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title: "Clique Case Study: Two Gift Offers, Same 27 Tights"
url: "https://aov.ai/case-study/cliques-13-aov-growth-story-powered-by-gifting-and-visibility-with-aov-ai-free-gift/"
kind: "case-study"
lang: "en"
description: "Clique ran NZ$24.99 running socks behind one item and a NZ$99 gym bag behind two, across the same 27 tights. Only one of the two counters ever moved."
slug: "cliques-13-aov-growth-story-powered-by-gifting-and-visibility-with-aov-ai-free-gift"
published_at: "2025-10-02T15:16:08.000Z"
updated_at: "2026-09-18T12:00:00.000Z"
apps: ["AOV Free Gift"]
industry: ["Beauty & Fitness"]
location: "New Zealand"
store_url: "https://www.cliquefitness.com/"
feature_image: "https://aov.ai/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/21_4458573a-4316-42dd-a588-e477b1ba5a2a-1.webp"
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# Clique Case Study: Two Gift Offers, Same 27 Tights

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Case study · Activewear ![Clique](https://aov.ai/images/case-studies/clique/logo.png)

## One item earned the gift. Two items did not.

Clique put NZ$24.99 running socks behind one item and a NZ$99 gym bag behind two, across the same 27 tights. Only one of the two counters ever moved.

Activewear · New Zealand · AOV.ai Free Gifts

Campaigns: Gift with Cart Value and Gift with Quantity Purchase

[Visit cliquefitness.com ↗](https://cliquefitness.com/)

![A Clique staff member folding compression tights in store, a rail of CLIQUE tights behind her](https://aov.ai/images/case-studies/clique/hero.jpg)

_Image: Clique_

**73** orders that claimed the gym bag at the NZ$250 threshold

**39** orders on the one item running socks offer

**0** orders on the two item gym bag offer, in every archived reading

CLIQUE

[The problem](#problem) [The campaign](#campaign) [The outcome](#outcome) [What this case shows](#shows)

### 01 / The problem How much do you ask for?

Clique sold compression tights in New Zealand. Tights get bought one pair at a time, and the rest of the range, socks, a bag, a second pair, is what nobody arrives looking for.

The question was never whether to give something away, but what the gift should cost the shopper. Ask too little and the stock goes to orders you already had. Ask too much and nothing moves.

AOV.ai analysis

#### Why the usual incentives were a poor fit

Sitewide sales

Clique ran them through the winter, 30 per cent off winter warmers, then 25 per cent off almost everything. A sale moves every price and names no second item. cliquefitness.com

Discount codes

A code has to be remembered and typed in, so it reaches shoppers already hunting for one. AOV.ai analysis

A more expensive gift

The obvious answer to a quiet offer is a better prize. It costs more per claim and still leaves the shopper guessing what earns it. AOV.ai analysis

What is the smallest thing you can ask a shopper for?

### 02 / The campaign The same bag behind two different doors

The first offer was plain. Spend NZ$250 and the CLQ Gym Bag, NZ$99 on its own, is yours. One per customer, no end date.

Five months later the same bag returned behind a different door: buy two items from a list of 27 tights. That version had everything switched on, a promotion card, a countdown, a congratulations bar, a floating button reading GET YOUR FREE GYM BAG.

Then a third offer opened alongside it, and this time the gift was cheap. Buy one item from the Built to Run collection and take CLQ Reflect Run Socks, NZ$24.99, in black or white.

Buy NZ$250 in the cart

Get The CLQ Gym Bag, NZ$99

Buy Two items from a list of 27 tights

Get The same CLQ Gym Bag

Buy One item from the Built to Run collection

Get CLQ Reflect Run Socks, NZ$24.99

_**Figure 01.** The three offers. The cart value one ran first and alone. The two item bag and the one item socks ran side by side. Amounts in NZD._

Every rule is doing a job. One per customer means the gift buys a first purchase instead of a rebate people wait for. And nothing drops in by itself: the shopper opens the gift box and takes it.

The two triggers are different machines. The bag pointed at a fixed list of 27 tights. The socks pointed at a collection, so its range moved whenever the collection did, and within five days it was down to 23. The homepage said so in full: FREE RUN SOCKS WHEN YOU CHOOSE FROM OUR 'BUILT TO RUN' COLLECTION.

### 03 / The outcome The cheap gift behind the low bar won

73

Orders that claimed the gym bag at the NZ$250 threshold.

That is the store's own counter on the cart value offer, the longest run of readings here. It took ten days to reach 40, then another month to reach 7 six weeks later read 73.

22 Mar 40

27 Mar 43

21 Apr 71

23 Apr 73

_**Figure 02.** The gym bag counter at the NZ$250 threshold, 2025. Nothing in the offer changed between readings._

Read that line carefully. The first ten days ran at four orders a day. The next five added three between them. The month after that settled near one a one. Nothing was touched in between. A sevenfold swing with no change at all is why a claim count cannot tell you what a setting did.

The real comparison is the other one. In October 2025 two offers pointed at the same 27 tights, matched name by name. One asked for a single item and gave back NZ$24.99 of socks. The other asked for two and gave back the NZ$99 bag.

One item 43

Two items 0

_**Figure 03.** Orders on each offer, as the store's own counters reported them. The one item offer reached 43 in under six days. The two item counter held at zero across 272._

Now the honest part. Both offers Clique parked in the daily deal slot read zero, and all three in the gift slot read a number. Two cases is not a rule, but this zero may be a counter that was never counting rather than an offer nobody took.

AOV.ai has published a figure for this store: a 13 per cent lift in average order value and a 24.16 per cent rate from promotion views to add to cart. It describes the two item gym bag setup, the offer whose counter never moved. Neither number can be checked against anything public.

### 04 / What this case shows Lower the bar before you raise the prize

The same bag sat behind two doors. Spend NZ$250 and 73 orders walked through. Buy two pairs of tights and the counter never moved. Then the ask dropped to one item, the prize dropped from NZ$99 to NZ$24.99, and the counter filled faster than anything else in the store.

If your gift offer is quiet, reach for a smaller ask before a better gift.

So put this to your own offer. What is the cheapest thing a shopper can do, out of what they already meant to do, that still earns the gift? Clique's working answer was one item from a range they were already browsing. The answer that went nowhere was two.

It does not travel everywhere. If your product already sells in pairs or sets, asking for two is no stretch, and the one item version gives away stock on orders you had coming.

The campaigns are no longer on cliquefitness.com, and the address now goes to cliquecompression.com. The gift box went on showing the NZ$250 milestone for a year after that campaign left the live list. Offers get retired. The widgets advertising them do not.

## Frequently asked questions

### Why use multiple widgets in one campaign?

Because shoppers browse differently. A sidebar grabs attention, a pop-up drives action at checkout, and a promotion card nudges on product pages.

### How did Clique keep the campaign sustainable?

By using advanced settings: one gift per order, one per customer, with eligibility open to all. Simple guardrails, big impact.

### Can campaigns like this work for different product categories?

Absolutely. Gift-with-quantity promotions shine in fashion and beauty, but they also work for lifestyle, home, and wellness brands. The key is picking a gift that feels natural alongside the main product.

### Can I layer other AOV.ai features on top of gifting?

Yes. Many brands combine gifting with **post-purchase upsells** or **cart value thresholds**. For example, "Spend $100 and unlock a free gift, then add $30 more and get 15% off." It stacks value without stacking discounts.
