How do Free gift tiers work, and can gifts stack?

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

A Free gift can have up to 5 tiers (a code gift has 1), each with its own minimum, gift variant and Free quantity. With two or more tiers, Higher tier replaces lower is on by default, so only the gift of the highest tier reached is in the cart. Untick it and every tier the cart reaches adds its own gift.

Add tiers

1. Open the Free gift and pick the Trigger: Cart value or Items in cart. Every tier uses the same trigger. Switching it clears the maximum and the per-currency minimums and maximums.
2. In Gift tiers > Tier #1, enter the Minimum cart value (or Minimum items), the Free quantity (1 to 10), the gift product and its Variant, the Gift price and the Checkout label.
3. Click Add tier and fill in the next tier. You can have up to 5. Two tiers can't share a minimum ("Two tiers have the same minimum"), and tiers are sorted by minimum when you save.
4. From two tiers on, choose Higher tier replaces lower. Ticked: "Only the gift of the highest tier reached is in the cart." Unticked: "Every tier reached adds its gift."
5. Click Save. The Summary lists each tier, such as "Spend $50.00: Tote bag".

Highest only or stacked: an example

Tier #1: spend $50, get a tote bag. Tier #2: spend $100, get a mug.

When tiers add up, each tier must give a different variant. The editor says "Another tier already gives this variant. When tiers add up, pick a different gift." otherwise.

What counts toward a tier

• Cart value adds up the price times quantity of every item that counts, before any discount. A bundle's free or reduced units count at full price. Discount functions on Shopify run at the same time and don't see each other (Shopify developer docs), so no setting changes this. Shipping never counts.
• Items in cart adds up the units of every item that counts.
• All products counts every item. Specific products counts only the products you picked, with all their variants. You can't count collections or single variants, or exclude products.
• Require all of these products also needs at least one of each picked product in the cart, on top of the tier.
• Never counted: the gift lines themselves, upsell add-ons added by a bundle widget, and custom items that aren't products.
• Set a maximum cart value (or Set a maximum number of items): "No gift above this. Applies to every tier." It can't be below any tier's minimum.

Other currencies

Minimums and maximums are in your store currency and converted at Shopify's rate. When your store sells in other currencies, the globe button next to a Cart value amount sets an exact amount per currency. If you set them, each tier still needs a higher amount in that currency than the tier below. See Markets and currencies.

Edge cases

• Two gifts at the same amount: tiers can't share a minimum. Create a second Free gift with the same trigger and minimum. Each automatic Free gift counts toward Shopify's 25 active automatic discounts (Shopify Help Center).
• Code gifts have one tier. See Free gift with a discount code.
• Moving down a tier: when the cart drops below a tier, its gift is removed. With highest only, the lower tier's gift is added back.
• A gift the shopper deleted isn't added again in that browser tab while that tier stays the one reached. Once the cart drops below it and reaches it again, it's added again.
• Gifts inside a bundle are set in the bundle editor (Add gift on an offer card, or the Progressive gifts steps), show in the product page widget and are added only on pages that show it.

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