Shipping to another address and personalized gift messages

[Dorrie]

I would like to be able to have customers indicate that a purchase is for a gift and then I get the gift recipient's address and can ship the product to them with a personalized message from the purchasers.  (like Harry & David or other gift catalogs).  Is there a way to set this up on Shopify?

[shuleGoing]

Hi Dorrie
There are a few apps that can do this e.g https://apps.shopify.com/customized-attribute. But usually we build a small form on the cart page to allow the customer to enter a gift message, this then displays as in the additional details section of the order. This happens via cart attributes  https://shopify.dev/api/ajax/reference/cart 
As we the shipping address this can be entered in the shipping info in the checkout as normal. 

[Dorrie]

We're a non-profit YMCA.  Is there a way to do this without hiring a developer or paying $9/month?

[PostcardsApp]

Hi @Dorrie !

We just launched an app that does exactly that !  https://apps.shopify.com/voucherapp 

Let me know if this is what you are looking for and if so we can help you every step of the way get setup and make an adjustments so it suits your store, just let me know! 

Basically, when you install our app, we show a button on checkout that asks the user if they want to include a greeting card.  When they press they get to select a greeting card and add their own message (or even video message).  After they checkout, we send you a PDF that you print and include in the box with the gift!  The recipient also can scan the card and get the full digital message.