Set up : Buy 1 Get 1 free (the same product)

Question

Could you explain me step by step how to set up a Buy 1 Get 1 Free promotion from the shopping cart price rules menu. Ex: If customer buy 1 pack of cookies he gets another 1 for free.

I've tried by my own it doesn't work properly and i guess i can do it without buying specific extension.

Answer 1

I hope my answer will help anyone who want to set up a buy x Get y free on Magento:

1st. Go to Promotions > Shopping cart prices rules

2nd. Click on Add new rule

3rd. Define a name, a short descritpion, select website and customer groups

4th. Define if your promotion require a coupon to be activated or not

5th. Define a period

6th. Conditions : nothing to set up here

7th. ACTIONS :

a> Select "Buy x Get Y free"

b> Discount amount put "1" (that means 1 prodcut free)

c> Maximum qty discount apply : Select how many times in the order this promotions can be applied

d> Discount qty : Put "1" for a Buy 1 get 1 Free or put "3" to apply a buy 3 get 1 free

8th. Rule to apply to cart items : clik on SKU and type the sku of the product concerned by this promotion.

So basically, if you have set up a Buy 3 get 1 free promotion for example, you customer my need to add 4 products in his cart, then he'll get a 100% on one of these products.

Feel free to ask for more details.