The extension Magento2 Gift Card will allow the admin to create gift cards/certificates using the gift card product type. The admin can directly create multiple numbers of gift cards as products. This extension is useful for those who want to gift something to their friend, relative or an employee electronically.
Features – Magento 2 Gift Card
- Gift card product type included ensuring a smooth creation of gift cards via admin panel.
- The admin can create multiple numbers of gift cards.
- Gift card users can use complete or a certain amount of the gift card to make purchases.
- Gift card users can use one gift card on multiple purchases.
- Gift card user will get email notifications after each gift card usage.
Installation – Magento 2 Gift Card
Customers will get a zip folder and they have to extract the contents of this zip folder on their system. The extracted folder has an src folder, inside the src folder you have the app folder. You need to transfer this app folder into the Magento 2 root directory on the server as shown below.
After the successful installation, you have to run the command on Magento2 root directory -“php bin/magento setup:upgrade”.
Also, run this command into the Magento2 Root – “php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy” as shown below.
After running the commands, you have to flush the cache from the Magento admin panel by navigating through ->System->Cache management as shown below in the snapshot.
Configuration – Magento 2 Gift Card
After the successful installation of the module, the admin will navigate to Products -> Catalog. Here the admin will create the gift cards by selecting the “Gift Card” product type as per the snapshot below.
Clicking the “Gift card” will bring up the page to add a Gift card. Now, enter all the required information as is required for a regular product as shown below in the snapshot below.
Frontend Workflow – Magento 2 Gift Card
At the front end, on the gift card product page, the customer enters the e-mail address of the person to whom the gift card should be sent and then clicks the “Add to Cart” to go for the checkout as per the below snapshot.
Note – The email id that is entered under the “Email To” can be used to redeem the gift card. Also, the user that is going to redeem the gift card should use the same email id for registering at the store else he won’t be able to redeem the gift card.
The customer can see the details of the gift card on the Order Review page as per the below snapshot.
After the order has been placed, now when the invoice for this order gets generated, the person(whose e-mail address was entered) will receive the gift card on the same email address as shown below in the snapshot.
Now, when this customer(receiving the Gift card code) makes a purchase using the account that’s registered using the same email address(on which the Gift card is sent) he can redeem the gift card amount at the cart page as shown below in the snapshot.
After applying for the discount, the cart page looks like as shown in the snapshot below.
You can also clear the discount, cancel the coupon, or change the discount amount as per your need. Here it depends on the customer what amount he wants to use via the gift card. Example: If the customer has a gift card of $1500 worth, then he can make use of all of it or use some of the amount like $100 and keep the rest to use at a later time.
After completing the above-shown order, the customer will be able to see the Order details under “My Order” section as shown below.
Admin can find all the gift cards purchased and their information by navigating to Gift Card -> Gift Card Details.
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