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# Extend with Gift codes

After reviewing this guide you will be able to bulk import balances, gift cards, and offers and extend them as a gift code at checkout

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**Tip:** Need help extending credit to apply toward the full cart cost (i.e. taxes, shipping, and fees)? Use this guide to get started and if you need additional help or have questions contact us at <support@shopwaive.com>
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## Introduction

For Shopify Plus merchants who wish to issue credit as a true alternative form of payment or for crowdfunding or pre-orders, you can [bulk import balances](/shopify/accounts/import-accounts.md) in the amount the customer pledged, and then enable them to apply it toward the full cart costs including taxes, shipping, and fees. This will allow the order to be created in Shopify without any additional amount being transacted at Checkout. No custom app, access token or reinstall is needed: the gift card permissions are part of the app. Shopify Plus is required.

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Be sure to enable Gift cards on your store from the Shopify Admin before proceeding. If you've already enabled Gift cards but you've never created a gift card before, create a test gift card from <mark style="color:blue;">**Products**</mark> <mark style="color:blue;">**> Gift cards**</mark> in the Shopify admin before completing the steps below
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To redeem as a gift code with the Shopify Plus <mark style="color:blue;">**Redeem**</mark> Checkout Extension, open **Settings** > **Gift Cards** in the Shopwaive app. Tick <mark style="color:blue;">**Gift Cards**</mark> and click **Save**. The <mark style="color:blue;">**Gift Cards Extension**</mark> section then appears: tick it, and it is saved at once. The Redeem block must be in your checkout: see [Checkout extensions](/shopify/checkout-extensions.md).

<figure><img src="https://1743155819-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F6HSAZj4RDucpQwVtzMYt%2Fuploads%2FJbhImiVQtT0xVk8a8jFL%2FGiftExtend.png?alt=media&amp;token=28357185-de26-41d2-8385-d9dac0ba8b35" alt=""><figcaption><p>Turn on Gift Cards, then the Gift Cards Extension</p></figcaption></figure>

## How it works at checkout

* The customer presses **Redeem**. Shopwaive creates a Shopify gift card for that checkout and the block applies it. The customer does not type a code.
* The gift card pays toward the whole order, including taxes and shipping.
* At most the equivalent of $2,000 USD is redeemed on one order. A customer with a larger balance redeems the rest on another order.
* The balance is taken from the account when Shopify reports the order as paid.
* In your Shopify admin these gift cards end in SHOP, or SB2B for a company balance.