Free Products: Automatic Rewards in Shopping Cart

Free Products

How It Works

Automatically add a free product to the shopping cart once certain conditions are met. The customer sees the free product directly in the shopping cart with a "Free" badge.

Use Cases

  • From €50 cart value: Add free product

  • Only for specific customer groups (e.g., VIP customers)

  • Time-limited campaigns (e.g., Christmas gift)

  • Max. 100 units given away (limitation)

Create New Free Product

  1. Marketing > Marketing Suite > Free Products

  2. Click on "+ New Free Product"

  3. Fill in the fields:

General Settings

Field

Description

Name

Internal name for the action (required field)

Priority

Higher number = higher priority. When multiple rules are active simultaneously, the one with the highest priority is evaluated first.

Active

Turns the rule on/off

Conditions

Field

Description

Minimum Cart Value

From which cart value the free product is triggered. Empty = always active.

Sales Channel

Limited to which shop. Empty = all channels.

Customer Group

For which customer group. Empty = all.

Shopware Condition

Optional additional condition from the Shopware Rule Builder.

Free Product Details

Field

Description

Free Product

Which product is given away (required field)

Quantity

How many units

Shopping Cart Display

Field

Description

Cart Label

Custom text in the shopping cart (e.g., "Your free gift"). Empty = product name is used.

Customer Can Remove Item

If disabled, the customer cannot remove the free product from the shopping cart.

Design Settings

Field

Description

Customize Design for This Free Product

Overrides badge text and hint text for this specific rule only.

Badge Text

Text on the green badge (default: "Free")

Hint Text

Text below the product name (default: "Automatically added")

Time Limitation & Limits

Field

Description

Max. Total Uses

How many times the free product may be given away in total

Max. Uses Per Customer

How many times a single customer may receive the free product

Valid From / Valid Until

Time period for the campaign

Global Settings

In the Free Products overview, you will find the "Settings" sidebar on the right:

  • Shopping Cart Design & Preview: Global design for all free products (badge text, hint text, cart label). Can be overridden per free product.

  • Customer Can Remove Free Items by Default: Global setting, can be overridden per rule.

Tier Limitation

From the Pro tier onwards, multiple free product rules can be active simultaneously. In the Free tier, only one rule is allowed.

Copy Free Product

Click on the copy icon next to an existing free product to create a copy. The copy is automatically created as inactive.

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