Kite Shopify cart reward app profile

Discount and gift app built on Shopify Functions, with threshold gifts, tiered discounts and progress bars.

Research note: This profile summarizes the public listing and documentation published by Kite, last checked Nov 9, 2026. Capabilities can differ by plan, channel and integration, so verify the exact capability you need.

Kite at a glance

Focus: Threshold gifts, tiered discounts, shipping discounts and goal progress bars
Good fit for: Stores mixing free shipping, gifts and tiered discounts
Capabilities: Auto add and remove gifts at cart-value thresholds, BOGO and multi-buy, Tiered and shipping discounts, Goal-based progress bars, Bulk codes and campaign links
Channels: Online store; checkout gifts listed for Shopify Plus on the Pro plan
Deployment: Shopify app by Skai Lama, built on Shopify Functions per the listing
Website: kite.skailama.app/en

What does Kite document?

Kite is profiled because its documentation overlaps tiered cart rewards, progress bars and reward rules. The Kite listing (developer Skai Lama; launched June 28, 2023; Built for Shopify) describes automatic gift addition and removal at cart-value thresholds, BOGO and multi-buy discounts, tiered discounts and progress bars for gifts or free shipping, and says the app is built on Shopify Functions. (Kite Discount, Free Gift, BOGO — Shopify App Store) Kite’s help center organizes documentation into gift, Buy X Get Y, tiered and volume, shipping, order and combined discounts (https://kite.skailama.app/en/).

These are vendor-published descriptions on the check date. They establish what the vendor says the product does, not how it performs on a particular store or theme.

Which questions should a merchant resolve first?

Does the store’s Shopify plan fall inside the plan Kite lists (the free and Starter plans exclude some Shopify plans)?
Are goal-based progress bars needed (listed from the Starter plan)?
Which discounts must combine with the gift offer?

Ask each question against a written campaign: the qualifying rule, the reward, the sales channels involved and the Shopify plan the store is on. Plan names, limits and prices change, so confirm them on the listing on the day you install rather than relying on this snapshot.

How should Kite be tested?

Build a two- or three-tier ladder from your written rules and walk a cart up and down every threshold: just below, at and above each tier, then with a discount code, in a second currency, with the reward out of stock and after removing items in the cart drawer. Record the rewards, their prices and the progress message in the cart and at checkout, and compare the same carts in one other app before deciding.

Which RewardCart guides cover Kite?

Limits of this profile

This profile summarizes public listings and documentation checked on November 9, 2026. No app was installed, benchmarked, scored or used to place an order. Ratings, review counts and marketing performance claims are not used. Theme compatibility, storefront speed, accessibility and support experience need separate confirmation, and a missing detail in public documentation is not evidence that a capability is absent.

Sources

Kite Discount, Free Gift, BOGO — Shopify App Store (checked Nov 9, 2026)
Kite: Free Gift & Discounts — help center (checked Nov 9, 2026)