Introduction to Digital Gift Messages

Your customers can now send a personalized gift message by email, SMS, or even video, delivered at the perfect moment. It works with single-address and multi-address orders.

Example Scenario

A customer is sending a birthday gift to a friend who lives in another city. Before checkout, they choose to include a digital gift message. They write a message, record a short video greeting, and enter the friend’s email and mobile number.

On the morning of the friend’s birthday, Giftship automatically delivers the message by email or SMS, including the video. The recipient experiences the emotional moment right on time, even before the physical gift arrives.

Sending Configurations

Digital gift messages are flexible and can be tailored to your store’s needs:

  • Choose whether customers can send text messages, video messages, or both
  • Collect recipient email, phone number, or both
  • Allow customers to select a delivery date
  • Control which products or carts show the digital message option using display rules
  • Decide if fields are optional or required
  • Set character limits and customize helper text
  • Send messages automatically when an order is fulfilled, a set number of days after fulfillment, or on the customer’s selected date

Digital Gift Messages Setup Guide

For step-by-step instructions, visit our guide here:
https://docs.giftship.app/article/digital-gift-messages-blocks/

Custom Email Templates

You can fully brand the emails sent to both the sender and recipient by editing the templates in Giftship’s template editor.

In the app settings, you can:

  • Customize the recipient email template
  • Customize the sender confirmation email
  • Adjust colors, logo, and messaging
  • Control timing and delivery behavior

For step-by-step instructions, visit our guide here:
https://docs.giftship.app/article/digital-gift-messages-email-templates/

Preview

See live examples of Digital Gift Messages in action:

Product Options
https://giftship-demo.myshopify.com/products/product-gift-message-digital

Cart Options
https://giftship-demo.myshopify.com/products/cart-gift-message-digital

Checkout Options
https://giftship-demo.myshopify.com/products/checkout-gift-message-digital

Digital Gift Messages may include usage-charges can be found here:
https://docs.giftship.app/article/giftship-billing-additional-usage-charges/

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