Giftship Installation & Onboarding Guide
This guide explains how to install the Giftship app on your Shopify store, enable it, and set up common Giftship features. Follow the steps below to get started with Giftship’s gifting tools on your storefront.
Installing Giftship
To install Giftship on your Shopify store:
- Add Giftship from Shopify App Store: Visit Giftship’s Shopify App Store listing and click Install.
- Confirm Installation: Follow the on-screen installation prompts and accept the billing terms.
- Complete Setup: Once installed, proceed to the Giftship app in your Shopify admin to start configuration.
Note: Giftship offers a 7-day free trial. Shopify app charges are prorated, meaning you’ll only be billed for the days the app is active in a billing cycle.
Enabling Giftship
After installation, you need to enable Giftship in both your theme and the Giftship dashboard. Complete both steps below:
Step 1: Enable the Giftship App Embed in Your Theme
- In your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.
- Find your live (published) theme and click Customize to open the Theme Editor.
- In the Theme Editor, click on App Embeds (usually in the left side panel).
- Locate Giftship in the app embeds list and toggle it on to enable the Giftship app block in your theme.
- Optional: If you want to use Giftship’s drawer cart feature, expand the Giftship settings in the App Embeds panel and enable Giftship Drawer Cart.
Step 2: Enable Giftship in the Dashboard
- In your Shopify admin, navigate to Apps and open Giftship to view the Giftship dashboard.
- On the Giftship dashboard’s welcome screen, click the Enable button (usually found under the welcome message). This activates Giftship’s features on your store.
Once both the theme embed and the dashboard are enabled, Giftship’s tools will be active on your storefront.
Disabling Giftship on Your Live Theme
If you need to disable Giftship (for example, for testing or before uninstalling):
- Turn off the app embed: Go to your theme’s App Embeds and toggle Giftship off. This stops Giftship’s scripts from loading on that theme.
- Complete removal (if needed): Simply toggling off the embed may not remove all Giftship code from your theme. To completely disable or uninstall Giftship from a live theme, follow the official guide: How to disable Giftship on your live theme.
Enabling Common Giftship Features
Giftship comes with many optional features (such as gift messages, delivery date picker, multi-address shipping, etc.). These features are added to your store using Giftship’s Option Sets and other settings. Use the guides below to set up some of the most popular Giftship features:
- Product Option Sets: Learn how to build a product option set (for features like gift messages or date pickers on product pages) – Build a Product Options Set
- Cart Option Sets: Set up option sets that appear in the cart (e.g. gift message or upsell options in the cart) – Build a Cart Options Set
- Multiship (Multiple Addresses): Enable and fulfill orders with shipping to multiple addresses – Fulfilling Multiple Shipping Address Orders
- Drawer Cart: Enable Giftship’s slide-out drawer cart and integrate Giftship features into it – How to Enable the Drawer Cart
- Box Builder: Create a “build-a-box” bundle product using Giftship’s Box Builder feature – How Box Builders Work
Preview and Support
You can preview most of Giftship’s customer-facing features on our demo store: giftship-demo.myshopify.com. This demo showcases Giftship options like gift messages, date pickers, multi-address checkout, and more in a live environment.
If you need help or have questions, contact our support team at support@gist-apps.com. Please include your Shopify store URL and details about the feature or issue you need assistance with. We’ll get back to you as soon as possible. Happy selling!