The only gifting app for subscriptions
Find out why Givy is the solution for subscription gifting, and how it compares to some traditional ways of letting customers gift a subscription
Traditional Gifting
Givy
Quick Overview
Only possible with apps that offer prepaid subscriptions.
Customer selects a prepaid option, adds it to their cart, goes to checkout, and adds the recipient’s shipping address.
Works with any type of subscription / membership. Customer chooses number of recurrences to pay for, optionally enters recipient’s email, and goes to checkout.
Can purchase gift without any recipient information?
Customer must know recipient’s full shipping address, and sometimes must know email
Gift can be purchased without knowing shipping address or email address
Can choose the number of orders to include in the gift?
Customers must choose one of the existing prepaid subscription lengths
Customer can choose any number of orders to be included in the gift
Can purchase other products or gifts in the same checkout?
Each gift requires its own checkout and cannot be combined with non-gifted products
Gifted subscriptions can be combined with non-gifted products and sent to customer’s address
Can send multiple gifts to multiple addresses in a single checkout?
Each gift requires its own checkout
Multiple gifted subscriptions can be sent to multiple recipients in a single checkout
Can subscription recipient manage their gifted subscription?
Recipients have no control over their gifted subscription
Recipients have full control over their gifted subscription, can skip, pause, add products, etc…
Is the risk of chargebacks low?
The billing and shipping addresses do not match, increasing the chances of successful chargebacks
The billing and shipping addresses are never different, greatly reducing the chance of a chargeback
Does the gift recipient become a new customer?
The gifter and recipient share a single account with mismatched information
Both the gifter and recipient become customers on the store, with correct address and contact information
Can send subscription gift with personal message, video, and animated GIF?
Standard checkout flow, recipient only receives subscription product as though they purchased it themselves
Gifter can add a personal message, record a video, add a GIF, and send the gift via email, by printing a redemption link, or by sharing a unique URL with the recipient
Current app compatibilities
Givy’s subscription gifting will work with any subscription or membership app on Shopify. We’re working closely with each app to test our gifting functionality, and will create a demo store for each one so that you can take a look for yourself.