Create a printable gift certificate for a shop, salon, restaurant or service business in under a minute.
A gift certificate that a business can safely honour needs five things, all on this design: the business name, the value, a unique certificate number to record at sale and check at redemption, the expiry or terms line, and space for the recipient and giver. The number is the fraud control, keep a simple register (number, value, date sold) in a notebook or spreadsheet, and mark numbers off as they are redeemed. Expiry rules for gift certificates vary by state and country, in the US, federal rules generally require money paid for a gift card to remain usable for at least five years, so check the local rule before printing a short expiry.
Print on the heaviest card the printer accepts; certificates on plain paper invite copying, while card stock plus a handwritten signature or stamp raises the bar cheaply.
Can I set any expiry date? Print whatever the business policy is, but verify it against local gift-card law first, several jurisdictions restrict expiry and dormancy fees, and US federal rules set a five-year floor for most gift cards.
How do I stop a certificate being used twice? The certificate number. Record it when sold, cross it off when redeemed, and never issue the same number twice.
What size does it print? The design is proportioned to print one certificate per page area, centred, suitable for DL envelopes or folding into a card.