{"id":2019,"date":"2021-05-20T07:16:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T07:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/?p=2019"},"modified":"2025-10-22T10:32:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T10:32:33","slug":"setup-a-free-gift-based-on-day-of-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/setup-a-free-gift-based-on-day-of-week\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Setup a free gift based on day of week?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you think it\u2019s time to offer a free gift based on a day of week as a marketing strategy to attract attention of your customers and boost your sale but you don\u2019t know how? We are here to help you setup a free gift based on day of week by using <a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/plugins\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GIFTiT &#8211; Free Gifts for WooCommerce<\/a> plugin in three simple steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-1-add-rules-and-define-your-preferred-method-for-offering-free-gifts\"><strong>Step 1: Add rules and define your preferred method for offering free gifts&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To setup a free gift based on day of week, at first you need to add a new rule on the <strong>Rule<\/strong> page of our plugin which is available in the below address:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WordPress Dashboard &gt; <strong>iThemeland &gt; GIFTiT <\/strong>&gt; Rules l settings&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this page, you can start setup a free gift by pressing on &#8220;<strong>Add Rules<\/strong>&#8221; button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the very beginning of the gift rule form, you can see the &#8220;<strong>Method<\/strong>&#8221; field as shown below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/13-choose-method.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1404\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/13-choose-method.jpg\" alt=\"choose custom method in WooCommerce product gift plugin\" class=\"wp-image-2892\" style=\"width:1404px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Under &#8220;<strong>Method<\/strong>&#8221; field, all possible methods that you can offer a free gift has been listed including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Simple Adjustment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buy x Get y \/ Repeat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buy x Get y \/ Repeat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Subtotal \/ Repeat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s totally up to you to choose the method which is best for offering a free gift based on day of week. To help you completely understand the options provided in our plugin, it\u2019s better to continue this tutorial by making an example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s consider that we want to set a rule as below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>If customers buy more than $700 from our online store on Saturdays, they will get 2 free gifts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>It is obvious that for offering this free gift we need to choose \u201c<strong>Subtotal\u201d<\/strong> from the list of \u201c<strong>Method<\/strong>\u201d field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then we can type a rule name and also a description on \u201c<strong>Rule Name<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>Description<\/strong>\u201d fields, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As soon as choosing &#8220;<strong>Subtotal<\/strong>&#8221; method, two new fields will be added under <strong>&#8220;Quantities &amp; Settings<\/strong>&#8221; section to enable you set the subtotal amount and the number of free gifts. We filled these two boxed according to the mentioned rule as below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Subtotal amount:<\/strong> 700<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Get:<\/strong> 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It is also important to mark same gift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-2-set-the-free-gift-based-on-day-of-week\"><strong>Step 2: Set the free gift based on day of week<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The next section is designed to help you specify those gifts that must be offered to the customers on your online store. For example, consider that we want to let our customer to choose 2 free gifts from &#8220;<strong>music<\/strong>&#8221; category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To do this, we need to follow the below instructions under the &#8220;<strong>Get<\/strong>&#8221; section<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Type a letter like &#8220;<strong>m&#8221;<\/strong> in the &#8220;<strong>Include category \/ tag \/taxonomy field<\/strong>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose &#8220;<strong>Music<\/strong>&#8221; from the list of categories&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/13-setup-free-gift.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1384\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/13-setup-free-gift.jpg\" alt=\"setup free gift in WooCommerce product gift plugin\" class=\"wp-image-2022\" style=\"width:1384px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The rules we have setup in the previous steps is good for offering 2 free gifts from music category to the customers who purchase more than $700 from our shop. However, it\u2019s not our ultimate goal. Our purpose is to let customers enjoy these free gifts only on &#8220;<strong>Saturdays<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To setup a free gift based on day of week, we have to use options provided in &#8220;<strong>Condition<\/strong>&#8221; section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-3-set-a-day-of-week-condition\"><strong>Step 3: Set a day of week condition<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To set a new condition and setup a free gift based on day of week, at first you need to press &#8220;<strong>Add Condition<\/strong>&#8220;. Then, as illustrated below, three fields are displayed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/13-add-condition.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1404\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/13-add-condition.jpg\" alt=\"choose day of week condition to setup free gift based on day of week\" class=\"wp-image-2023\" style=\"width:1404px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the first field a list of all possible conditions is available and you can setup a free gift based on day of week by choosing \u201c<strong>Date &gt; day of week\u201d<\/strong> from the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By clicking on the last field, a list of all days in a week will appear:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/13-filter-custom-days.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/13-filter-custom-days.jpg\" alt=\"free gift based on day of week in WooCommerce product gift plugin\" class=\"wp-image-2024\" style=\"width:1400px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As we want to offer this free gift on &#8220;<strong>Saturday<\/strong>&#8220;, we have chosen this day from the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now it\u2019s time to activate this free gift by clicking on \u201c<strong>Save changes\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also deactivate this rule at any time by choosing &#8220;<strong>Disable<\/strong>&#8221; from the combo box displayed in front of it on the <strong>&#8220;Rules<\/strong>&#8221; page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/13-enable-disable-gift-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1420\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/13-enable-disable-gift-1.jpg\" alt=\"enable or disable gifts in WooCommerce product gift plugin\" class=\"wp-image-2147\" style=\"width:1420px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you think it\u2019s time to offer a free gift based on a day of week as a marketing strategy to attract attention of your customers and boost your sale but you don\u2019t know how? 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