date specific gift cards on weebly

[littlemagpie]

...down a rabbit hole here! I have a Weebly website and online store. Weebly offers an e-gift card feature. Using it. One GREAT frustration: There is no option for an online customer to choose a date that the e-gift card is sent to the recipient -- upon purchase, the email is sent immediately to the recipient.... This isn't helpful if someone is planning a surprise (like around a birthday or Christmas, say...) What do I have to do? (I really don't want to have to 'reinvent the wheel'. I'm not an IT person.).....is there something that I have to do within Square? Will it integrate with Weebly?

thx.

[AshleyK]

Hey @littlemagpie! This is a feature that is supported with Square's eGift Cards. When someone purchases an eGift Card they can choose to have it emailed on a specific date. I would make sure to have your eGift Cards set up through Square's Dashboard and linking to it on your website. Please know that in doing this, those gift cards will only be able to be redeemed within Square Point of Sale and Square Online. 

[littlemagpie]

thank you, AshleyK. I'm not as tech savvy as some people and feel at a loss on how to do this...is there a resource for 'dummies' that can talk me through it? 

[AshleyK]

@littlemagpie I hear you! Let me know if this help article fits what you are looking for. 🙂

[littlemagpie]

thanks, AshleyK.....I could set up my Square E-Gift Card quite easily. Yay, me. But how do I link this to WEEBLY??? I have a Gift Card page all up...what do I link where?  I seem to be stuck at "Location". This is ridiculous. Need a Guru.

[AshleyK]

Haha it just takes time to get used to. The best thing to do is to copy the eGift Card URL and paste that in a header or a link on your Weebly Page. This will have to be manually done, but in Weebly you can embed a link into a phrase by highlighting that phrase and clicking the chain (or link) image in the toolbar. 

I have another help article that can be useful if you want to try it. Let me know if you have any other questions. 🙂