How to "sell" gift certs?

[seeker]

Could someone walk me through how to get the gift cert option going? :)

I see the options for them, but I don't see how people can pay for them...

[jeking]

They are just like any other product. A shopper adds it to their cart and pays for it during checkout.

[Ajeh]

Not exactly like other products ...

1 Gift Certificates must be Installed on in the;
Modules ... Order Totals ... Gift Certificates ...

2 Gift Certificates must have a products_model that starts with: GIFT
NOTE: it must be in all CAPS for GIFT and anything after that can be what you want

3 The Product must be marked as:
Product is Virtual: Yes, Skip Shipping Address

[seeker]

Oh, so they can't just put in their own value? Or do we sell $1 gift certs and they input the amount in the quanity box?

[barco57]

There is a mod in the downloads section (product types) that will allow you to have the customer enter their own value for a gift certificate. Its called Value GV-Mod. I just installed it on a site and tested and it worked fine for me.

[jeking]

I don't use the mod and created gift cert for $10, $25, $50 and $100. The customer can then order any number in any quantity to get the amount they want to buy.

[seeker]

Thanks a lot for the mod tip! I will give it an install. :)