Creating product or subscription gifts in bulk is useful for many reasons. It could help with:
Corporate gifting - accept one order, then generate many gifts
Free product giveaways - send a free product to loyal customers
Influencer seeding - quickly email your affiliates and let them test your products
Creating these gifts is as easy as filling out a simple CSV document. Let's walk through the steps required to do this.
Download CSV Template
First, open Givy, and choose the link to create multiple gifts. Next, choose the tab called Issue Gifted Merchandise and click to download the correct template.
One time products: download this to create gifts for individual one-time products
Subscriptions: download this to create subscription gifts
One time products
Once you've downloaded the One time products template, open it in your spreadsheet tool of choice (Excel, Google Sheets, Text editor). Edit the CSV with the following data:
Column Name | Data | Notes |
from_name
REQUIRED | Name which will appear in the "From" area of the gift | Generally the name of your store |
recipient_name
REQUIRED | Name which will be used on the gift and email |
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recipient_email
OPTIONAL | Email address of the recipient | Only required if sending the gift via email |
variant_id
REQUIRED | Shopify variant ID of the gifted product | This is NOT the product ID. See this article for help. |
quantity
REQUIRED | Quantity to be gifted | Generally 1, unless multiple quantities are being gifted |
free_shipping
REQUIRED | Should shipping be included? | TRUE or FALSE. If TRUE, shipping will be free. If FALSE, recipient will pay for any shipping charges. |
A sample of a completed spreadsheet:
You can skip to the Creating the Merchandise Gifts section below.
Subscription products
If you'd like to create subscription gifts, the process will be similar to the One time product, but with some additional fields. See the table above for information on the core fields required for all merchandise gifts.
These additional fields are required to create subscription gifts:
Column Name | Data | Notes |
selling_plan_id
REQUIRED | The ID of the Shopify selling plan, which determines how the subscription recurs | Every subscription / membership app exposes this ID in different ways. Contact your app provider for assistance |
recurrence_count
REQUIRED | The number of recurring orders included in the gift | e.g. to gift three orders, set this value to 3 |
Creating the Merchandise Gifts
Now that the CSV has been created, upload it to Givy. A summary of the products being gifted will be displayed.
If you want to send these gifts via email, select the checkmark to notify by email, then complete all of the additional details.
Click the Save button at the top of the window to begin creating these gifts.
Now, from the Gifts page, you'll see the new batch listed, along with its progress.