{"page":{"id":416,"title":"Help Center","handle":"help-center","url":"https://giftink.shop/help-center/","body_html":"<p class=\"policy-updated\">Last updated: <time datetime=\"2026-11-11\">November 11, 2026</time></p>\n<section class=\"policy-summary\">\n<h2>Help, at a glance</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Made in <strong>1-3 business days</strong>, delivered in <strong>7-14 business days</strong> to the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, free, from the USA.</li>\n<li>Change or cancel within <strong>24 hours</strong>. Return within <strong>60 days</strong>, change of mind included, with a free return label.</li>\n<li>Refunds sent within <strong>7 days</strong> of your return reaching us. Store credit never expires.</li>\n<li>No proof before printing: your words and your photo are printed as you give them to us.</li>\n<li>Email <!--email_off--><a href=\"mailto:support@giftink.shop\">support@giftink.shop</a><!--/email_off-->. We reply within 24 hours on business days.</li>\n</ul>\n</section>\n<p>Welcome to the Gift Ink Help Center. Everything you might need before, during and after an order is gathered here, one topic at a time. Each section gives you the short answer and then points you to the page with the full detail. If you are in a hurry because a date is coming, start with the quick answers just below; if something has gone wrong with an order, jump to the section on orders and tracking.</p>\n<h2>Quick answers</h2>\n<details>\n<summary>Will it arrive in time for our date?</summary>\n<p>Count back about 8-17 business days: 1-3 to make your gift, 7-14 for delivery. Ordering three to four weeks before your date leaves room for both. See <a href=\"/shipping-delivery/\">Shipping &amp; Delivery</a>.</p>\n</details>\n<details>\n<summary>How do I send my photo?</summary>\n<p>Tick the photo box on the product page, check out, then email the original photo to <!--email_off--><a href=\"mailto:support@giftink.shop\">support@giftink.shop</a><!--/email_off--> with your order number in the subject. Read <a href=\"/photo-help/\">Photo Help</a> first.</p>\n</details>\n<details>\n<summary>I made a typo. Can you fix it?</summary>\n<p>Yes, if you email us within 24 hours of ordering. See <a href=\"/cancel-change-order/\">Cancel or Change an Order</a>.</p>\n</details>\n<details>\n<summary>Can I return a personalised gift?</summary>\n<p>Yes, within 60 days of delivery, with a free return label. See <a href=\"/returns-exchanges-policy/\">Returns &amp; Exchanges</a>.</p>\n</details>\n<details>\n<summary>Which size should I choose?</summary>\n<p>Measure a shirt your partner already loves, or read its label. Sizes run S to 5XL. See the <a href=\"/size-guide/\">Size Guide</a>.</p>\n</details>\n<h2>1. Choosing a gift</h2>\n<p>Gift Ink is a store for two people only, and it is sorted by how long you have been together. On the home page, an ink line runs through nine stops: First months, One year, Moved in, Engaged, Newlyweds, and the traditional anniversary years Cotton (2), Wood (5), Tin (10) and Silver (25). Tap the stop you are at and the gifts drawn for it appear. You can also browse by stage, through <a href=\"/product-category/first-months/\">First Months</a>, <a href=\"/product-category/one-year/\">One Year</a>, <a href=\"/product-category/moved-in/\">Moved In</a>, <a href=\"/product-category/engaged-newlyweds/\">Engaged &amp; Newlyweds</a>, <a href=\"/product-category/cotton-anniversary/\">Cotton, Year Two</a> and <a href=\"/product-category/milestone-years/\">Wood, Tin &amp; Silver Years</a>, or by kind of gift, through <a href=\"/product-category/couple-shirts/\">Couple Shirts</a>, <a href=\"/product-category/pillows-blankets/\">Pillows &amp; Blankets</a>, <a href=\"/product-category/couple-keychains/\">Keychains</a> and <a href=\"/product-category/couple-mugs/\">Mugs</a>.</p>\n<h3>Quiet or loud</h3>\n<p>Some designs are quiet: a small photo, your date in numerals, a single pen line. Some are loud: a full-front photo or a joke drawn big. If your partner dresses plainly, go quiet; if they love a printed tee, go loud. The traditional names cotton, wood, tin and silver refer to the anniversary years, not to what a gift is made of.</p>\n<h2>2. Personalising and photos</h2>\n<p>Custom products have fields on the product page for your date, your names or initials and a short line. A live preview shows your words on the picture while you type, and we print exactly what you type, so read it back letter by letter. Photos are sent by email after checkout, or as a shared link in the optional &#8220;Photo link&#8221; field. There is no proof or mockup before printing. If a photo cannot print clearly, we email you to ask for another one before anything is printed. Customer photos are deleted 30 days after delivery.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"/photo-help/\">Photo Help</a>: which photo prints well and how to send it.</li>\n<li><a href=\"/intellectual-property-policy/\">Intellectual Property Policy</a>: why we cannot print logos, team names or characters.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>3. Sizes and products</h2>\n<p>Shirts, long sleeves, sweatshirts and hoodies come in S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL and 5XL; 2XL and 3XL add $2, 4XL and 5XL add $4. Pillows come in 14&#215;14, 18&#215;18 and 22&#215;22 inches, blankets in 50&#215;60 and 60&#215;80 inches, mugs in 11 oz and 15 oz, and keychains in Round or Rectangle. For materials and care, email us and we will send what applies to your product.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"/size-guide/\">Size Guide</a>: how to choose a size without asking.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>4. Orders and tracking</h2>\n<p>After checkout you receive a confirmation email with your order number. We email you again as your order changes status, and the dispatch email includes a tracking number when the carrier gives us one. You can look up your order at any time with your order number and billing email.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"/order-tracking/\">Order Tracking</a>: look up an order and read what each status means.</li>\n<li><a href=\"/cancel-change-order/\">Cancel or Change an Order</a>: fix words, size, colour or address within 24 hours.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>5. Shipping</h2>\n<p>We ship free, with no minimum, to the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Every order ships from the USA. Gifts are made in 1-3 business days and delivery takes 7-14 business days. Import duties for Canada, Australia and New Zealand depend on the destination country. We do not ship to other countries yet.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"/shipping-delivery/\">Shipping &amp; Delivery</a>: timings, countries, addresses and busy seasons.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>6. Returns and exchanges</h2>\n<p>Every Gift Ink item can be returned or exchanged within 60 days of delivery, personalised items included, even if you simply changed your mind. We send a free return label. If a gift arrives damaged or not as ordered, send us a photo and we will put it right.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"/returns-exchanges-policy/\">Returns &amp; Exchanges Policy</a>: how to start a return, step by step.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>7. Refunds</h2>\n<p>Once your return reaches us, your refund is sent within 7 days to your original payment method, or as store credit if you prefer. Store credit never expires. Cancelled orders are refunded in the same way.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"/refund-policy/\">Refund Policy</a>: how and when money comes back.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>8. Payments</h2>\n<p>Prices are in US dollars. The payment options open to you are shown at checkout. We do not add sales tax at checkout.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"/payment-methods/\">Payment Methods</a>: how paying works and what to do if a payment fails.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>9. Account and privacy</h2>\n<p>You can order as a guest or create an account to keep your orders and addresses together. We collect only what we need to make and deliver your gift, and we delete customer photos 30 days after delivery.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"/my-account/\">My Account</a>: sign in, see orders, change addresses.</li>\n<li><a href=\"/privacy-policy/\">Privacy Policy</a>: what we collect, why and for how long.</li>\n<li><a href=\"/terms-of-service/\">Terms of Service</a>: the agreement behind every order.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>10. Rights and notices</h2>\n<p>All our designs are our own, and we do not print other people&#8217;s logos, characters or artwork. If you believe something on Gift Ink uses your work, tell us and we will look at it promptly.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"/dmca/\">DMCA notices</a>: how to send a copyright notice.</li>\n<li><a href=\"/intellectual-property-policy/\">Intellectual Property Policy</a>: our rules for designs and personalisation.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>11. Before you order: a short checklist</h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Your date.</strong> Count back from it: 1-3 business days to make, 7-14 business days to deliver. If it is less than three weeks away, choose a set design that needs no photo.</li>\n<li><strong>Your stop on the line.</strong> First months, one year, moved in, engaged, newlyweds or an anniversary year: the right stop narrows the choice to a handful of gifts.</li>\n<li><strong>Quiet or loud.</strong> Think about what your partner already wears and keeps out on the shelf.</li>\n<li><strong>The size.</strong> Read the label of a favourite shirt, or measure it flat, before you choose.</li>\n<li><strong>The words.</strong> Type your date in the order you read it, check every letter of the names, and read the preview back.</li>\n<li><strong>The photo.</strong> Pick the original file, faces clear, one photo rather than a collage, one they would be glad to see printed.</li>\n<li><strong>The address.</strong> If it is a surprise sent to your partner, check the apartment number and postcode twice.</li>\n</ol>\n<h2>12. The life of an order, from checkout to the couch</h2>\n<p><strong>Day 0.</strong> You check out and receive a confirmation email with your order number. For a custom photo gift, this is the moment to email your photo. You have 24 hours to change anything.</p>\n<p><strong>Days 1-3 (business days).</strong> We make your gift. If we cannot print your photo clearly, we email you to ask for another before printing, and the making days start again when it arrives.</p>\n<p><strong>Dispatch.</strong> We email you when your parcel leaves us, with a tracking number when the carrier gives us one.</p>\n<p><strong>Next 7-14 business days.</strong> The carrier delivers to the US, Canada, Australia or New Zealand, free of shipping charges.</p>\n<p><strong>Delivery and after.</strong> Open the parcel and check the print. You then have 60 days to return or exchange anything, with a free return label, and your refund is sent within 7 days of the return reaching us.</p>\n<h2>13. When something went wrong</h2>\n<h3>The print does not match what I typed</h3>\n<p>Send us your order number and a photo of the print. If the words differ from what you typed, we make it right and you never pay for postage. If they match what you typed, it is still returnable within 60 days, with our free return label.</p>\n<h3>The parcel arrived damaged</h3>\n<p>Keep the packaging, take a photo of the parcel and the gift, and email us. We will reply within 24 hours on business days with a replacement or a refund.</p>\n<h3>I sent the wrong photo</h3>\n<p>Email us at once with your order number and the right photo. Within 24 hours of ordering we can swap it before printing.</p>\n<h3>My partner already has one</h3>\n<p>It happens with matching sets and with gifts from two people at once. Return it within 60 days of delivery, change of mind included, and choose another gift or a refund. If you would like to keep the money with us for a later date, store credit never expires, so it can wait for the next stop on your line.</p>\n<h3>I chose the wrong stop</h3>\n<p>Perhaps you picked a one-year design and realised it is really your second year. If the order is less than 24 hours old, we can swap it for another design before we start. After that, it is an ordinary exchange within the 60 days.</p>\n<h2>14. Which page answers my question?</h2>\n<table>\n<caption>Find the right page for your situation</caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Your situation</th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Go to</th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Time that matters</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>My anniversary is in three weeks</td>\n<td><a href=\"/shipping-delivery/\">Shipping &amp; Delivery</a></td>\n<td>1-3 + 7-14 business days</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>I typed the wrong date</td>\n<td><a href=\"/cancel-change-order/\">Cancel or Change an Order</a></td>\n<td>Within 24 hours</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>I forgot to send my photo</td>\n<td><a href=\"/photo-help/\">Photo Help</a></td>\n<td>As soon as you can</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The shirt is the wrong size</td>\n<td><a href=\"/returns-exchanges-policy/\">Returns &amp; Exchanges</a></td>\n<td>Within 60 days</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>When will my refund arrive?</td>\n<td><a href=\"/refund-policy/\">Refund Policy</a></td>\n<td>Within 7 days of the return reaching us</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Where is my parcel?</td>\n<td><a href=\"/order-tracking/\">Order Tracking</a></td>\n<td>7-14 business days in transit</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Something else</td>\n<td><a href=\"/submit-ticket/\">Submit a Ticket</a></td>\n<td>Reply within 24 hours on business days</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<h2>15. Contacting us</h2>\n<p>There is no phone line or chat window at Gift Ink, on purpose: a written answer gives you every detail in one place, with your order number beside it, and you can forward it to your partner if they are helping you plan.</p>\n<p>Gift Ink answers by email only. Write to <!--email_off--><a href=\"mailto:support@giftink.shop\">support@giftink.shop</a><!--/email_off--> and include your order number if you have one, your date if the gift is for a particular day, and a photo if something arrived damaged. We reply within 24 hours on business days. The <a href=\"/submit-ticket/\">Submit a Ticket</a> page has ready-made subject lines so your message reaches the right place, and <a href=\"/contact-us/\">Contact Us</a> lists everything you can ask us about. The <a href=\"/faqs/\">FAQs</a> and the <a href=\"/sitemap/\">Sitemap</a> are good places to look first.</p>\n<p>Gift Ink, 2248 Rugby Row, Madison, WI 53726, US. Read more <a href=\"/about-us/\">about Gift Ink</a>.</p>\n","visible_characters":10421,"meta_description":"Every Gift Ink support topic in one place: order-by dates, photo help, sizes, tracking, 24-hour changes, 60-day returns and refunds within 7 days of return.","parent":null,"published_at":"2026-11-11T01:56:19+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-11T01:56:19+00:00"}}