How do I Create and Sell WooCommerce Physical Gift cards?

Your customers love receiving exciting offers from you. Make them feel even more special by delivering them physical gift cards or gift vouchers. Or allow your customers to send gift cards to their loved ones.

This article will help you understand how using the ‘Print’ option, you can create WooCommerce physical gift cards/gift certificates for you and your customers.

And yes, it also answers a query raised by a user for physical gift cards here.

Best ways to use WooCommerce physical gift cards

Physical gift cards aren’t just for gifting. They can also help attract new customers, reward loyal shoppers and connect your online and offline marketing campaigns.

Popular use cases include:

• Distribution through print media i.e. newspapers, magazines to reach out to a lot of people who can redeem these vouchers online or offline & avail the offer.
• Your customers can surprise their family or friends by sending these physical gift cards during special occasions like birthdays, Christmas or New Year.
• Sending the gift certificates through email and allowing your customers to print them.
• You as a store owner send discount vouchers as a gift to selected customers based on their loyalty, previous purchases which they can redeem later.
• Giving a gift card coupon with a product purchase during Halloween that can be used during Black Friday.

How to create and print WooCommerce physical gift cards

Smart Coupons is a popular WooCommerce plugin for physical gift cards that can help you create and send gift cards in three ways:

Coupons Dashboard

This is for WooCommerce store owners who want to print coupons (gift cards) and send them to their customers (the newspaper and loyal customers examples above).

All you have to do is:

1. Go to WordPress Admin panel > Marketing > Coupons and mark the checkboxes of all the coupons you want to print.
2. Click on the Print button.

Once printed, you can add a decorative case to it like Amazon and send those gift cards via a delivery service.

You can also put up these gift cards on your site and customers can purchase them as a product. That’s how you sell physical gift cards in WooCommerce.

Another option is you can generate unique gift cards in bulk, select them from the Coupons Dashboard, print them, and distribute them.

Here’s how to bulk generate gift cards in WooCommerce

My Account

Your customers can print all the valid offer coupons available on the store for them.

All they have to do is:

1. Go to their My Account section.
2. Click on the Coupons tab.
3. Click on the Print coupons button.

That’s it.

Email

Some of your customers may not be aware that there are coupons or discounts being offered on your WooCommerce store. To encash such customers, you can send them these coupons via email. Or you send gift certificates to your users via email to lure them to make some purchases.

For sending emails, the setting Email auto generated coupons to recipients should be enabled under WooCommerce > Settings > Smart Coupons.

When you send a coupon via email using Smart Coupons (Bulk Generate or Send Store Credit option), there’s a Print coupon option in the email below the coupon code that will allow the user to print all the coupons received in that email.

Print WooCommerce coupons, gift cards and store credits

Smart Coupons lets you print more than just gift cards.

Whether you’re running an online store, a retail shop or both, you can print individual or bulk coupons, physical gift cards and store credits directly from WooCommerce. Customers can also print their valid gift cards or store credits from their My Account page or directly from coupon emails.

Some popular use cases include:

• Creating physical gift cards for birthdays, holidays and special occasions.
• Printing hundreds of unique coupon codes for newspapers, flyers, events and local marketing campaigns.
• Letting customers print gift cards or store credits they’ve received via email.
• Including terms and conditions automatically with every printed coupon or gift card.

This makes it easy to combine digital promotions with offline marketing while giving customers the flexibility to redeem or gift coupons in both physical and digital formats.

Learn how to print WooCommerce coupons, gift cards and store credits

How to add terms and conditions to printed gift cards

Smart Coupons can automatically include a separate page for terms and conditions whenever you print a coupon or gift card.

This helps customers understand redemption rules, expiry dates, usage limits and other important information before they use the gift card.

See how to add terms and conditions

Winding up

If you want to create printable WooCommerce gift cards, coupons or store credits, Smart Coupons gives you everything in one place. Print individual or bulk coupons, email gift cards, let customers print them from My Account, and combine online promotions with offline marketing, all without custom code.

Get Smart Coupons plugin

FAQs

Can WooCommerce create and print physical gift cards?

WooCommerce lets you create coupons but doesn’t include a built-in option to print physical gift cards. With Smart Coupons, you can print gift cards individually or in bulk, send them by email, or let customers print them from their My Account page.

Can customers print their own WooCommerce gift cards?

Yes. Customers can print valid gift cards, coupons and store credits from the My Account > Coupons section. They can also print gift cards directly from coupon emails sent using Smart Coupons.

Can I print WooCommerce coupons in bulk?

Yes. Smart Coupons lets you bulk generate unique coupons, select multiple coupons from the WooCommerce Coupons dashboard, and print them together. This is useful for newspapers, flyers, direct mail campaigns and in-store promotions.

Can I add terms and conditions to printed gift cards?

Yes. Smart Coupons can automatically include a separate page for terms and conditions whenever you print a coupon or gift card. You can customize this page with redemption rules, expiry details and other important information.

Can I print WooCommerce store credits?

Yes. Store credits issued through Smart Coupons can be printed just like gift cards and coupons. Customers can also print valid store credits from their My Account page or from coupon emails.

Can I use printed gift cards for offline promotions?

Absolutely. Printable gift cards and coupons are ideal for newspapers, magazines, flyers, trade shows, retail stores, corporate giveaways and holiday campaigns. Customers can redeem them online or in-store, depending on how your coupons are configured.