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# How To Give A Course As A Gift To Your Friends/Relatives

Buy a course for someone else and hand them the access

The course gift feature is a powerful tool that allows your customers to purchase a course for a friend or family member. This guide will walk you through the entire process, from enabling the feature to adding the gift form to your checkout page and customizing its language.

### Step 1: Enable the Gift Feature in LDT Settings

Before you can add the gift form to your checkout, you must first enable the feature in the app settings.

* From your Shopify Admin, go to **Apps** -> **LDT Online Courses**.
* In the app's sidebar, click "**Settings**."

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* Navigate to the **Checkout** section.

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* Check the box for "**Allow customers to gift or purchase courses for others**" to enable the feature and save

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### Step 2: Navigate to Your Shopify Checkout

Now, you can add the gift form to your store's checkout page using the Shopify theme editor.

* From your Shopify Admin, go to **Online Store** -> **Themes**.
* Find your current theme and click the **Customize** button.
* In the top-center dropdown menu, click to switch to the **checkout and customer account** item

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### Step 3: Add the Gift Form Block

Now, you can add the gift form to your store's checkout page

From order summary blocks, select **Add block** -> **LDT - Course Gift.** The block will be added to your checkout page

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Click the Save button in the top right corner to publish your changes

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### Step 3 (Optional): Customize the Gift Form Text & Translation

You can easily customize the language and labels of the gift form to match your brand and audience.

* In the LDT app's sidebar, go to **Settings**.
* Select T**ext & Translation**.
* Click on the **Checkout** tab.

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Here, you can edit all the text fields related to the gift form, such as the checkbox label and the input fields for the recipient's name and email. This ensures a seamless experience for your international customers.

Result:

Once these steps are complete, a checkbox will appear on your checkout page, allowing customers to easily purchase a course as a gift. The recipient will be automatically enrolled in the course once the order is completed, and you will have full brand control over the form's text.

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