{"id":3206,"date":"2025-09-30T05:36:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T05:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/?p=3206"},"modified":"2025-10-22T10:30:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T10:30:25","slug":"offer-cheapest-item-in-cart-as-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/offer-cheapest-item-in-cart-as-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"How to offer the cheapest item in the cart as free gift in WooCommerce?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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 <strong>Cheapest Item in Cart <\/strong>rule in the <a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/plugins\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/?utm_source=docs&amp;utm_content=cheapest-item-method\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GIFTiT &#8211; Free Gifts for WooCommerce<\/a> plugin, follow the instructions below in the Free Gift for WooCommerce plugin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Select the Method<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the rule creation form, locate the &#8220;<strong>Method<\/strong>&#8221; dropdown menu and select &#8220;<strong>Cheapest Item in Cart<\/strong>&#8220;. This tells the plugin to apply the gift offer based on the least expensive product in the customer&#8217;s shopping cart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Configure Price Type<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <strong>Price Type<\/strong> section, you need to choose which price to use for identifying the &#8220;cheapest&#8221; item. Select one of the following options:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Price of the product in the cart<\/strong>: The plugin will compare the price of each individual product in the cart and offer the cheapest one for free.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Subtotal Price of the product in the cart<\/strong>: The plugin will compare the total amount of each row in the cart and offer the cheapest one for free.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Regular price of the product<\/strong>: The plugin will compare the regular price of products even if they are added with a discount to the cart.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sale price of the product<\/strong>: The plugin will compare the sale price of products in the cart.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: Set Gift Quantity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <strong>Quantities &amp; Settings<\/strong> section, find the <strong>Get<\/strong> field. Enter the number of the cheapest items that must be offered to the customer as free gift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark <strong>Auto add gift to cart <\/strong>to instruct the plugin to automatically add the cheapest item to the customer&#8217;s cart<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 4: Define Conditions (Optional)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the <strong>Add Condition<\/strong> button to add any restrictions. You can set conditions based on customer role, cart subtotal, specific product categories, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 5: Save and Test<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the &#8220;<strong>Save Changes<\/strong>&#8221; button to activate the rule.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/09\/12-rule-settings.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1287\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/09\/12-rule-settings.png\" alt=\"Rule settings\" class=\"wp-image-3184\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practical Example: Get the cheapest product for free by spending over $500<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s review how you can run this promotion in your online store:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Choose <strong>Cheapest item<\/strong> from the list of <strong>methods<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Regular price of the product<\/strong> from the <strong>Price type<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>Quantities &amp; Settings<\/strong>: Insert <strong>1<\/strong> in the <strong>Get<\/strong> field and mark <strong>Auto add gift to cart<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>Condition<\/strong> Section add a new condition and set the fields as Cart &gt; <strong>Cart total price &gt; at least &gt; 500<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/09\/13-example-rule.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1219\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/09\/13-example-rule.png\" alt=\"Example rule\" class=\"wp-image-3185\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Press <strong>Save changes<\/strong> and check the result<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/09\/14-rule-result.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1077\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/09\/14-rule-result.png\" alt=\"Resul of free gift rule\" class=\"wp-image-3186\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 GIFTiT &#8211; Free Gifts for WooCommerce plugin, follow the instructions below in the Free Gift for WooCommerce plugin: Step 1: Select the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plugin-usage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3206"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3338,"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3206\/revisions\/3338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/free-gifts-for-woocommerce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}