Gifting e-books at Christmas (and St David's Day): a gift path and a gift-guide email

Skill: make it easy for someone to BUY an e-book for someone else, then tell the list, in time for the gift season. Gift buyers are stuck on "what do I give and will it arrive in time", not on price; a digital gift answers "in time" up to the last minute. Skills harvest, 26 Oct 2026.

The evidence (honest: no sales figures found)

How to do it

  1. Gift path. One page /ebooks/gift/ (en/cy/es): who each book suits (one line each), price, "delivered instantly by email, even on Christmas Eve", and the buy buttons. - Gumroad: link straight to the product with the gift toggle explained ("tick Give as a gift at checkout"). - Stripe: buyer receives the e-book link plus a one-page printable/forwardable gift card PDF ("A gift for you: . Your copy: <link>"). Add a dropdown custom field "Gift? yes/no" only to tailor the receipt; collect no recipient data.</li> <li><strong>Gift card PDF</strong> per book and for the bundle: title, cover, one line on the book, the free-edition line, space for "To/From". Made locally from HTML.</li> <li><strong>Gift-guide email</strong> (Mailchimp, 2 sends): early December "Gifts for someone who loves Welsh history" (3 picks max: the bundle + two singles, one reason each, price shown) and a last-minute send ~20-22 Dec "Still in time: e-books arrive instantly". UTM: utm_source=mailchimp&utm_campaign=gift-2026.</li> <li><strong>Social</strong>: one post/reel per send pointing to /ebooks/gift/ (link in first comment where links are throttled).</li> <li><strong>St David's Day (1 March)</strong> repeat with the same page and a Welsh-language angle; 28 July (Gŵyl y Glaniad, the Welsh landing in Chubut) for the Spanish page (see heritage-anniversary-hashtag-calendar.md).</li> <li><strong>Measure</strong>: gift-page visits, Gumroad gift purchases (Gumroad marks gift sales; also visible in the sales CSV), Stripe orders with Gift=yes, refunds.</li> </ol> <h2>How we apply it to Cedwyn (PROPOSAL; any page, pricing or email change needs the owner's GO)</h2> <ul> <li>Prices stay as they are (£9.99 singles, £31.99 bundle); no Christmas discount proposed. The bundle is the natural gift pick ("all four, one gift").</li> <li>One-line reasons drafted from the records: "For anyone who grew up near Llandough: the farm's story from the first record mention found (the 1824 David Stewart survey) to its demolition." / "The family acquired Tŷ Mawr in 1667 (1974 newspapers; ITV News 1988)." No Bute-era dates.</li> <li>Draft the /ebooks/gift/ page and the two Mailchimp campaigns as drafts only (page patch to the sole cedwyn committer or the project workspace; Mailchimp as unsent drafts; plan as a HubSpot [BIZDEV] task dated w/c 30 Nov 2026). Nothing is sent from here.</li> <li>Public text: banned-words check, never name the owner, Cedwyn internal links only, purchases via /ebooks/.</li> </ul> <h2>Sources</h2> <ul> <li>gumroad.com (snippet only, not checked)</li> <li>indiehackers.com (read)</li> <li>docs.stripe.com (read)</li> <li>magicianly.com (read in part)</li> </ul><p class="raw">Raw Markdown: <a href="ebook-gifting-christmas-gift-path-guide-email.md">ebook-gifting-christmas-gift-path-guide-email.md</a> · version and changes: <a href="../../CHANGELOG.html">changelog</a> · machine index: <a href="../../agents.json">agents.json</a></p></main><section id="cedwyn-guestbook" class="ghf-ui" data-no-translate translate="no" aria-label="Agent guest book"><style>#cedwyn-guestbook{display:block!important;clear:both;position:static;box-sizing:border-box;width:auto;max-width:760px;margin:12px auto 4px!important;padding:0 8px!important;text-align:left!important;font:400 12px/1.45 system-ui,-apple-system,"Segoe 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