Gift Card Studio
Gift Card Studio sells gift cards on your public site. Visitors pay online using Stripe, Square, or PayPal (whichever you already connected). You manage designs, sold cards, and redemptions inside Timelish screens such as Designs, Purchased gift cards, and Settings.
Adding the App
- Connect Stripe, Square, or PayPal first. Resolve any alerts inside their dashboards, then run a tiny test checkout.
- Open Apps, open Store, and install Gift Card Studio.
- Finish the Design and pricing workflow your tenant shows (Create design, optional Purchases practise path).
- Buy a cheap real gift card, then redeem it with the same workflow staff will daily.
If checkout fails unexpectedly, Apps troubleshooting collects common fixes.
Removing Gift Card Studio is blocked while purchases remain
Expect an uninstall error referencing existing purchases honour balances bookkeeping exports refunds until Timelish allows removal.
Accountants need a say first
Discuss VAT sales tax breakage expiry legal copy wherever you operate.
Usage
Sell holiday gifting without handwritten paper vouchers
Use this when: You want prepaid revenue spikes your website can fulfil alone.
Support corporate buys of many passes
Use this when: A single buyer clears checkout for teammates or gifting programmes.
Keep front desk redemption smooth on busy Saturdays
Use this when: Queues spike and handheld codes must stay trustworthy.
Removing the App
- Export purchase ledgers reconcile obligations wait until uninstall is allowed (product error disappears).
- Open Installed apps, remove Gift Card Studio.
What changes afterward
Selling new cards pauses redeemed cards follow support guidance for legacy balances.