How to offer the cheapest item in the cart as free gift in WooCommerce? 

Cheapest item in the cart is a simple way to offer the product with lowest price in the customer cart for free. To set up the Cheapest Item in Cart rule in the free gifts for WooCommerce plugin, follow the instructions below in the Free Gift for WooCommerce plugin:

Step 1: Select the Method

In the rule creation form, locate the “Method” dropdown menu and select “Cheapest Item in Cart“. This tells the plugin to apply the gift offer based on the least expensive product in the customer’s shopping cart.

Step 2: Configure Price Type

In the Price Type section, you need to choose which price to use for identifying the “cheapest” item. Select one of the following options: 

• Price of the product in the cart: The plugin will compare the price of each individual product in the cart and offer the cheapest one for free.
• Subtotal Price of the product in the cart: The plugin will compare the total amount of each row in the cart and offer the cheapest one for free.
• Regular price of the product: The plugin will compare the regular price of products even if they are added with a discount to the cart.
• Sale price of the product: The plugin will compare the sale price of products in the cart.

Step 3: Set Gift Quantity

In the Quantities & Settings section, find the Get field. Enter the number of the cheapest items that must be offered to the customer as free gift.

Mark Auto add gift to cart to instruct the plugin to automatically add the cheapest item to the customer’s cart.

Step 4: Define Conditions (Optional)

Click the Add Condition button to add any restrictions. You can set conditions based on customer role, cart subtotal, specific product categories, and more.

Step 5: Save and Test

Click the “Save Changes” button to activate the rule. 

Practical Example: Get the cheapest product for free by spending over $500

Let’s suppose that you want to encourage customers to purchase more from your online restaurant by offering them to spend more than $500 and get 1 item in their carts for free based on the regular price.

Let’s review how you can run this promotion in your online store:

• Choose Cheapest item from the list of methods
• Select Regular price of the product from the Price type
• In the Quantities & Settings: Insert 1 in the Get field and mark Auto add gift to cart
• In the Condition Section add a new condition and set the fields as Cart > Cart total price > at least > 500

• Press Save changes and check the result