WooCommerce – How to Set Up a Buy 3 Get 1, Buy 5 Get 1 Offer

Buy more save more! That’s what quantity discounts are about. The average cost per item becomes less. In the lure of getting more discounts or products at cheap prices, customers end up buying more.

If you have set up a buy 2 get 1 free offer in WooCommerce, you can easily set up buy 3 get 1, buy 5 get 1 and other buy more get one offer combinations.

The trick is to keep the discounts limited to certain products and increase their sales. You can’t run a buy 1 get 1 free iPhone deal!!

How to set up a buy 3 get 1 free offer?

This deal works by giving customers an extra product for free when they purchase three of the same or specified products, or products from a particular category. This is especially useful for online stores selling fashion items and FMCGs.

For example:

• Buy 3 T-shirts and get 1 free
• Buy 3 lipsticks and get 1 free
• Buy 3 juice tetra packs and get 1 free

and so on…

You can also offer the fourth product at a cheaper price – Buy 3 T-shirts and get another at 50% off.

All you need is the Smart Coupons plugin, that helps you create targeted Buy X Get Y offers. This means you can allow either all or specific customers to claim the offer.

Let’s look at the different buy 3 get 1 offer combinations and steps.

Buy 3 get 1 free for the same product

On the purchase of 3 blue Nike T-shirts, the customer get another blue Nike T-shirt for free.

• Once you install and activate the Smart Coupons plugin, go to your WordPress Admin panel > Marketing > Coupons > Add coupon.
• Under the General tab, select Discount type as Fixed cart discount. Since we are offering the product for free, set the coupon amount as ‘0’.



• Tick the Auto apply checkbox to apply the coupon automatically.
• Now click on the ‘Usage Restriction’ tab and under Products, search and enter the product.



• Scroll down to the Product quantity based restrictions section.
• Under Validate quantity of, select the Product option. Your product name will show up automatically. Set the quantity as 3.



• Next, click on the Actions tab. Under Add products to cart, search and choose the same product (blue Nike T-shirt).
• Since we are offering ‘Buy 3 get 1 free’, select ‘1’ under each with quantity and enter 100% under with discount of.



• Publish your coupon.

That’s it. Whenever a customer adds 3 blue Nike T-shirts to their cart, another blue Nike T-shirt will be automatically added with a 100% discount.

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Buy 3 get 1 at 50% off for the same product

In this case, we do not want to offer the product for free, but at 50% off. Repeat the same above steps, except for:

• Under the Actions tab, enter the discount amount as ’50’ under with discount of.

Buy 3 get 1 free on a different product

For example, on purchase of three soaps, you want to offer a shampoo. Again the same steps, with the following exceptions:

• Under Product, select ‘Soap’ instead of the T-shirt.
• Under the Actions tab, select the product ‘Shampoo’ under Add products to cart.

Buy 3 get 1 free from a category

Here, there can be any three products from the same category and the free product (fixed) would be from a different category.

On purchase of any clothing item, you offer eyeglasses for free.

Set the rules with some exceptions:

• Under the Product category, select ‘Clothing’.
• Under Validate quantity of, select the Product option. Your product category will show up automatically. Set the quantity as 3.
• Under the Actions tab, select the required product (Eyeglasses).

How to set up a buy 5 get 1 free offer?

Like buy 3 get 1, you can follow the same steps to create a buy 5 get 1 free offer and various combinations.

For example, consider we want to offer a watch for free on purchase of any five products from the clothing category.

• Go to your WordPress Admin panel > Marketing > Coupons > Add coupon.
• Under the General tab, select Discount type as Fixed cart discount. Since we are offering the product for free, set the coupon amount as ‘0’.
• Tick the Auto apply checkbox to apply the coupon automatically.
• Now click on the ‘Usage Restriction’ tab and under the Product category, search and enter Clothing.



• Scroll down to the Product quantity based restriction section.
• Select the Category option. Your category name will show up automatically. Set the quantity as 5.



• Next, click on the Actions tab. Under Add products to cart, search and choose the Watch.
• Since we are offering ‘Buy 5 get 1 free’, select ‘1’ under each with quantity and enter 100% under with discount of.



• Publish your coupon.

That’s it.

Conclusion

Smart Coupons plugin is a versatile tool that goes beyond ‘buy more get one free’ deals.

It’s a complete package, providing all the essential features to grow sales and retain customers – gift cards, store credits, bulk generation, BOGO deals, advanced restrictions and more.

20K+ users rely on it to enhance their WooCommerce store’s promotional strategies. You are next!

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