When a client buys a gift card from your salon and you want it to show up clearly in your sales and statistics data, the gift card purchase should be added to a booking in SalonLife.

You can also add a gift card to a booking if the client wants to buy it without booking anything else. Below, we walk through step by step how to create a gift card as a product and later link it to a booking.

Step-by-Step Guide

1) Create the Gift Card in the “Gift Cards” App

1. Open the Apps page.
2. Go to the Gift Cards page.
3. Create a new gift card by clicking the green + button (a name like “Gift Card €50” works well).  
   • Enter the necessary details (value, validity period, etc.).
4. Save the gift card.

This step means you can later print the gift card or send it by email. If a unique gift card has already been created in advance, you can skip this step.
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You can read more about setting up, creating, and adding gift cards to bookings in our other articles that go deeper into “Gift Cards” topics.

2) Create a Separate Product Called “Gift Card”

If you want the gift card purchase to show up in your sales and statistics, add it as a product in SalonLife. For example, create several products with different values if your salon sells gift cards in different amounts.

1. Open the Apps page.
2. Select Products.
3. Add a new product—you could name it, for example, “Gift Card €50”.      
   • Set the sale price (e.g. €50).
   • If you’d like, you can also set a stock quantity for the product (e.g. 100 units).
4. Save the product you created.

3) Add the Gift Card to a Booking

If a client buys a gift card together with a booking for some service, you can simply add it to the booking:

 
1. Go to the Calendar view.
2. Select the relevant booking, and in the window that opens, click the + Add button and choose Products, which lets you add or remove products.
3. Search the product list for “Gift Card €50” (or whichever gift card product applies).
4. Add the gift card as a product to the cart.
5. Save your changes.
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The booking’s total now increases by the gift card’s value. This amount is automatically included in your reports and statistics.

Selling a Gift Card Without a Booking

Note: If a client wants to buy a gift card without a specific booking, but you still want to register the sale, you can create a “symbolic” booking of minimal duration in the calendar.

1. Create a new service priced at €0. A name like ‘’Gift Card Purchase’’ works well for the service. You can add a new service by selecting Services on the Apps page and clicking the + icon.
2. Add a short booking (e.g. 5 minutes) to the calendar on the same day the gift card purchase took place. Choose ‘’Gift Card Purchase’’ as the service.
3. Open the booking you created and add “Gift Card” to it as a product, the same way as described above.
4. Save.
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If you add the gift card purchase to the client’s booking as a product, it will then show up clearly under both Sales & Checkout and Statistics & Reports.

If you want the gift card sale to also be counted in Statistics, keep two important steps in mind: first, create the gift card under the “Gift Cards” app, then add it to your sellable Products.

As a result, you can smoothly add the gift card purchase to an existing booking, or create a separate short booking, so the sale shows up on your Statistics & Reports page.

This way, every purchase is correctly visible in the calendar, billing, and reports, giving your salon a clear overview of gift card sales.