Send Gift Card Coupon Manually From Backend

Adding an option to purchase gift cards in a store can greatly enhance convenience for gift-givers. On certain occasions, store owners may desire to present users or potential customers with gift cards as gifts or for promotional purposes. The WebToffee WooCommerce Gift Cards plugin includes a valuable feature that allows gift cards to be configured and delivered to any desired email address directly from the backend. Follow the given steps to send a gift card manually from the backend:

1. Access the Send gift card tab inside the Gift Cards plugin.
2. Configure the gift card and choose the recipients.
3. Set up usage restrictions.
4. Send mail.

Here is a preview of what the mail in the receipt inbox will look like.

To set up a gift card:

• From the WordPress dashboard, navigate to Gift Cards > Send gift card.
• Alternatively, if Smart Coupons for WooCommerce is installed, navigate to Smart Coupons > Gift cards > Send gift cards.

• Choose a gift card template from the Choose template section to attach with the mail.
  • To add a custom template, from the WordPress dashboard, navigate to Gift cards > General settings > Template settings.
• In the Credit amount section, enter the value of the gift card.
• Select the gift card recipients using the Recipient email(s) field. Separate multiple emails with a comma.
• If you want to include the sender’s name in the mail, enter it in the Sender name field.
• Enter a message to display on top of the gift card in the Gift card message field.
• On the Caption field, key in a proper caption for the gift card.
• Additionally, if you wish to recommend a product to the customer through this gift card select that product(s) from the Add product recommendations section.
• To further customize the email, click on Configure email. Know more about email customization.

Expand the Usage restrictions tab below the page to access usage restrictions settings.

• Allowed products – If the gift card can only be used to purchase a specific product(s), select those products from here.
• Exclude products – To restrict the gift card’s use to specific product(s), select those products from here.
• Allowed category – If the gift card can only purchase items from a specific category(s), select those products from here.
• Exclude category – To restrict the gift card’s usage to a specific category(s), select those products from here.
• Set a usage limit for the gift card product per purchase by entering the amount in the Maximum spend allowed on a purchase section.
• Use the Set expiry for generated gift card field to set an expiry for the gift card in days. The gift card will expire after the number of days it has been entered.

• For example, in the given settings
  • The gift will not apply to the product Steel Water Bottle(#14).
  • The gift card will not apply to products from the “Hoodies” category.
  • The gift card will expire in exactly 321 days.
  • Furthermore, the gift card can only be used for a maximum of $1000 in a single purchase.
• Finally, click on Send email, to share the gift card with the recipients.

Here is how the mail will appear on the recipient mail: