Following on from our last post explaining how a Payhip store owner can gift their digital products, we'll talk today about how you can gift something to a friend without needing store owner access!
Image Description: the words "Payhip & gifting digital goods - part 2" are typed across the crown of my Corella pattern.
One thing that Ravelry lacked, and one thing I know a *lot* of knitters have requested, is the ability to use a discount code towards the purchase of a gift item.
Well, with Payhip it's possible! Both in terms of gifting an item to a friend, and in using a discount code with that gift purchase.
The procedure is pretty similar to the outline in our last post.
1) you'll need your giftee's email address as well as the product or products they'd like to receive.
2) add the chosen items from the designer's Payhip store to the cart and proceed to checkout.
3) first, add in the giftee's email address.
4) then add the coupon code that the designer or store owner has provided, if you have one, and it'll show the reduced price.
5) then proceed to complete the purchase on behalf of your friend via Paypal or card.
6) your giftee will then receive a download email from which they'll have access to the knitting patterns or other digital items.
7) as the purchaser, you may still get the option to download the item right away unless the store owner has adjusted their settings*. We're trusting that you won't, 'cos if you're gifting a digital item you're already showing respect for both the creator and copyright.
8) *as a store owner, if you're concerned about the immediate download option you can choose to add a 'redirect after purchase' page - Account > Settings > Advanced Settings - and this removes the immediate download option. My customers are redirected to my website FAQ, for instance. Or it could be your newsletter sign-up page or your IG links page.
And that's how you can gift a digital item via Payhip, discount or not!
eta/ this post was updated on 11th March 2022 with a new post graphic. The image shows the crown of my Corella pattern.
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