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MERCHANT ACADEMY / YOUR LAUNCH MAP

From installation
to your first gift order.

One map for your Shopify gifting setup. Choose your features, follow the steps, and check the experience your shoppers will see.

Explore your setup map
MAKE THIS MAP YOURS

What will your store offer?

Select features to build your checklist.
You can explore every branch at any time.

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Connect your store

Install, add a contact, choose a plan.

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Build your gift offer

Follow the branches your store needs.

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Make it work in your store

Placement, appearance and delivery.

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Take the shopper’s route

Check the saved result from start to finish.

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Prepare for your first order

Hand off, fulfill and keep things running.

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Ready for a real-world check.

Review your launch checklist, then test your own store.

Connect your store3 min read & setup

Install & add your contact

Shopify App Store → PrepMyGifts

Install on the intended Shopify store, then save the person responsible for app setup. You will review the plan separately in Shopify.

Open the Shopify App Store listing

Your checklist

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What you should see

The app opens for the correct store and your contact is saved.

See the Academy example
Academy development-store example for Install & add your contact
Actual demo-store capture. Sample settings and prices.
Detailed guides 2

Check these off after completing them in your store. This page does not verify or change Shopify settings.

A SHORTER ROUTE WHEN YOU’RE STUCK

Find the next thing to check.

Start with what you see. Follow the checks in order, then return to the relevant step.

CHECK IN THIS ORDER

The gift button is missing

  1. 1Check that the app embed is enabled in the published theme, then save the theme.
  2. 2Check the intended product, cart or drawer surface and avoid duplicate placements.
  3. 3Check service switches, active options and the product’s eligibility.
Full guide
BEFORE YOU LAUNCH

Your launch checklist.

Review what you’ve checked, then run a complete test purchase in your store. A checked box records your review; it does not certify your setup.

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Install & add your contact

☐ Open the PrepMyGifts listing, select your store and review the requested access before installing.

☐ Enter a contact name, work email and responsibility. Phone is optional.

☐ Save the app contact and continue. Reopen the app from Shopify → Apps when needed.

Choose your plan

☐ Review the features and current recurring fee for your chosen plan.

☐ Check trial eligibility and message usage charges separately from the monthly subscription.

☐ Review and approve the displayed Shopify agreement, then return to the app.

Wrapping & gift bags

☐ Add a clear name, shopper price, description and representative picture to a wrapping or bag option.

☐ Save the option and check its Active control. A wrapping option needs a picture before activation.

☐ Enable the matching service on Home. An enabled service and an active option are both needed.

☐ Check the selected option and its price in the storefront.

Text, audio & video

☐ Open the price editor for each message format you offer and enter its shopper price.

☐ Save each price and wait for the update confirmation.

☐ Check active options and enable the Gift messages service on Home.

☐ Compare the displayed storefront charge with your saved price and review message usage in Billing.

Enable the theme embed

☐ Open your published theme in Shopify’s theme editor and choose App embeds.

☐ Enable PrepMyGifts gift options and review the product, cart and cart-drawer placement controls.

☐ Save the theme in Shopify, then open the actual storefront to verify the launcher.

Style the gift experience

☐ Review store colors, readable fonts and gift-popup styling.

☐ Set the launcher label, supporting text, appearance and placement for each surface.

☐ Save appearance and content, then inspect the result on the published storefront.

Product exclusions

☐ Search for the Shopify product you want to exclude.

☐ Apply the exclusion and review the excluded-products list; it applies across variants.

☐ Compare an eligible product with the excluded product in the storefront.

Brand your gift emails

☐ Review the store sender name, reply-to address and email branding.

☐ Save changes, then inspect the available notification types and desktop/mobile previews.

☐ Send a controlled test through your intended delivery setup and inspect the destination inbox.

Product → cart → checkout

☐ Add an eligible product to the cart, then open gift options and select an available service.

☐ Check the product, variant, quantity, gift option and charge in the cart.

☐ On desktop and phone, open, close and reopen the popup; check normal purchase controls still work.

☐ Follow checkout and complete a development-store test order, or a controlled live-store test agreed with your team.

Sender → recipient message

☐ Create a complete message and verify the selected delivery timing and timezone.

☐ Test the supported later-completion path and its sender reminder where applicable.

☐ Open the recipient link on a phone and complete the gift-photo reveal when requested.

☐ Read the text or play the audio/video and check the actual destination inbox.

Prepare gift orders

☐ Find your paid test order using search and the date, enhancement or status filters.

☐ Open the order details and identify physical gift options, quantities and associated items.

☐ Confirm your team can prepare the materials and complete fulfillment in Shopify.

Reporting & account care

☐ Review message usage separately from shopper gift-option revenue and recurring app fees.

☐ Use the relevant order and transaction exports for reconciliation.

☐ Keep the app contact current and review the documented upgrade, cancellation and uninstall paths.

Keep the map. Go deeper when you need to.

Detailed guides cover providers, shipping, order exports and account care.

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