Gift Up is a digital gift card service that works seamlessly with Stripe. Setup Gift Up to allow your audience to gift their family and friends a subscription to your app.
How it works
Once setup, anyone can purchase a digital gift card to your app via Gift Up and have it emailed to the recipient of their choice. The recipient will receive an email with details about the gift and a special gift code. The recipient can redeem the code from your web app, creating their own account in the process.
Setup
Sign up for a Gift Up account.
Create your gift cards under Items for sale in your Gift Up dashboard. Make sure to select “Currency backed” for each item.
Click “Get your checkout code/link” on the Settings page in your Gift Up dashboard.
Copy the link under “Get a shareable checkout link” and paste that into the Gift Up integration card in your Treefort dashboard.
Purchasing gift cards
Once you’ve setup the Gift Up integration in your Treefort dashboard your audience will see a “Gift a subscription” link in the account menu and footer of your web app. Clicking this link will take them to the Gift Up checkout flow where they can purchase one or more gift subscriptions.
Feel free to setup any of Gift Up’s other checkout options on your other websites, social media accounts, etc. Users will be able to redeem their gift cards in your web app regardless of how they purchase them from Gift Up.
Redeeming gift cards
Gift recipients will receive an email from Gift Up containing a gift code. They can paste this code into the input at the top of your web app’s checkout page to redeem their gift.
FAQ
How does billing work?
The gift purchaser will be billed one time for the amount of the gift card. When the recipient redeems the gift, the gifted amount will be credited to their account. If the recipient chooses not to cancel their subscription then they will be billed at renewal (unless the gift amount covers renewal as well).
Can gift cards be redeemed on iOS or Android?
No, gift cards can only be redeemed via your web app on desktop or mobile. This is not a technical limitation but rather is enforced by Apple and Google as requirement to be on the App Store and Play Store. Once a user redeems their gift card via your web app they can access their subscription on any platform.
Can an existing subscriber redeem a gift card?
No, gift cards can only be redeemed by non-subscribers.
Do gift recipients have to enter card details?
Yes, by default gift recipients will have to enter card details when redeeming their gift. We can configure Stripe to allow gift redemption without card details, but there are caveats. Please reach out to us for details.