Overview
A gift is a no-cost grant of access to one of your products. The recipient sees it in their Cryplink library alongside purchased products and can open the content the same way a paying buyer would. No on-chain payment is involved; gifts live entirely in the application layer.
Granting access
Open the Gift Access page
From the sidebar under Selling → Gift Access. The page lists every grant you have ever issued, their current status, and the recipient.
Click Grant Access
Opens a modal with three fields: product, recipient email, and an optional internal note.
Pick the product
Only published and draft products are eligible. Archived products do not appear in the dropdown because they are meant to be hidden from new access flows.
Recipient email
The email must be associated with an existing Cryplink account. The grant attaches to that buyer's identity, not to a session or device, so it carries across browsers and devices once they sign in. The recipient gets a notification email.
Internal note (optional)
For your own records: “Complimentary for review”, “Speaker thank-you”, “Co-author comp”. The note only shows up in your dashboard, never to the recipient.
The recipient needs a Cryplink account
If the email you enter does not belong to a Cryplink user, the grant will not attach until they sign up with that exact address. Send them the signup link alongside the gift so they know to register.
What the recipient sees
The product appears under Purchases in the recipient's dashboard, tagged as a Free gift rather than a Paid purchase. The content unlocks the same way: one click to the delivery URL you configured. A confirmation email hits their inbox immediately with the sender (you), the product, and a direct link to the unlock page.
Managing gifts
On the list page, every grant shows its recipient, product, status, and when it was issued. The row actions are:
- Toggle active:pause the grant. The recipient loses access while the toggle is off, without deleting the record.
- Revoke:permanently end the grant. The row stays in your history for auditing but the recipient loses access.
Reactivation still respects your cap
Flipping a revoked grant back to active counts against your plan's live gift quota, just like creating a fresh one. If you are already at your cap, you will be prompted to upgrade or revoke another gift first.