After an incredibly long dry spell (yes, we’ve been that busy), we’re releasing another Magento Module. While there are several who’ve been asking for True Edit Order, we’re releasing module to fix a promotional issue that has been requested since our first install: the Magento ‘Add X, PromoBot’ Module.

Since our first Magento client, we’ve  thought you ought to be able to add a product to the cart, and get another product automatically added to the cart for free without having to bundle the products. We like the conditions available in Magento Shopping Cart Price Rules, and naturally expected to be able to leverage those to trigger the addition of a product to the cart. Now we can, and by extension, the rest of the Magento Community can as well.

The module allows the creation of Shopping Cart Price Rules as they currently stand in Magento, but adds an additional action which automatically adds product(s) to the cart for free. While bundling products together seems to accomplish the immediate need, this module provides the ability to set a rule once for an entire category, and layering conditions (ex: 2 jeans, Men’s category, priced above $50 ea.). Obviously, there are benefits for this flexibility.

The module does have a single restriction, which we may address in the future: a condition which does not specify actual products (ex: shopping cart subtotal) MUST be layered with a condition which does. Any rule using this new extended promotional action must include at least 1 condition to specify product (sku, category, item price, etc.). We can live with that for now.

As an additional note, we are releasing True Edit Orders within the next few weeks… if luck holds.

We’re watching Zumiez Holiday results. It’s a LOT of fun.

Among other things, we’re watching a custom Magento Bundled Product module consistently drive up sales and average order value. The enhanced bundled products have accounted for 5-7 of the top 10 selling products for weeks/months (we haven’t really looked beyond 2 weeks).

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