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Buying and using gift certificates

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Gift certificates let you give the gift of live events. You buy a certificate for a dollar amount; the recipient uses the code at checkout toward any ticket purchase at that venue.

Buying a gift certificate

Visit the venue's gift certificate page (the venue can share a direct link) or look for a Gift Certificate link on the venue's page.

  1. Choose an amount from the presets or enter a custom amount.
  2. Enter the recipient's name and email address. If you are buying for yourself, enter your own details.
  3. Add a personal message (optional).
  4. Choose a delivery date — the certificate email can be scheduled for a future date (for example, a birthday).
  5. Enter your card details and click Purchase.

The recipient receives an email with a PDF showing their unique code in the format GC-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX. The code has no expiration date.

Using a gift certificate at checkout

  1. At checkout, look for the Have a gift certificate or account credit? field below the order summary.
  2. Enter the full code (GC-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX) and click Apply.
  3. The available balance reduces your total. If the certificate covers the full order, no card is required.
  4. If the certificate covers only part of the order, enter a card to pay the remainder.

The code is case-insensitive — you can enter it in any capitalization.

Checking your balance

Visit the venue's balance check page (or /gift-certificates/balance/) and enter your code to see the remaining balance.

If you're signed in, go to ProfileGift certificates & credit to see all your active certificates and balances across all venues.

Gift certificates are venue-specific — a certificate purchased for one venue cannot be used at a different venue.

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Try it

Buy a small gift certificate from your venue's public page addressed to yourself, then redeem part of it on a test checkout and look up the remaining balance on the public balance page.

Checkpoint

Answer all 3 questions correctly to mark this lesson complete.

  1. 1. A gift certificate covers only part of an order. What happens to the rest?

  2. 2. What does the recipient of a purchased certificate receive?

  3. 3. Where can a buyer check a certificate's remaining balance without signing in?