Gift with Purchase Promotions Tips and Strategies

With 15 years of experience, we’ve explored various Gift with Purchase strategies and their impact on consumer behaviour. Whether it’s encouraging bigger purchases, building loyalty, or creating urgency, different GWP tactics can help you meet your marketing goals, both in the short and long term.

These are some practical strategies to help you maximise the benefits of your GWP campaigns:

Tailor Your Gifts to the Target Audience: We’ve already talked about this; the right gift can make or break your campaign. Whether it’s a product that complements the one being purchased or an experiential gift that aligns with your customers’ interests, choose a gift that is relevant and appealing to your target audience. Research has found that framing the target product as a free gift can enhance purchase intention as it makes consumers feel lucky (Lui, et al., 2022).

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Limited Time Offer: Adding a sense of urgency, such as making the gift available for a limited time, can spur action more quickly.

Tiered Gifts: Offering different gifts or levels of gifts based on the spend amount can push customers to spend more money.

Seasonal Gifts: Tailoring your gift with purchase promotions to align with seasons or holidays can amp up their relevance and timeliness.