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Better Together for osCommerce - the Better Together World
Better Together permits shopowners to offer the following types of discounts in osCommerce 2.2 and osCommerce 2.3:
- Buy item X, get item Y at a discount
- Buy item X, get an item from category A at a discount
- Buy an item from category A, get an item from category B at a discount
- Buy an item from category A, get item X at a discount
Discounts may be specified as percentages of the latter item's price or as absolute values in the currency your cart uses.
I wrote several other pieces of software to go with Better Together for osCommerce. Here they all are.
| Add-On | Problem It Solves | FREE/PAY | osC 2.2/2.3 | osC 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Together | It all starts here. Buy "A" get a discount on "B." A or B can be specific products or the parent categories of products. | FREE | Y | Y |
| Better Together Admin panel | Makes it easier to add new Better Together discount offers. | PAY | Y | N |
| Better Together Marketing Text | Shows your Better Together offers on the product info page. | FREE | Y | Y |
| Buy Both Now | Adds a one-click purchase button to your Better Together offers on the product info page. | PAY | Y | N |
| Discount Preview | Allows your customers to see their discounts on the shopping cart page instead of making them wait until the payment page. | PAY | Y | N |
| Checkout Candy | Automatically upsells your Better Together combinations. If a customer has one item in their cart, it prompts them to buy the other. | PAY | Y | Y |
| Better Together Offers on Listing Pages | Shows off your Better Together discounts on the following listing pages: Search Results, and Manufacturers listings and category listing pages. | PAY | Y | Y |
| Better Together Promotional Page | Provides a single page that shows all your Better Together offers. | FREE | Y | N |
| Add Both to Cart | Extends the Better Together Promotional Page by providing a one-click button to purchase both items in a Better Together pairing (both items must be products without attributes). | PAY | Y | N |
Do you need even more osCommerce 2.2/2.3 discounting power? Check out Big Spender for osCommerce, Big Chooser for osCommerce, and Free Gift Chooser for osCommerce. Take a look at what you can do!
| What you want to do | What to use |
| Provide a discount for items made by one particular manufacturer | Big Spender or Big Chooser |
| Buy 2 of A, get B at a discount Buy 3 of A, get B at a discount Buy 2 of A, get a third A at a discount |
Big Chooser or Free Gift Chooser |
| Buy A and B, get C at a discount | Big Chooser or Free Gift Chooser |
| Buy A, B, C, D ... get Z at a discount | Big Chooser or Free Gift Chooser |
| Buy 1 of A, 2 of B, 3 of C, ... get unlimited Z at a discount | Big Chooser or Free Gift Chooser |
| Spend over $100, get a gift | Big Spender |
| Spend over $100, get a discount off A | Big Spender |
| Spend over $100, get a discount off some combination of A, B and C | Big Spender |
| Spend over $100 from category X, get a discount on A | Big Spender |
| Spend over $100, get a your choice of two items from category 1 and 2 items from category 2 | Big Spender |
| Spend over $100 from category X, get a discount off the entire cart | Big Spender |
| Buy items A, B, C, get a discount off some combination of D, E and F | Big Chooser or Free Gift Chooser |
| Buy items A, B, C, get a your choice of a discount off D, E or F | Big Chooser or Free Gift Chooser |
| Buy items A, B, C, get a your choice of two items from category 1 and 2 items from category 2 | Big Chooser or Free Gift Chooser |
| Buy items A, B, C, get a discount off the entire cart | Big Chooser |