How to Create a Bundle on Shopify? (3 Easy Methods)

All three methods will give you a working bundle discount offer to your customers. The bundle methods differ in what shoppers see on the product page and in how much discount logic you build by hand.

Shopify's help center states that you must have a bundles app installed to create product bundles, the free native one included, so unless you only want a discount-based offer, the decision is which app to choose to sell bundles on Shopify. I compared all three methods against Shopify's documentation, the App Store listings and what merchants report in their reviews. Below you'll find the exact steps how to implement each method and which method is best which use case. Also you will learn practical tips on how to price bundles so that you achieve your goals of improving average order value (AOV).

What is a Shopify product bundle?

A Shopify product bundle is two or more items sold together as one offer, usually priced below what the items cost separately. Most bundles fit one of five formats:

• Fixed bundles: a set group of products sold as one listing, like a skincare kit
• Multipacks: several units of the same product, like a 3-pack of socks
• Quantity breaks: tiered discounts that grow with quantity (buy 2 save 10%, buy 3 save 15%)
• Mix-and-match bundles: the shopper picks any set number of items from a range, often through a bundle builder or build-a-box page
• Buy X get Y: a free or discounted item unlocked by a purchase

Shopify's native app handles only fixed bundles and multipacks.

Shopify bundle methods compared

For most popular bundle methods like quantity breaks or mix-and-match with the savings visible on the product page you should choose the Kaching Bundles app. If you want to offer a couple of fixed gift kits on a zero budget you can opt in for the natife Shopify bundle app. Finally, if you are okay with simply showing Automatic volume discounts without additional product page widgets (which would increase conversion rate), you can pick Shopify's built-in automatic Discount feature.

Method 1: How to create a bundle on Shopify with Kaching Bundles

Kaching Bundles App & Upsells creates bundles as a widget on your existing product pages, so shoppers choose a quantity tier or bundle without leaving the product they came for. It holds a 5.0 rating across 5,819 reviews on the Shopify App Store and carries the Built for Shopify badge.

Step 1: Install the Kaching Bundles App & Upsells app on Shopify

Install the app from the Shopify App Store. Paid plans start at $14.99 per month after a 7-day free trial, and it's free on development stores, so you can build and preview a bundle before paying anything.

Step 2: Create a bundle deal and pick the products

Create a new bundle deal, name it, and choose the products or collections it applies to. One deal can cover a whole collection.

Step 3: Choose the bundle type and set the discount

Choose the offer format: quantity breaks, buy X get Y free, a volume discount across different products (the mix-and-match option), or a complete-the-bundle upsell. Each tier's discount can be a percentage, a fixed amount off or a specific price. A sensible starting point would be 1 unit at full price, 2 units at 10% off and 3 units at 15% off, with the middle tier labelled most popular so it draws the eye.

Step 4: Customize the widget to match your theme

Adjust colours, fonts and layout until the widget looks native to your theme. Kaching Bundles offer a convenient no-code popup builder, although custom CSS is possible too for edge cases and more tech-savvy users.

Step 5: Publish and A/B test the offer

Publish, then open a product page and check the widget on desktop and mobile. After a week or two of having the bundle widget enabled, the built-in A/B testing feature lets you compare discount levels or bundle combinations, and the dashboard shows the extra revenue each one brought in.

The app's pricing is revenue-based: Starter plan covers up to $1,000 of additional monthly revenue generated by the app, Scale at $29.99 covers $5,000 and Pro at $59.99 covers $10,000. Best part about using Kaching Bundles is that it never costs mare than it generates extra revenue for your store.

What does this bundle integration look like in practice? One of our users IntegroPet added quantity breaks across its supplement range and took average order value from EUR 38 to EUR 60, with roughly half of first-time buyers choosing the 3-pack, according to IntegroPet's case study.

Method 2: How to create a bundle on Shopify with the Shopify Bundles app

Shopify Bundles is Shopify's own free app for creating fixed bundles and multipacks on any Shopify plan. It turns a group of products into a new bundle listing with its own price, while inventory still comes out of the individual products.

Step 1: Install the Shopify Bundles app on Shopify

Install Shopify Bundles from the App Store and open it from Apps > Bundles in your admin.

Step 2: Create the bundle and select products

Click Create bundle, enter a title and select the products to include. You can adjust the quantity and variant of each component.

Step 3: Turn it into a multipack (optional)

Selling several units of one product? Click the menu next to that product and choose Duplicate product.

Step 4: Add product details and set it to active

Click Save and continue, fill in the bundle's images, description and price, set the status to Active and save.

The app is clean and costs nothing. Its limitations show up quickly though, and Shopify's Bundles documentation lists them plainly:

• Fixed bundles and multipacks only, with no quantity breaks, mix-and-match or tiered pricing
• Up to 30 components per fixed bundle, and a maximum of 3 options and 100 variants per bundle
• Sells on the Online Store and headless storefronts only
• The bundle price doesn't update when a component's price changes
• Orders list a SKU for each component instead of one bundle SKU
• Inventory is tracked by overall stock, not by location

Because every bundle lives on its own listing, a shopper browsing a single product never sees the offer unless you link it or write about it there.

Method 3: How to create a bundle on Shopify without an app

To create a bundle on Shopify without an app, set up a Buy X get Y automatic discount that unlocks a free or discounted item once the cart hits a quantity or spend threshold. It's built into every Shopify admin.

Step 1: Create a Buy X get Y discount

Go to Discounts, click Create discount and choose Buy X get Y. Select Automatic discount so shoppers don't need a code.

Step 2: Set what the customer buys and gets

Under Customer buys, set a minimum quantity or purchase amount and the qualifying products. Under Customer gets, pick the item and make it free, a percentage off or an amount off each.

Step 3: Set eligibility and dates, then save

Choose who qualifies, whether the discount combines with other discounts and when it starts. Save.

It's free. Shopify's Buy X get Y documentation also spells out the catch: customers must add every item themselves, and "the free or discounted 'get' item is never automatically added to the cart." The product page won't advertise the deal either, so a banner or a line in the description has to do that job.

The other no-app workaround is a manual bundle listing. Create a new product, price it below the combined total and list the components in the description. For a static gift set that's enough. Stock won't connect to the individual products, however, which means adjusting inventory by hand after every sale.

How to price your first Shopify bundle

To price your first Shopify bundle, build the tiers around quantities customers already buy, then set each discount from your margin and check it against what competitors charge.

A good example is one of our users - Meat For More. Its shoppers already compared price per kg, so the store gave every product the same 1, 2, 5 and 10 kg tiers with a falling price per kg. During bundle campaigns its conversion rate doubled from 7% to 14%, as the Meat For More case study shows.

Pouchdaddy took the margin approach, running Buy 1, Buy 5 and Buy 10 tiers with discounts matched to margin and competitor pricing. Conversion rate went from 5% to 9% (Pouchdaddy case study).

On a low-priced product the effect is even bigger. HELLO packaged its best-selling underwear into 6- and 12-unit packs and grew average order value from $10 to $45, a result documented in HELLO's case study.

FAQ

Can you create bundles on Shopify for free?

Yes, you can create bundles on Shopify for free. The Shopify Bundles app costs nothing on every plan and handles fixed bundles and multipacks, and Buy X get Y automatic discounts are built into the admin. A paid app becomes worth it once you want quantity breaks or mix-and-match offers shown on the product page.

Can you create mix-and-match bundles on Shopify?

Mix-and-match bundles on Shopify need a bundle app, because the native Shopify Bundles app supports only fixed bundles and multipacks. Kaching Bundles covers it with a volume discount across different products.

What is the best bundle app for Shopify?

The best bundle app for Shopify depends on the bundle type. For quantity breaks, BOGO and mix-and-match shown on the product page, Kaching Bundles App & Upsells is the strongest option with a 5.0 rating across 5,819 reviews. For a few free fixed kits, Shopify Bundles is enough.