Special Promotions | v1.12.0

The guidance below shows how to use the action ‘Buy X Get N of Y with Percent Discount’ of Special Promotions extension.

Thanks to this action you can create promotions like ‘Buy 3 phones and get 2 memory cards with 30% discount’. 

Let’s observe the steps of the action configuration.

Please open Admin Panel > Promotions > Shopping Cart Price Rules (click ‘Add New Rule’ button) > Actions.

Step 1. Choose ‘Percent Discount: Buy X get Y Free’ for the ‘Apply’ field.

Step 2. Use ‘Number of Y Products’ setting to indicate the number of ‘Y’ items which will receive a discount.

Step 3. Use ‘Number of X Products’ setting to indicate the number of ‘X’ items. If you specify 1 like here, it means that a customer will have to buy 1 ‘X’ items to get 20% discount for one ‘Y’ item.

Step 4. Use conditions section of the ‘Actions’ tab to specify ‘X’ items, by which the discount is triggered. In this case we indicated that ‘X’ items should be from category with ID 18 (Eyeglasses).

Step 5. Use ‘Promo Categories’ field to indicate to which categories the discounted items (Y items) should belong.

Step 6. Also you can specify SKUs of the individual products to which the discount should apply (these are Y items as well). If you specify both categories and SKUs like here, the discount will apply to both individual items and to products from the categories.

Please be aware that ‘X’ items and ‘Y’ items can’t be the same product.

And here's the result for the rule above

The guidance below shows how to use the action ‘Fixed Discount:  Buy X get Y with $10 Off ’ of Special Promotions extension.

Thanks to this action you can create promotions like ‘Buy 3 phones and get 2 memory cards with $10 discount’. 

Let’s observe the steps of the action configuration.

Please open Admin Panel > Promotions > Shopping Cart Price Rules (click ‘Add New Rule’ button) > Actions.

Step 1. Choose ‘Fixed Discount:  Buy X get Y with $10 Off’ for the ‘Apply’ field.

Step 2. Use ‘Number of Y Products’ setting to indicate the number of ‘Y’ items which will receive a discount.

Step 3. Use ‘Number of X Products’ setting to indicate the number of ‘X’ items. If you specify 1 like here, it means that a customer will have to buy 1 ‘X’ items to get 20% discount for one ‘Y’ item.

Step 4. Use conditions section of the ‘Actions’ tab to specify ‘X’ items, by which the discount is triggered. In this case we indicated that ‘X’ items should be from category with ID 18 (Eyeglasses).

Step 5. Use ‘Promo Categories’ field to indicate to which categories the discounted items (Y items) should belong.

Step 6. Also you can specify SKUs of the individual products to which the discount should apply (these are Y items as well). If you specify both categories and SKUs like here, the discount will apply to both individual items and to products from the categories.

Please be aware that ‘X’ items and ‘Y’ items can’t be the same product.

And here's the result for the rule above

The guidance below shows how to use the action ‘Fixed Price: Buy X get Y for $9.99’ of Special Promotions extension.

The only difference of ‘Fixed Price: Buy X get Y for $9.99’ action from ‘Percent Discount: Buy X get Y Free’ action is that instead of percent discount products are discounted to a fixed amount. By this rule if a customer buys three phones, he or she can buy any camera for just $200.

Let’s observe the steps of the action configuration.

Please open Admin Panel > Promotions > Shopping Cart Price Rules (click ‘Add New Rule’ button) > Actions.

Step 1. Choose ‘Percent Discount: Buy X get Y Free’ for the ‘Apply’ field.

Step 2. Use ‘Number of Y Products’ setting to indicate the number of ‘Y’ items which will receive a discount.

Step 3. Use ‘Number of X Products’ setting to indicate the number of ‘X’ items. If you specify 1 like here, it means that a customer will have to buy 1 ‘X’ items to get 20% discount for one ‘Y’ item.

Step 4. Use conditions section of the ‘Actions’ tab to specify ‘X’ items, by which the discount is triggered. In this case we indicated that ‘X’ items should be from category with ID 18 (Eyeglasses).

Step 5. Use ‘Promo Categories’ field to indicate to which categories the discounted items (Y items) should belong.

Step 6. Also you can specify SKUs of the individual products to which the discount should apply (these are Y items as well). If you specify both categories and SKUs like here, the discount will apply to both individual items and to products from the categories.

Please be aware that ‘X’ items and ‘Y’ items can’t be the same product.

And here's the result for the rule above

The guidance below shows how to use the action ‘Percent Discount: each 1st, 3rd, 5th with 15% off after 5 items added to the cart’ of Special Promotions extension.

Thanks to this action you can create promotions like ‘Buy 3 books for full price and get each second one with 15% discount’. 

Let’s observe the steps of the action configuration.

Please open Admin Panel > Promotions > Shopping Cart Price Rules (click ‘Add New Rule’ button) > Actions.

Step 1. Step 1. Choose ‘Percent Discount: each 1st, 3rd, 5th with 15% 0ff after 5 items added to the cart’ field.

Step 2. Use ‘Each Product (step)’ field to indicate a discount step. If you indicate ‘2’ like below, it means that each second item, that meets the rule conditions, will go with 20% discount.

Step 3. Use ‘After N’ setting to indicate the number of ‘N’ items. If you specify 3 like here, it means that a customer will have to buy 3 ‘N’ items to get a 20% discount for the each second item, in this case for the 5th, 7th, 9th item and so on.

And here's the rule which will give each second item after purchase of 3 for free

Here's the diagram for this rule

 This is how the result will look like in the cart

The guidance below shows how to use the action ‘Fixed Discount: each 3d, 7th, 11th with $15 0ff after 5 items added to the cart’ of Special Promotions extension.

Thanks to this action you can create promotions like ‘Buy 3 books for full price and get each second one with $20 discount’. 

Let’s observe the steps of the action configuration.

Please open Admin Panel > Promotions > Shopping Cart Price Rules (click ‘Add New Rule’ button) > Actions.

Step 1. Step 1. Choose ‘Fixed Discount: each 3d, 7th, 11th with $15 0ff after 5 items added to the cart’ field.

Step 2. Use ‘Each Product (step)’ field to indicate a discount step. If you indicate ‘2’ like below, it means that each second item, that meets the rule conditions, will go with 20% discount.

Step 3. Use ‘After N’ setting to indicate the number of ‘N’ items. If you specify 3 like here, it means that a customer will have to buy 3 ‘N’ items to get a 20% discount for the each second item, in this case for the 5th, 7th, 9th item and so on.

And here's the rule which will give each second item after purchase of 3 with fixed $100 discount

Here's the diagram for this rule

 This is how the result will look like in the cart

The guidance below shows how to use the action ‘Fixed Price: each 5th, 7th, 9th for $89.99 after 5 items added to the cart’ of Special Promotions extension.

The only difference of "Fixed Price: each 5th, 7th, 9th for $89.99 after 5 items added to the cart" action from "Percent Discount: each 1st, 3rd, 5th with 15% off after 5 items added to the cart" action is that instead of percent discount products are discounted to a fixed amount. Thanks to this action you can create promotions like ‘Buy 3 books for full price and get each second one for $20 only’. 

Let’s observe the steps of the action configuration.

Please open Admin Panel > Promotions > Shopping Cart Price Rules (click ‘Add New Rule’ button) > Actions.

Step 1. Step 1. Choose ‘Fixed Price: each 5th, 7th, 9th for $89.99 after 5 items added to the cart’ field.

Step 2. Use ‘Each Product (step)’ field to indicate a discount step. If you indicate ‘2’ like below, it means that each second item, that meets the rule conditions, will go with 20% discount.

Step 3. Use ‘After N’ setting to indicate the number of ‘N’ items. If you specify 3 like here, it means that a customer will have to buy 3 ‘N’ items to get a 20% discount for the each second item, in this case for the 5th, 7th, 9th item and so on.

And here's the rule which will give each second item after purchase of 3 for $100

Here's the diagram for this rule

 This is how the result will look like in the cart

A rule for specific products can be created in two ways. You can generate it either by using corresponding products SKUs or by creating a hidden category for necessary products. Follow the complete answer to see more details.

To set up percent-off promotions on everything you'll need to create the corresponding Cart Price rule with the "Persent of Product Price Discount" action and set the discount amount. See the screenshot to configure the rule correctly.

Using the Magento promotion module, you can easily set up a percent-off sale by creating a Cart Price rule and applying it to a necessary product's category only. To see how to designate 20% off a category, follow the link below.

To run a percent-off discount for some specific products you should create Cart Price rule and apply them to a required product only. To see the settings for a 20 percent off discount, read a complete answer.

With the Magento discount extension, you can create relevant Cart Price rule with 'Fixed amount discount' action. To see a 10-discount-amount example, follow the link below.

To launch a 'buy X get Y free' promo with the Special Promotions Pro extension, you need to create a relevant Cart Price rule, set up a discount, choose 2 in the Discount Qty step and apply the rule to a product you need . See all the settings in the full guide.

'Conditions' establish when your promo will be put into use, whereas 'Actions' specify all the benefits a customer will achieve if meeting all the promo conditions. While combining both the features you can design a vast number of various marketing campaigns. To learn where to configure the setting and how to make it properly, read the full answer.

The action can be used for launching such promos as 'buy 3 and get the cheapest for half the price' or 'buy 6 and get 2 cheapest items for half the price'. However, you need to know the rule can be applied to the same categories only. To see a step-by-step action guide, follow the link below.

To launch the promo where X is not equal to 1, you need to make changes in the 'Update prices' section: select the corresponding promo action, specify 2 as the 'Discount qty step' and set the discount amount to 1.

The special offer permits providing your customers with a percent discount in case he/she buys a specific number of products. For the promo launch, you need to create a cart price rule with the corresponding actions, specify the quantity step and a discount amount. Go on reading to use bit-by-bit instructions.