Is there a way to add a coupon for something for free. For example, use coupon code xyz for a free branded Hat or shirt

Hi Steven
Could you not create a coupon that you can assign to products where the amount is 100% ?

Vince

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Thanks, I think Ive tried that, but on checkout I keep getting this error.

"The discount number you entered (Lanyard) was not found, has expired or is not applicable. Please click here if you wish to go back and try again."

Here are the settings Ive used

Hi Steven
Normally problems like this really do come down to the coupon not being applicable to the product. Can you double check the parameters and that it is assigned to the product in question? Also, try testing by varying the parameters, (such as for instance make it applicable storewide) to see if you can narrow down which one is causing it not to be applied.

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Ive assigned it and tried different settings but just cant seem to get anything to work.

Hi Steven
I logged into your admin and had a look at the "Lanyard" discount but it doesn't seem to be assigned to any products or categories. Is that the case? If so, could you assign it first and then let me know if you still have problems.

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Maybe im doing it wrong but I thought it was assigned. This is what was done.

Hi Steven
My apologies but I was looking at the wrong thing. But I see the problem now as the Lanyard is less than the minimum purchase for this discount. I see what you are thinking, that you want the discount based on the total cart contents but to only apply to this item, but that's not how it works I'm afraid.

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Hi Steven
I've been doing some tests here with an option to base the coupon totals on the assignment or the entire cart contents and I think this would be what you need here. Hopefully it shouldn't take too long to finish and I'll let you know when I have more news.

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Cool, thanks!!

Hi Steven
The changes are ready and I've added them to the updater. Once updated in the ECT Admin -> Discounts page you will also be able to set the "Scope" to:

Assign to individual products / categories based on cart totals

Then hopefully things should work as you wanted.

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Thanks, ill give it a try.

Tried this feature. It would be great if, in the cases of a free item, that the code applied only when the other items in the cart exceeded X ammount.

Example: Free [FreeProduct] with cart over $100. If [FreeProduct] is $20 and the other items in the cart are $80, then customer will get the free product because the total including the free item equal $100.

If your product is a set price, you can inflate the number on the discount admin page so that it is $120 so that the final cart is $100+, but if it is not a set amount that could make it tricker.

Also, it would be great if you could limit the free item to one of something in a category (or individual products that the discount is applied to). If I apply the discount to a category because I want to have someone pick one free widget of their choice in the category if the cart is $X, it does not seem to support that. I can set the max limit which will allow them to get 1 of EACH widget from that category, but not just 1 (if they put three different widgets in their cart).