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Gift Certificates
In Version 5.6 we introduced the
Gift Certificate feature. This allows your customers to purchase
a gift certificate on your store for the amount of their choice
and send it on to their chosen recipient. The difference between
the value of the certificate and the product(s) added to cart is
calculated and the difference recorded accordingly. The recipient
is notified via an email which includes a personalized message
and the code they will need to enter on checkout to redeem the
gift certificate.
Setting up the Gift Certificate page
ASP Version: Save products.asp
as giftcertificate.asp and then in code view find the line
<!--#include file="vsadmin/inc/incproducts.asp"-->
and change it to
<!--#include file="vsadmin/inc/incspecials.asp"-->
Upload to your server and make sure it is working
as it should.
If you don't want to set up your own gift certificate
page then you can just add a link in your menu to proddetail.asp?prod=giftcertificate
and that will show the gift certificate page. PHP Version: Save products.php
as giftcertificate.php and then in code view find the line
<?php include "vsadmin/inc/incproducts.php" ?>
and change it to
<?php include "vsadmin/inc/incspecials.php" ?>
Upload to your server and make sure it is working
as it should.
If you don't want to set up your own gift certificate
page then you can just add a link in your menu to proddetail.php?prod=giftcertificate
and that will show the gift certificate page. 
Using the Gift Certificate
Once the customer has filled in the form you
can see above they will go through checkout as normal. The store
owner will receive notification via email of the purchase as
well as the buyer and the recipient.
The recipient can then go on to the store and
use their gift certificate to purchase the product of their choice.
On checkout they will see a field to enter their unique code
If the value of the gift certificate is higher
than the item purchased then the remaining amount will be saved
for use at a later date. If the shopping cart total is higher
than the value of the gift certificate then they can continue
with the checkout and pay the difference through the store.
Gift Certificate admin
When you click on the Gift Certificate Management
link in the home page of your control panel, you should see
a screen similar to this
From this screen you can view all the active
and inactive gift certificates as well as generating new ones
if you need to.
Listing the results will show a screen like the
one below
This provides a summary of the gift certificates
that have been purchased on the store and their current status.
Clicking on the Modify button will give you the chance to see
the full details as well as the ability to make changes, view
the orders and issue a refund.
The admin orders page also contains a link to
the gift certificate purchase
The email that is sent to the buyer
and seller can be formatted in the Email Message Admin page of
the control panel.
Gift certificate emails
When a gift certificate is purchased an email
is sent to the buyer and the recipient, confirming the order
and including the gift certificate code that will be redeemed
on checkout. You can edit the contents of the email through the
Email Message Admin page. The instructions are available here
Gift certificate recipient email
Gift certificate sender email
Gift certificate tweaks
Disable payment types for gift certificate purchase
You may want to disable some payment types if
offering gift certificates on your store. For example using Email
or Capture Card would mean that the customer receives the certificate
before payment. To specify a list of payment providers you want
to disable you need to set...
noemailgiftcertorders="4,10" in vsadmin/includes.asp
or
$noemailgiftcertorders="4,10"; in vsadmin/includes.php
...where each number is the id of the payment provider listed
in the payment provider admin page. In this case email (4) and
capture card (10).
Set minimum value for gift certificates
If you need to set up a minimum purchase value for the gift
certificate you will need to set the following...
giftcertificateminimum=10 in vsadmin/includes.asp
or
$giftcertificateminimum=10; in vsadmin/includes.php
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