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# Gift Cards

> Create and manage gift cards to offer discounts to your customers in the form of a gift card.

## Introduction

**Gift Cards** are a great way to offer discounts to your customers in the form of the wallet balance. Your customers can use the gift card balance to purchase products from your store. You can also sell gift cards to your customers.

## Creating a Gift Card

<Steps>
  <Step title={'Go to Gift Cards'}>
    Go to the **Discounts > Gift Cards** tab in the sidebar.
  </Step>

  <Step title={'Create a Gift Card'}>
    Click on the **"+ Create a Gift Card"** button.
  </Step>

  <Step title={'Fill in the Details'}>
    Fill in the gift card details like the **gift card name**, **value**, **expire date** and **note**.
  </Step>

  <Step title={'Save the Gift Card'}>
    Click on the **"Create a Gift Card"** button to create the gift card.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/minestorecms/hEiQYqsBtWkxDBJ3/images/features/giftcards/giftcard-feature.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=hEiQYqsBtWkxDBJ3&q=85&s=d4461b20e79ecced3f5b376293f75579" alt="Create a Gift Card" className="rounded-md" width="1578" height="558" data-path="images/features/giftcards/giftcard-feature.png" />

### Gift Card Name (Identifier)

You can set the **name** of the gift card. The name of the gift card will be used to identify the gift card during **checkout** process.

### Gift Card Value

You can set the **value** of the gift card. The value of the gift card will be stored on the gift card and can be used by the customer to purchase products from your store.

### Expire Date

You can set the **expire date** of the gift card. The gift card will be **invalidated** after the expiration date.

<Check>
  The gift card will be **invalidated** after the expire date based on the **Server Time** and **MySQL Time**.
</Check>

### Note

You can set the **note** for the gift card. The note will be displayed to admin only and will not be visible to the customer.

## Selling a Gift Card

You can sell the gift card to your customers. The customer will receive an email with the gift card details after the purchase.

There are **two guides** to help you with the **selling of gift card**:

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title={'Configure SMTP'} icon={'inbox'} href={'/features/settings/smtp-settings'}>
    Here is detailed guide on how to configure SMTP to send emails to your customers.
  </Card>

  <Card title={'Configure Package'} icon={'gift'} href={'/features/packages/giftcard-package'}>
    Here is detailed guide on how to configure package to sell the gift card.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Warning>
  You need to have **SMTP** configured to send the gift card email to the customer.
</Warning>