E-Commerce Gift Certificates System | | Enabling Gift Certificates | | | In ASP E-Commerce Store Shop Configuration
| xgiftautoenable | No means that you must manually edit the gift certificate and put something in the GiftAuthorized field. This prevents hackers from trying to buy a gift certificate and then using it without first paying for it.
| | xgiftcertificates | Yes. This enables gift certificates | | xgiftexpirydays | Used to set the expiration date for the gift certificate | | xgiftlimit | Limits the amount of an individual gift certificate | | xgiftprefix | Used to create the gift certificate number in the form GIFT-nnnnn-yyyy | | xgiftproductid | 99999 | | xGiftTemplate | Used as the message to the gift recipient |
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| | FAQ on Gift Certificates
| | | • Can a customer use only a portion of the gift certificate?
Yes, the portion used is deducted from the remaining amount. A customer can then use the remaining amount for a purchase at some other time. • What happens if the gift certificate exceeds the purchase?
ASP E-Commerce Store will bypass the normal payment processing and mark that payment was made by a specific gift certificate. • What happens if the gift certificate is less than the amount ordered?
The customer will be required to pay the difference between the amount purchased and the value of the gift certificate. • How do I know who used a gift certificate?
ASP E-Commerce Store records payment with a gift certificate in the orders table. It also puts trace information in the gifts table. You can see how many times a gift certificate was used, which orders they were used for and how much in each order.
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| | Buying A Gift Certificate – shopgift.asp
| | | Multiple Gift Certificates can be bought at one time. They must all be of the same value and will have the same message associated with them. Messages can be up to 255 characters.
The checkout process is similar to normal shopping except shopgift2.asp is used instead of shopcustomer 
Buy a Gift Certificate fields
A gift Certificate can be bought for more than one person but the second and other recipients only can be specified by their e-mail addresses. The e-mail addresses in the bottom box are simply in the form
lewis@awdh.com,tammy@awdh.com
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| | Limiting Gift Certificates | | | The amount of an individual gift certificate can be limited with the following statement in ASP E-Commerce Store Configuration. This will limit the gift certificate to $100 |
| | Using A Gift Certificate
| | | During the normal shopping for a product on your site, the gift certificate number is entered on the same page as other customer details. The certificate is checked at this time. It is checked for value remaining, authorization and expiration date. 
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| | How Gift Certificate Appears on Checkout
| | | The Gift certificate amount is deducted from the purchase price. In the example below, the gift certificate had enough value to cover the full purchase. 
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