Freebies:
What is a Freebie?
A Freebie is a promotional offering provided by a business to customers without requiring any payment. It is typically used as a marketing strategy to attract new customers, retain existing ones, or increase brand awareness.
Why are Freebies Useful?
Freebies can attract potential customers to your brand or product, encouraging them to try it out without any financial commitment.
Offering freebies can help build goodwill and positive associations with your brand, leading to increased customer loyalty.
Freebies can serve as a way to introduce new products or services to the market and gather feedback from customers.
How to Mark a Product as a Freebie in Shopify?
To designate a product as a freebie in Shopify, follow these steps:
Access your Shopify Dashboard: Log in to your Shopify account and navigate to the Products section in your dashboard.
Select the Product: Choose the product that you want to mark as a freebie from your list of products.
Add the "bik-hide" Tag: In the product details, locate the Tags field. Add the tag "bik-hide" to the product. This tag signifies that the product is a freebie.
Save Changes: Once you've added the tag, make sure to save your changes to apply the freebie designation to the product.
Effects of Marking a Product as a Freebie:
When you mark a product as a freebie in Shopify using the "bik-hide" tag, the following changes occur:
Events related to abandoned products or purchased products will not be triggered for the freebie.
Online store events for add to cart or product viewed will not be triggered as well for a freebie product.
The freebie will not appear in abandoned cart images, providing a smoother shopping experience for customers.
The freebie will be excluded from your Facebook catalog, ensuring accurate representation of your products on social media platforms.
Adding Multiple Products as Freebies in Shopify:
To mark multiple products as freebies in Shopify, follow these steps:
Navigate to your Shopify dashboard and click on "Products" from the sidebar menu.
Select the products that you want to designate as freebies by clicking on the checkboxes next to each product.
After selecting the products, click on the "Bulk edit" button.
In the column selection options, choose "Tags" to apply tags to the selected products.
Add the tag "bik-hide" against the products you wish to mark as freebies.
Once you've added the tag to the desired products, click on the "Save" button to apply the changes.
FAQs
1) How do I mark a product as a freebie in Shopify?
To mark a product as a freebie in Shopify, add the tag "bik-hide" to the product in your Shopify dashboard.
2) What changes occur once a product is marked as a freebie?
Once a product is marked as a freebie:
Events related to abandoned products or purchased products will not be triggered for the freebie.
The freebie will not appear in abandoned cart images.
The freebie will be excluded from your Facebook catalog.
3) Can I remove the freebie tag from a product once it's applied?
Yes, you can remove the "bik-hide" tag from a product to remove it as a freebie. Simply edit the product in your Shopify dashboard and remove the tag.
4)Will customers be notified if a product is marked as a freebie?
No, customers will not receive notifications specifically indicating that a product has been marked as a freebie.
5) Can I mark multiple products as freebies simultaneously in Shopify?
Yes, you can mark multiple products as freebies at once in Shopify by using the bulk edit feature.
6) Is there a limit to the number of products I can designate as freebies in one go?
There is typically no specific limit imposed by Shopify on the number of products you can mark as freebies simultaneously.
7) Will adding the "bik-hide" tag affect other product attributes or settings?
No, adding the "bik-hide" tag will only designate the product as a freebie and will not affect other attributes or settings of the product.
For further assistance or to raise feature requests related to freebies, please contact [email protected].