Release history

Free Gift changelog

Every update, improvement, and fix - all in one place.

v3.1.0October 9th, 2026

v3.1.0 lets you unlock gifts by how many items are in the cart, shows progress in the cart drawer, and gives you clearer control over where the banner appears, plus smoother checkout and cart fixes since v3.0.0.

New
  • Unlock by item count: offer a free gift when the cart reaches a number of items, not only a spend amount. Banner messages update to match (for example, “Add 2 more items to get a free…”).
  • Progress in the cart drawer: shoppers see how close they are to their free gift right in the cart drawer on popular themes.
  • Choose where the banner shows: turn the sticky header banner and the cart drawer progress on or off separately.
Improvement
  • Easier to find the offer on/off switch, clearer errors when something is missing to save, and tiered-reward banners that link to the next gift.
Fix
  • Gifts stay free at checkout more reliably, including when you turn the offer off mid-cart, change the gift product, or sell in multiple currencies.
  • Smoother cart drawer behavior, better placement under announcement bars, and gift images skipped cleanly when a product has no photo.
  • Pre-order gifts add to the cart correctly, and your store currency is set up properly when you install the app.
v3.0.0August 23rd, 2026

v3.0.0 makes free gifts update live with ajax carts, smooths out popup and theme glitches, and improves admin setup, including clearer offer-type settings, an opt-in storefront banner, and progress sister apps like Instafeed can show.

New
  • Live cart updates: on ajax-cart themes, the free gift reacts when the cart changes, so drawers and counts refresh without a full page reload in most cases. Settings toggles control smart cart updates and optional page refresh.
  • Offer progress for sister apps: Free Gift exposes progress so apps like Instafeed can show spend, BOGO, or tiered progress when the offer is active.
Improvement
  • Admin Free Gift page: clearer offer-type picker, a warning when the offer is off, faster-loading sales stats, and the storefront banner defaults to off for new setups.
  • When shoppers unlock a gift but it is not in the cart yet, copy says the gift is ready to claim, instead of “spend €0 more”.
  • Tiered rewards: claim messaging focuses on the current unlocked tier until the gift is in the cart; upgrade copy appears only for the next tier.
Fix
  • More reliable gift add/remove on the cart page across common themes, with fewer full reloads and stuck full-price gifts.
  • Stopped gift popup flashing or rebuilding on open on themes such as Halo.
  • Discarding unsaved admin changes no longer turns the storefront banner back on when it was off.
v2.0.0June 4th, 2026

v2.0.0 adds tiered rewards so you can offer better free gifts as shoppers spend more, with storefront messaging and checkout discounts that follow the highest tier they qualify for.

Choose Tiered rewards, then set a spend threshold and gift product for each tier (up to three).

Choose Tiered rewards, then set a spend threshold and gift product for each tier (up to three).

New
  • Tiered rewards: a new trigger type alongside Spend threshold and BOGO. Set 2 or 3 cart-total tiers, each with its own minimum spend and free gift product.
  • Storefront banner encourages shoppers to reach the next tier (for example, “Spend $X more to upgrade your free gift to [product]”) and confirms when they unlock the top-tier gift.
  • When the cart total crosses a higher tier, the free gift in the cart updates automatically and checkout discounts apply to the highest tier the customer qualifies for.
v1.4.0April 29th, 2026
Choose Spend threshold or BOGO, then pick the qualifying product and how many units unlock the gift.

Choose Spend threshold or BOGO, then pick the qualifying product and how many units unlock the gift.

New
  • BOGO: offer a free gift when shoppers add a specific product to the cart, with optional minimum quantity, alongside your existing spend-threshold offers.
Improvement
  • Clearer setup when you choose Spend threshold or BOGO, refreshed wording in other languages, and a tidier layout.
  • Help text in the theme editor explains more clearly what shoppers will see when the app is enabled.
  • You can include more gift options in a single promotion.
Fix
  • Smoother experience at checkout, on your storefront banner, and while you configure your gifts.
v1.3.0April 9th, 2026
New
  • Turn the storefront banner and the qualification popup on or off separately, so you can hide the bar or the popup while the offer still runs.
Improvement
  • More reliable free-gift discount at checkout and fixes for the popup with several gift products or single-variant gifts.
  • Smoother gift-products picker in the app (including the add-products action) and saving a gift without a product image no longer fails.
v1.2.0March 9th, 2026
New
  • Multiple gifts: add several products as gift options. When customers reach the spend threshold, they can pick one of them to add to the cart for free.
v1.1.0March 3rd, 2026
New
  • See what's new right in the app
  • Sales stats: see how many orders included your free gift and how much revenue they brought in
Improvement
  • Stats now appear at the top of the Free Gift page
v1.0.2February 9th, 2026
New
  • Ability to change banner height
v1.0.1February 6th, 2026
New
  • Ability to change banner font size
v1.0.02025

Free Gift lets you offer a free gift when customers spend over a threshold. Configure your gift product, set the spend amount, and customize the sticky banner on your storefront.

New
  • Offer a free gift when customers spend over a set amount
  • Sticky banner on your store with customizable look
  • Discount is applied automatically at checkout
  • Banner works with modern Shopify themes