How do I set up progressive gifts in a bundle?

Updated November 2, 2026 · SMART Bundles App & Upsells (E-TRADE PARTNER)

On the bundle's Extras tab, turn on Progressive gifts and add each step with Add gift: One product (a free product) or Free shipping. Each step unlocks at an offer or a spend amount, and the widget shows the ladder with its progress above or below the offers.

Set it up

1. Open the bundle in SMART Discounts, go to the Extras tab and switch on Progressive gifts.
2. Pick a Layout (Cards or List) and a Position (Above the offers or Below the offers).
3. Click Add gift and choose One product ("A product you pick, added for free") or Free shipping ("Free shipping on the order once unlocked"). A ladder can have one free shipping step.
4. In each step, set Unlock at: Offer #N and higher, Offer #N only, or Spend at least... with a Minimum spend. Then Gift quantity, Image (optional), Badge text, Crossed-out value, Title and Title when locked.
5. Edit the ladder texts: Title (default "Free gifts with your order 🎁"), Subtitle, Unlocked label, Locked label, Items to go ("Add {{n}} more"), Amount to go ("Spend {{amount}} more"), When every gift is unlocked and Unlock button text. A cleared text shows nothing.
6. Choose Show progress (a step line over cards, a bar over a list), Hide gifts until they are unlocked and Show product images on locked gifts. Colors and look are on the card's Style tab.
7. Click Save.

How steps unlock at checkout

• Offer #N and higher: the cart holds at least as many units of the bundle's products as that offer has, counted together.
• Offer #N only: that offer is the one checkout prices the cart with.
• Spend at least...: the bundle's products in the cart reach that amount at their prices before discounts, converted to the shopper's currency. Other products, gift lines and upsell lines don't count.
• A product gift is free (100% off) for its Gift quantity. The widget adds it to the cart as its own line once the step is reached, and removes it when the cart no longer qualifies.
• Free shipping takes 100% off the order's shipping at checkout while that step is reached. It applies only to orders that reach the step, not store-wide.

Letting customers choose their gift

• Variants, yes. A gift product with 2 or more variants shows a variant select on its step once it is unlocked. Use Edit variants on the gift to limit the choice. Sold-out variants can't be picked.
• Different products, no. Each gift row is one product, so shoppers can't choose between gift products. You can give each offer its own gift instead (Add gift on the offer card).
• With the Buy X get Y discount type, customers add the Y item themselves, so they can choose any product you list there. It has nothing on the product page.

Edge cases

• Ladder steps apply only while the Progressive gifts switch is on. Switching it off keeps your steps saved.
• A sold-out gift product isn't shown as a step and isn't added.
• Gifts are added from a page that shows the bundle widget. If a shopper reaches a step only by changing quantities on the cart page, the gift isn't added there. A gift whose bundle left the cart is removed on any page.
• A locked card is clickable: it selects the smallest offer that unlocks it.
• A gift added with Add gift inside an offer comes only with that offer, not with higher tiers.
• For a gift on every page by cart value, without a bundle, use Free gift tiers.

More on gifts: Free gifts, Upsells and extras and Free gift with purchase on Shopify.

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