What is a custom gift card maker?
A custom gift card / voucher maker is a Shopify app for small businesses designing branded gift cards. The Shopify standard is Print It My Way (free to install). Gift card AOV: $32-285 multi-pack.
Step-by-step setup
- Install Print It My Way (free). From the Shopify App Store.
- Pick variants. Plastic gift card (premium credit-card style), paper gift voucher (printed), gift card envelope set.
- Build holiday + occasion templates. Christmas, birthday, anniversary, thank you, generic.
- Configure magnetic stripe / QR option (premium). Magnetic stripe for POS-readable gift cards. QR code for digital balance lookup.
Variants
- Plastic gift card (credit-card style): $0.30-0.60 per card.
- Paper gift voucher: $0.10-0.20 per voucher.
- Plastic + magnetic stripe: $0.50-0.90 per card.
Pricing
Pack of 50 plastic: $32-58. Pack of 100: $58-115. Pack of 250: $115-185. Pack of 500: $185-285.
Add a custom gift card maker to your Shopify store
Print It My Way ships free with gift card variants, holiday templates, magnetic stripe option, bulk pricing, and native POD partner integration.
Install Print It My Way. Free See the business card maker →Frequently asked questions
What's the best custom gift card maker for Shopify?
Print It My Way is free and includes gift card variants (plastic + paper voucher + magnetic stripe), holiday templates, bulk pricing tiers, and native POD partner integration.
Plastic or paper gift cards?
Plastic for premium / credit-card-style positioning ($32-58 pack of 50). Paper for budget / event voucher ($0.10-0.20 per voucher).
Should I offer magnetic stripe?
Yes for POS-readable gift cards. $0.20-0.30 premium per card.
When does gift card POD peak?
November-December (holiday gift card season). Smaller peak Mother's Day / Father's Day.
What's the typical custom gift card AOV?
$32-58 pack of 50 plastic. $58-115 pack of 100. $115-185 pack of 250. $185-285 pack of 500.
Is Print It My Way free to install?
Yes. Print It My Way is free to install from the Shopify App Store. The Free plan covers most small stores; paid plans unlock higher order volume, advanced features like Cart Transform per-character pricing, premium fonts, and white-glove support. There is no upfront fee and no credit card required to install.
How long does Print It My Way take to set up?
Most stores set up their first personalized product in under 15 minutes. The Shopify App Store install takes about 60 seconds; adding text fields, photo upload, color swatches, and live preview to a product takes 5-10 minutes. Catalog-wide rollout (50+ products) uses bulk-apply templates and typically takes 30-60 minutes total.
Does Print It My Way work with Shopify Basic, Shopify, Advanced, and Shopify Plus?
Yes. Print It My Way works on every Shopify plan including Basic, Shopify, Advanced, Plus, and Shopify Starter. Some advanced features like Cart Transform (per-character pricing) and B2B company accounts require Shopify Plus, but the core personalization fields, live preview, and order capture work on every tier.
Does Print It My Way slow down my Shopify store?
No. Print It My Way uses Shopify's storefront block architecture, which loads only on personalized product pages and doesn't add render-blocking scripts site-wide. Lighthouse and Core Web Vitals scores on personalized product pages stay green when the app is configured with default settings.
Does Print It My Way work with Printful, Printify, Gelato, and other POD partners?
Yes. Print It My Way has native integrations with Printful, Printify, Gelato, and other major print-on-demand partners. The customer's personalization data flows through Shopify's standard order pipeline, so any partner that reads line-item properties (which all major POD apps do) receives the print files automatically.
Does Print It My Way support Shopify Markets, multiple currencies, and multiple languages?
Yes. Field labels translate per language, upcharge prices can be set per currency, and the personalizer fully supports right-to-left languages including Arabic and Hebrew. The personalizer also handles Unicode for Cyrillic, CJK (Chinese/Japanese/Korean), Greek, and accented Latin characters with appropriate font fallback.
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