--- title: Price Rule – Buy X, Get AMOUNT for free description: "Conditional AMOUNT discount, when buying X. A classic example is Buy one , Get one. Or Buy 3 and get 1 for free. Navigate to [manage.acadiapos.com](https://manage.acadiapos.com) for **Retail** or [rfsm.acadiapos.com](https://rfsm.acadiapos.com) for **Restaurant** **Step 1.** Click \"Items\" on the sidebar ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-07/248da1c0-f2fa-40c1-a738-6ed3556857d1/user_cropped_screenshot_b5cfe2bdce794de4bc678a55ee151ccc_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)…" url: "https://acadiapos.com/doc/price-rule-buy-x-get-amount-for-free/" updated: "2026-07-07" category: Apps / AcadiaPOS --- # Price Rule – Buy X, Get AMOUNT for free Conditional AMOUNT discount, when buying X. A classic example is Buy one , Get one. Or Buy 3 and get 1 for free. Navigate to [manage.acadiapos.com](https://manage.acadiapos.com) for **Retail** or [rfsm.acadiapos.com](https://rfsm.acadiapos.com) for **Restaurant** **Step 1.** Click "Items" on the sidebar ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-07/248da1c0-f2fa-40c1-a738-6ed3556857d1/user_cropped_screenshot_b5cfe2bdce794de4bc678a55ee151ccc_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) **Step 2.** Click **"Price/Discount Rules"** ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-07/f02ba6da-e0b6-44e1-bd25-85e44745fd04/user_cropped_screenshot_2531e96b112441be9c77bae17f5161e8_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) **Step 3.** Select the **"Cart Item / Buy X, get AMOUNT for free"** option. ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-08/491c7757-ea97-4ec8-9ef0-98030a5fcd2d/user_cropped_screenshot_d7d70bb9f6014176a21ce0ae082154b8_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) **Step 4.** Choose a product or category to apply this price rule to. **In this example I'm using categories, anything inside the category will have the price rule applied to it. If its a product, it will only be applied to those specific products.** ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-08/58e596ed-9fac-4d49-b928-259cf149c1f7/screenshot_066eaacc473b4561b28d421c24e62f1b_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) **Step 5.** Enter the number they must buy under **BUY X** **Step 6.** The number they get for free under **AMOUNT** ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-08/c0269b43-0a78-4b58-aa9f-3bb89d75a69d/user_cropped_screenshot_e7bd0cb4c10748b89f2c571c90f4c39c_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) **Step 8.** Under **"Is Stackable (Can be combined with other rules)"** If **Enabled**, the rule will combine with other price rules. ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-08/f12f04f2-9be9-4077-a287-63c7540c265c/user_cropped_screenshot_d3312d7e01574155bbe060f76ff4a001_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) **With Customer Groups, if you leave these fields blank, it will apply the price rule to all groups.** **Step 9.** Enter customer group(s) in the field under **CUSTOMER GROUP IDS** rule to apply to specific customer groups. Separate groups with commas. If you want this price rule to apply to specific customer groups. ***Group ID's are found by going to sidebar, clicking CUSTOMER, then CUSTOMER GROUP, find the customer group and look for its ID, its the first column.*** **Step 10.** You can also **EXCLUDE** **CUSTOMER GROUP IDS** using the same method as adding customer ID's. This is useful if you want to apply to almost every category except to select groups. **Step 11.** Choose a **VENDOR** if you want a rule to apply to a vendor. **If using multiple group ID's you have to separate groups with commas.** ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-08/edc403d2-8043-4ad4-8895-1b5246061b84/user_cropped_screenshot_a3f47402162a4408bd6a38f397359a7c_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) **Date & Time based rules, so you can run your business with precision.** **Leave blank if you want the rule to apply without any date or time restrictions.** **Step 12.** Days of the week the rule is active **Step 13.** Hours when rule is active **Step 14.** Start/End Min (0-99) **Step 15.** Start/End (Create a date range for a rule to last a couple days to any time period that you wish for the rule to end.) ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-08/e424b538-d4a3-4eea-b4a4-ecb492435a23/user_cropped_screenshot_18ce17f39acb44439fd962d658eb9349_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) **Step 16.** If there is a maximum amount of products required in the cart for the price rule to be valid, enter that value under **MAX CART QTY** **Leave blank if you dont want any CAP/MAX amount for the rule.** ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-08/12f1ae9d-8e31-4fe7-ad82-9a4a53d6244a/user_cropped_screenshot_28cd5ff94a9c4a5fbf27cc06e928b62a_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) You can now see the rule is now listed. ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-08/64a20514-c0b1-41b2-8cdd-0a87106a53cb/user_cropped_screenshot_f085261b231547e8ba89916df9c1792b_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) Example below is of MobilePOS BUY 1 Get 1 & Buy 3 get 1 Choose the product with the price rule we set for all the beer related categories. (**Buy 1 Get 1 EXAMPLE)** Click Beer/Malt/Cider or whatever you set the category/product etc to apply to. ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-08/fee3545b-03f0-4282-8bbb-b91bc2033744/user_cropped_screenshot_1deb58973c364d7f84160426bcf153b0_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) Click on the product ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-08/cfd3945f-4015-433c-a33b-52a5ce0be777/user_cropped_screenshot_0c04dea8f06f4b88b1f44fd29228a1a9_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) Click one more time, and now the price rule is activated for **BUY 1 GET 1** ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-08/7dfbb1a7-a378-42f8-b68f-bf8a1f9cd774/user_cropped_screenshot_73d515cade404c06b5fe39e6b7c40a1e_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) **EXAMPLE OF BUY 3(X) to get AMOUNT 1** ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-08/739ffedc-f233-401c-95b7-3dbf769ae44e/user_cropped_screenshot_527fd3d784194c59bb656e3f153b9da0_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) **Notice, you are at 3 items for the Buy 3 get 1.** **Click one more time and the rule will apply. See next slide.** ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-08/5700e5d4-b94f-4de4-a4a1-c2818d5fea61/user_cropped_screenshot_bd9cff97962545648b90fd133bf3ee72_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) The price rule is now applied. It has now given the amount for the 4th item. ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-08/a2871cea-94bb-4778-8727-a27a7087f6c4/user_cropped_screenshot_911de51a4e494b4a991bc16d1ee122ed_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) Example of AcadiaPOS App. ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-08/c99c0002-4f39-481e-bd22-260062bc9fde/user_cropped_screenshot_3c4231e43ce846a68939a43923b6eb06_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) This is an example of **Buy 1 Get One 1** on the Acadia APP ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-08/fab64666-144f-4775-954a-4466c0ce69ee/user_cropped_screenshot_f04fc9154afe491aafc33e7ecc876103_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1) Example of the rule activated ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2026-01-08/854412f2-5b08-4945-9dd4-861f6873c849/user_cropped_screenshot_907926e20e054b6ba1362d3ca8a524a4_text_export.jpeg?w=780&ssl=1)