Offer and manage gifts

In this help doc:

• Add a Gift purchase link to your site.
• Purchase a gift.
• View a list of purchased or activated gifts.
• Manage gifts.
• How do I fix errors in a gift recipient's email address?
• What happens if a gift is purchased for a member with an active or inactive subscription?

Add a Gift purchase link to your site

When you create a Plan, we will generate a Plan purchase link and a Gift purchase link. Add the Gift purchase link to a button on your website.

Purchase a gift

When a customer clicks the Gift purchase link or purchase button on your site, they will be prompted to enter the gift recipient’s name and email address, the delivery date, a personalized message, and payment information.

The gift recipient will receive an email with a link to activate their gift. If a physical address is required, make it clear on your website that the recipient will have the opportunity to enter it when they activate the gift. Upon activation, the member details are recorded in your dashboard and the gifted subscription begins.

View a list of purchased or activated gifts

To see a list of all purchased gifts or activated gifts, navigate to the Activity tab and filter by New Gift or Gift Activated.

Manage gifts

To manage a gift, enter the gift order number in the search bar on any page in your Memberful dashboard.

You will see the gift delivery status and delivery date. You can change the gift delivery date (if it hasn't been delivered) as well as the email address and name. You can also manually send the gift email if it hasn't been delivered.

How do I fix errors in a gift recipient's email address?

If the delivery date has passed and a gift recipient did not recieve the gift activation email because of email address errors, right-click and copy the Gift activation link, and either you, or the gift purchaser, can email it directly to the gift recipient. Make sure that neither you, nor the gift purchaser, is logged in to a member account when doing this otherwise the gift will be activated.

What happens if a gift is purchased for a member with an active or inactive subscription?

If a gift is activated by a member who already has a subscription (active or inactive) to a Plan that's in the same Plan Group as the one gifted to them, we will reactivate their old subscription (if necessary) and extend the renewal date. We do this to avoid members having multiple subscriptions from the same Plan Group.