--- title: "Gifting a Course or Product" description: "Let your customers buy a course or product as a gift for someone else!" url: https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/218-gifting-a-course-or-product collection: "General" updated: 2026-07-10 language: en --- # Gifting a Course or Product Let your customers buy a course or product as a gift for someone else! Another way to generate revenue with your online course/product is to offer the option of gifting. 🎁 It takes only a matter of minutes to turn this feature on and set it up. > **Warning:** **NOTE:** When a customer buys your course using the gift option, the _buying_ customer will NOT gain access to the course. They are only making a purchase _on behalf of_ a separate customer which gets added to your Teachery account. ## ⚒ Setting Up Course Gifting > **Info:** These instructions apply to our [original payment page template](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/212-creating-a-payment-page-and-editing-your-default-payment-page.md). If you’re using our [new _Payment Page Builder_](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/241-introducing-the-payment-page-builder.md) or building a [_Product_](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/229-quickly-sell-a-digital-download-with-teachery.md), gifting settings are available in the _Product > Gifting_ section of the payment page. That said, you can find some useful tips below too. Toggle **ON** the "Add Gifting Option (+)" button and customize the course gifting text that goes along with the checkbox a customer will click. If you need to include any specific **terms and conditions**, simply hyperlink that checkbox text to any page on your website or a document you want a gift purchaser to read before buying. ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/7yJ8UJq8jzV6UEJx5bhw1tVeDF3Len7XkVACeL4jSeT744oYwzKjrJes3Sr6QAghj5KFZKYSlK5.gif) ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/lN5U3QpL6htWWHQcNp0BnARhevf5uhiYmYeKjRCDE4VArxwTd2gVZl1ZeKZQVnhvHjKviR27KyS.jpg) ### New Payment Page Builder or Products Note that any **custom** checkout fields added in the _Checkout > Checkout Fields_ section of our [new payment pages](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/241-introducing-the-payment-page-builder.md) will **not** apply to gift purchases. For the time being, here is a **workaround** for when you need customers to **accept your terms and conditions** during a gift purchase: In the _Product_ > _Gifting_ section, you can include, for example, in the “_Gifting option checkbox text_” field, a hyperlink to your T&Cs. An example of what you can include in that field: “**Yes, I'd like to buy this as a gift. By proceeding, I accept the Terms and Conditions.**” - where # should be replaced with the link to your T&Cs. ## 🤔 **What Do Your (Gift Buying) Customers See?** Once you've toggled ON the "Gifting Option" your customers will have **a checkbox to click** on your payment page. When they click that ☑ a new set of fields will immediately appear in the payment page. ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/lZQOCFSOmi1ZG1AGQFKjU6EnedQHOAQtlUCHQwbsdXOSVj30XXNV0rKxNX4JohsJWN8wEM2xjIR.gif) The new fields that appear are: - Recipient's First Name - Recipient's Last Name - Recipient's Email Address - Confirm Recipient's Email Address - Course Welcome Email (Send Now or Schedule Later) ## 🔮 **What Happens after a Gifting Purchase?** Your _gifting_ customer will fill out all the payment page fields, and purchase information, and will end up on a **"Success!"** page (a.k.a purchase confirmation screen). Here's an example of what the default text looks like (the page **will include** your course header image above this text, if you have one). In the left sidebar of a course editor’s _Payment Pages_ section, you'll find a "Success Page" where you can customize the text. ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/ZOslPjOpf2hie2v3eeyomNEVJTGOumJjEViJo1cY6lRWdXHHWLLfHZ54c2LPAouEqSLDsZMXayE.png) ### New Payment Page Builder or Products If you’re using our [new _Payment Page Builder_](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/241-introducing-the-payment-page-builder.md) or building a [_Product_](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/229-quickly-sell-a-digital-download-with-teachery.md), the confirmation page/text is available in the _Product > Gifting_ section of the payment page. Once enabled, note that if a customer makes a gift purchase, they will **not** see your standard purchase confirmation screen but a dedicated gift purchase confirmation screen (see screenshot below). Be sure to **update both** when setting up your payment page. ![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/U4nci3D7dSdXZhRlBrYfSPeKhHcghd691TF9cl0dGEFw3PDfapsEJTEbyvnr5SrL9syr5H92zSQ.png) ## 📬 Gifting Customer and Course Recipient Emails ### Gifting Customer Email A purchase confirmation (with Teachery branding) will immediately be sent to the _gifting_ customer from us. This email **cannot** be customized, but it is very simple and contains the information the _gifting_ customer submitted on the payment page. ### Stripe Receipt Email Note that it is the gift _recipient’s_ email address that appears in Stripe as they are the ultimate end customer/student (i.e. the customer that actually gets created in Teachery). However, it’s the _gifting_ customer that will receive the Stripe receipt email, assuming you have [Stripe checkout receipts](https://dashboard.stripe.com/settings/emails) turned on. ### Course Recipient Email The gift _recipient_ will receive a (standard Teachery) [_welcome email_](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/152-setting-up-your-welcome-email-and-course-completed-email.md#heading-0-1-course-welcome-emails) to access the course/product based on the schedule chosen by the _gifting_ customer: - If the _welcome email_ **was scheduled for immediate delivery**, the gift _recipient_ will have immediate access granted. - If the _welcome email_ **is scheduled in the future**, Teachery will send that _welcome email_ at the specified date and time (and that's when access will be granted to the gift _recipient_). > **Info:** Given that gift recipients receive the same _welcome email_ as standard customers, we recommend **removing the purchase amount** that appears by default in your _welcome emails_. Customers who buy the course/product as a gift will still receive a separate purchase confirmation indicating the price they paid. All standard buyers of a course/product will receive a [_Stripe_ receipt](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/211-using-teachery-s-built-in-payment-method-stripe.md#heading-11-sending-stripe-payment-receipts-to-your-customers) (if you have them enabled) so the price/amount needn’t be reflected in the _welcome email_. ## 🛒 Customer Activity for Gift Purchases When viewing your [Customers Page](https://www.teachery.co/teach#customers), in the activity feed you'll notice a "**Gift from: \[email address\]**" in the **FLAG** column for any gifted purchase. If you need to issue a [refund](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/129-revoking-access-refunds-deleting-customers-and-other-customer-actions.md) to the _gifting_ customer, you can do so in the gift _recipient’s_ customer profile just like any standard customer. If you need to [revoke](https://help.teachery.co/en/articles/129-revoking-access-refunds-deleting-customers-and-other-customer-actions.md) the access of the gift _recipient_ (the customer that actually gets created in Teachery) that can also be done in the _Actions_ menu of that customer profile. ## 📧 Capturing Email Subscribers If you’re using any of our [integrations](https://help.teachery.co/en/collections/13-integrations) (Kit, Flodesk, Mailchimp, MailerLite) to capture email subscribers, note that only the gift _recipient_ will be added to your list of subscribers. The exact workflow may be different depending on which third-party tool you’re using and whether you make use of double opt-in. Please consult the respective help docs. ## 🤑 What about Affiliates and Gifting Courses? Affiliates will still get credit for any gifted purchase with no extra work required on your part. A gifted purchase OR a direct (standard) purchase are treated the exact same way. Easy peasy!