# Add a free gift to the cart reward bar

> Add a gift to the cart automatically when it reaches a threshold, and make it free at checkout.

Click **Add tier** in the **Reward bar**, pick **Free gift** and choose your gift products. When a cart reaches the threshold, the drawer adds the gift by itself. Shopify makes it free at checkout.

**Using ChatGPT, Claude or another AI assistant?** On a Plus store with no carts yet, the first cart and its rewards go live at once. Confirm the amount first. See [Build a cart drawer with an AI assistant](https://section-store.orka.help/a/build-a-cart-drawer-with-an-ai-assistant).

## Before you start

The gift is a real product in your store. It must be active, in stock and available on your online store. Shoppers buy it at $0, so it uses your inventory.

## Set it up

1. In Shopify admin, open **Apps** → **Section Store** → **Cart Drawer**.
2. Click **Edit** on your cart.
3. Under **Body**, open the **Reward bar** card. Its switch must be on.
4. Under **Tiers**, click **Add tier** and pick **Free gift**.
5. Set **Title**. Leave variables out of it, because checkout prints the title as you typed it.
6. Set **Min price**. With **Unlock by** on **Item quantity**, the field reads **Min quantity**.
7. Under **Free gifts**, click **Select products**.
8. In Shopify's picker, tick your gift and the variants you allow. To change them later, click **Select products** again.
9. Set the quantity on the gift's row.
10. Click **Save**.
11. Add products past the threshold on your storefront. The gift appears with a **Free gift** tag and the price **FREE**.

## How gifts behave

- The gift has no quantity control and no remove button.
- If the cart drops below the threshold, the drawer removes the gift.
- If you allow several variants, the shopper picks one on the gift row. Each unit gets its own picker.
- A tier gives every product in it. Shoppers can't choose between products. To offer a choice, use one product with several variants.
- Every unlocked gift tier adds its gifts, so gifts stack.
- Gifts never count toward the threshold.

## What gifts need

- **The drawer script.** Only the drawer adds gift lines, so the app embed must be on. It runs on your cart page too.
- **The cart.** A shopper who uses **Buy it now** skips the cart and gets no gift.

## A shopper adds the same product

They pay for the one they add, and it counts toward the threshold. It sits on its own line, apart from the free one.

## If it doesn't work

- **The tier doesn't show on the bar:** it has no product or no variants. You see "No gift products selected" or "No variants selected" in the tier.
- **The gift isn't added:** see the article below.
- **The gift has a price at checkout:** see the article below.

## Related

- [Why wasn't the free gift added to the cart?](https://section-store.orka.help/a/why-wasnt-the-free-gift-added-to-the-cart)
- [Why is the free gift charged at checkout?](https://section-store.orka.help/a/why-is-the-free-gift-charged-at-checkout)
- [Do cart rewards work with Buy it now?](https://section-store.orka.help/a/do-cart-rewards-work-with-buy-it-now)

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