooCommerce gift product rule list\" class=\"wp-image-21948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/woocommerce-gift-product-rule-list.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/woocommerce-gift-product-rule-list-500x191.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/woocommerce-gift-product-rule-list-1000x383.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Open GIFTiT plugin by iThemeland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the <strong>Method <\/strong>box, select <strong>Simple<\/strong>. This option will display the desired free gift product on the buyer&#8217;s checkout page without any restrictions. Of course, you can add restrictions and conditions to this rule in the following sections.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/select-simple-method-on-woocommerce-gift-plugin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1190\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/select-simple-method-on-woocommerce-gift-plugin.jpg\" alt=\"select simple method on WooCommerce gift plugin\n\" class=\"wp-image-21949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/select-simple-method-on-woocommerce-gift-plugin.jpg 1190w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/select-simple-method-on-woocommerce-gift-plugin-500x179.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/select-simple-method-on-woocommerce-gift-plugin-1000x358.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1190px) 100vw, 1190px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Select the gifting method<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enter the value in the <strong>Rule Name<\/strong> and <strong>Description<\/strong> fields to manage your rules more quickly in the feature.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When you select the <strong>Simple <\/strong>method, the <strong>Quantities &amp; Settings<\/strong> box will be displayed. In the <strong>Get<\/strong> field, specify the number of gifts that the customer can receive.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you check the \u201c<strong>Auto add gift to cart\u201d<\/strong> option, the plugin will automatically add the gift to the customer&#8217;s shopping cart.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this example, we entered the number <strong>1<\/strong> in the <strong>Get<\/strong> box and checked the \u201c<strong>auto add gift to cart\u201c <\/strong>field, meaning one gift product will be automatically added to the customer&#8217;s shopping cart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"6\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the next section, <strong>Product<\/strong>, you should choose the product you want to offer as a free gift to the customer. As shown in the image below, you can specify the products using the following fields:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Include products:<\/strong> Select one or more products to be displayed to the customer as a free gift on the checkout page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Include category\/tag\/\/taxonomy:<\/strong> Select one or more categories of products to be displayed as free gifts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Exclude products:<\/strong> Select one or more products that should not be displayed as free gifts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Exclude category\/taxonomy:<\/strong> Select one or more categories that should not be offered as free gifts to the customer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this example, we selected the <strong>Cap <\/strong>product in the <strong>Include Products<\/strong> field. Therefore, every customer who buys a product from the store, a cap is also added to their shopping cart for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"7\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Finally, we reached the <strong>Conditions<\/strong> section, where according to our chosen strategy, the following options were selected in the condition boxes:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Order count<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All the time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Less than 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/get-product-on-first-purchase-sample-one.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1187\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/get-product-on-first-purchase-sample-one.jpg\" alt=\"get product on first purchase sample one\" class=\"wp-image-21950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/get-product-on-first-purchase-sample-one.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/get-product-on-first-purchase-sample-one-500x254.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/get-product-on-first-purchase-sample-one-1000x507.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1187px) 100vw, 1187px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fill the gifting rule form as above<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you click on the <strong>Save changes<\/strong> button, this rule will be implemented in your online store, and as you can see in the image below, &#8220;<strong>Each customer who registers the first purchase in your online store will receive a cap as a free gift. It will be automatically added to their cart.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/get-product-on-first-purchase-sample-one-front-view.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1157\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/get-product-on-first-purchase-sample-one-front-view.jpg\" alt=\"get product on first purchase sample one front view\" class=\"wp-image-21951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/get-product-on-first-purchase-sample-one-front-view.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/get-product-on-first-purchase-sample-one-front-view-500x263.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/get-product-on-first-purchase-sample-one-front-view-1000x525.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1157px) 100vw, 1157px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Result of gifting rule<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Second example: If customers buy a specific product as the first order, they will receive a free gift<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most common strategies to increase sales of a particular product is offering a free gift for purchasing that product. You can use this strategy when you have a new product for sale or encourage the customer to buy one that has been in the warehouse for a long time and has yet to sell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To offer a free gift if customer buy a specific product in the online store using the free gift for WooCommerce plugin, follow the steps below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the <strong>Method <\/strong>field, select <strong>Buy x Get x<\/strong>, which specifies that if the customers buys a specific product, they will receive a free gift of the same product. The most popular strategy for this type of marketing is BOGO, also known as buy 1 get 1.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>Quantities and settings<\/strong> section, enter the numbers 1 and 1 in the <strong>Buy<\/strong> and <strong>Get <\/strong>fields, respectively. We will not activate the <strong>Auto add gift to cart<\/strong> option for this example.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>Products &#8211; Buy<\/strong> section, you must specify which product the customer buys from your store to receive a gift.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the first box, you can choose a product or a category. For example,\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>if you select the <strong>Product category<\/strong> in the first field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then <strong>In List<\/strong> value in the second field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And select a specific product category in the third field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The result is:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the customers add any products from a determined category to their shopping cart, all the products in the same category will be displayed as a gift. Then customers can choose one product to be added to their shopping cart for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the <strong>Conditions<\/strong> section, enter the conditions related to the free gift offer for the customer&#8217;s first purchase, as explained in the first example.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this example, we selected the <strong>Accessories <\/strong>category. So when the customers buy one product in this category (like Belt), as you can see in the image below, the list of all the products in the accessories category will be shown, and they can choose the gift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/result-choose-gift-on-cart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/result-choose-gift-on-cart.jpg\" alt=\"result choose one gift on cart\" class=\"wp-image-21952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/result-choose-gift-on-cart.jpg 780w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/result-choose-gift-on-cart-500x248.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gifiting from accessories category<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Third example: If the customer&#8217;s shopping cart amount reaches a specific number in the first order, they will receive a free gift.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another common marketing strategy is to encourage the customer to buy a certain amount from the store in order to receive a gift product. If you want to increase your overall income from selling products on your online store, you can use this strategy by following the steps below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the <strong>Method <\/strong>field, select <strong>Subtotal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>Quantities &amp; Settings<\/strong> section, complete the following boxes:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Subtotal Amount:<\/strong> Specify the purchase limit. In our example, $50.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Get:<\/strong> Enter the number of free gifts the customer can choose. In our example, 1.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check \u201c<strong>Auto add gift to cart<\/strong>\u201d if you want the gift to be added to the cart automatically.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>Products &#8211; Get<\/strong> section, as we explained in the previous example, you can select one or more products\/categories as free gifts to be displayed on the customer&#8217;s cart page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>Conditions<\/strong> section, enter the conditions related to the free gift offer for the customer&#8217;s first purchase, as explained in the first example.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/get-gift-to-buy-certain-amount-of-product.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/get-gift-to-buy-certain-amount-of-product.jpg\" alt=\"get gift to buy certain amount of product\" class=\"wp-image-21955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/get-gift-to-buy-certain-amount-of-product.jpg 780w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/get-gift-to-buy-certain-amount-of-product-500x246.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Subtotal amount gifting rule<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you click the <strong>Save changes<\/strong> button, the plugin will automatically add the specified free gift to the shopping cart of all customers whose shopping cart subtotal is more than $50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/result-automatically-adding-gift-to-cart-with-certain-amount.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/result-automatically-adding-gift-to-cart-with-certain-amount.jpg\" alt=\"result automatically adding gift to cart with certain amount\" class=\"wp-image-21956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/result-automatically-adding-gift-to-cart-with-certain-amount.jpg 780w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/result-automatically-adding-gift-to-cart-with-certain-amount-500x251.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Result of gifting when subtotal amount of user cart reached<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center main-cta-cnt has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8a83d729 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#3d67ff;padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:30px;padding-left:30px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5980c20d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:15px\">\n<p class=\"single-cta-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f8e1add8464777653a00ca2733bff66e wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:26px;font-style:normal;font-weight:800\">GIFTiT &#8211; Free Gifts For WooCommerce<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"single-cta-desc has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2e28d7e93298939e3925db30ce79f5f3 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\">The easy way to offer a free gift product on the first customer purchase in WooCommerce<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button main-cta-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/plugins\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_content=free-gift-product\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:40px;color:#ffffff;background-color:#0fba5e;padding-top:10px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:30px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy Plugin<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/ithemeland-free-gifts-for-woo\/\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:40px;color:#3d67ff;padding-top:10px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:30px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Free Version<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"532\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/giftit-test-banner.png\" alt=\"GIFTiT - Free Gifts For WooCommerce plugin by ithemeland\" class=\"wp-image-48720\" style=\"width:440px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/giftit-test-banner.png 532w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/giftit-test-banner-500x335.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Running a <strong>free gift with purchase marketing<\/strong> campaign is a smart way to attract new buyers and increase customer engagement in your WooCommerce store. Offering a <strong>free gift on every purchase<\/strong> can encourage visitors to complete their first order and improve their overall shopping experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the Free Gifts for WooCommerce plugin, store managers can easily create advanced gifting rules based on customer purchase history, order subtotal, products, categories, or user conditions. Whether you want to provide <strong>free gifts for customers<\/strong>, offer <strong>complimentary gifts<\/strong>, or create special first-order promotions, the plugin gives you complete flexibility to build effective campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using the right <strong>free gift with purchase examples<\/strong> can help you increase conversions, boost revenue, and create stronger customer relationships over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column blog-faq-section is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a free gift with purchase in WooCommerce?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A free gift with purchase is a marketing strategy where customers receive a free product after meeting specific purchase conditions such as placing a first order, buying selected products, or reaching a minimum cart subtotal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can I offer a free gift on the first purchase in WooCommerce?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can offer a free gift on the first customer purchase in WooCommerce by using the GIFTiT plugin that supports conditional gift rules. This plugin allows you to check customer order history and automatically provide gifts to first-time buyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why do online stores use free gift marketing?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many online stores use free gift marketing to attract new customers, increase conversions, improve customer loyalty, and encourage shoppers to spend more money during checkout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can I automatically add a free gift to the cart in WooCommerce?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, the GIFTiT plugin include an option to automatically add free gift products to the customer\u2019s cart once the required conditions are met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the benefits of offering free gifts for customers?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Offering free gifts can improve customer satisfaction, strengthen brand awareness, increase average order value, and encourage repeat purchases in your WooCommerce store.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Offering a free gift with purchase is one of the most effective marketing strategies for attracting new customers and increasing conversions in WooCommerce stores. 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