How to gift memberships to other fans

When you gift a creator’s paid membership to someone else, you’re sharing great creative work while helping to grow a creator’s community.

This article covers how to gift a creator’s membership to another fan and redeem a gift from another fan on Patreon. To see how to redeem a gift from a creator, see this article.

Key things to know

Gifting a membership

• You’ll need a Patreon account to gift a membership. If you don’t have an account yet, you can create one to start gifting
• You can gift between 1-12 months of membership to any of a creator’s tiers as long as the tier is not limited. If a creator offers annual memberships, gifts of 1 year of membership will be at the discounted annual membership price
• Only creators who use subscription billing can have their memberships gifted
• Fans need to be 18+ to purchase gifts from 18+ creators 

Redeeming a gift membership

• Gifts can only be redeemed by people without an active paid membership to that creator
• People must have or create a Patreon account to redeem a gift
• Gifts must be redeemed within 90 days. Unclaimed gifts will expire and are not eligible for refunds or exchanges, even for anything else of equal value
• Gifts can be redeemed on desktop and mobile web
• Once the recipient redeems the gift, they will have access to the selected membership tier until the gift period ends. They will receive notifications to remind them 3 days before the gift expires
• Recipients need to be 18+ to redeem gifts from 18+ creators

Purchasing a gift membership

To gift a paid membership to a creator of your choice, follow the instructions below while logged in to your member profile on desktop or mobile web:

1. Add ‘/gift’ to the end of the creator’s Patreon URL (patreon.com/[creatorURL]/gift) or select the Gift banner visible in various locations on the creator’s page 
   
2. Select the tier you wish to gift
3. Fill out the required details. You can choose to share your name and a message with your recipient (both optional)
   • • If you are using Web or Android, you can gift up to 100 memberships using the same link. If you’d like to gift more than 100 memberships, you can repeat the process more than once
4. Check out with a valid payment method saved to your account, or add a new payment method
5. Copy the gift link and send it to your recipient. They will have 90 days to redeem the gift before it expires
   
6. You’ll receive an email confirmation of your purchase, with the gift link for reference

Please note that links can only be shared once, and is valid for one non-renewing, fixed-term membership redemption.

Redeeming a gift

To redeem a gift, please create or log in to your Patreon account on desktop or mobile web and follow the instructions below. Mobile app redemption is not currently supported.  

1. Click the link shared by your gift-giver 
2. Click Claim now 
3. When you’re ready, click Continue to start your gifted membership. Once activated, the membership will be valid until the date shown
4. Choose whether to stay on as a free member for updates at the end of your gift period 
5. Start accessing all paid benefits to your gifted tier!

Converting a gift to a paid membership

At the end of the gift period, the recipient will lose access to the membership unless they choose to stay on as a paid member of the creator.

To facilitate this, we send a reminder notification 3 days before the gift expires, including an option to add payment details to turn their gift into a paid membership. They won’t be charged until after the gift period concludes.

FAQs

• Anyone logged into a Patreon account can purchase a gift for another fan. Guest checkout is not available at this time.

  Note that only fans who have indicated they are 18 years or older can purchase a gift from 18+ creators.

• Fans can redeem a gifted membership to a creator if they have a Patreon account and are not an active paid member of that creator. This includes both free and former paid members. If someone with an active paid membership tries to redeem a gift to the same creator, they will not be able to do so.

  Note that only fans who have indicated they are 18 years or older can redeem gifts for 18+ creators.

• Patreon provides a platform for members and customers to pay creators directly. For this reason, in most cases, Patreon will not provide refunds or exchanges on behalf of creators. Creators can issue refunds at their discretion within 90 days of purchase. Any refund requests should be made directly with the creator. Learn more about requesting a refund.

  Unclaimed gifts that have expired after 90 days of purchase will not be automatically refunded.

• You will be unable to claim a gift if:

  • The gift was purchased over 90 days ago and has expired
  • You already have an active paid membership (including an active free trial). You won’t be eligible to claim a gift until your membership access ends
  • You’re attempting to claim a gift on the Patreon mobile app, which is not currently supported yet. You’ll need to switch to desktop or mobile web
  • You’re attempting to claim a gift for an Adult/18+ Creator, having indicated that you are not 18 years or older

• If you are purchasing a gift from Web or the Android app, you can send a gift to multiple people. To do so, simply select the tier you want to gift, and edit the ‘How many gifts do you want to purchase?’ number up to 100 gifts. Once you’ve completed checkout, the link can be shared and redeemed up to the number of gifts you've purchased (max 100 gifts).

• No, any existing sales and discount codes will not apply to the gift price. However, if a creator offers annual memberships and you gift a 12-month membership, the annual discount will be reflected automatically at purchase.

Terms & Conditions

You may purchase a non-renewing, fixed-term membership subscription of the available options for a given creator as a gift for a recipient of your choosing (“Gift Membership”). On purchase of a Gift Membership, we will generate a link for you to share with the recipient, through which they can redeem the Gift Membership, that sets out the tier, creator, fixed term of the gift, and, if you elect, your name and message to the recipient. The recipient is required to have a Patreon account to redeem the gift, and may redeem the gift anytime from immediately after purchase until 90 days after such purchase (the “Redemption Period”). If the Gift Membership is not redeemed within the Redemption Period, it will expire and no further access will be granted. 

If redeemed, the recipient may enjoy the Gift Membership for as long as the fixed term of the Gift Membership lasts, provided that they maintain a Patreon account. The recipient’s access will automatically end when the fixed term of the Gift Membership expires. 

No refunds or exchanges for anything else of equal value on Patreon, including if the Gift Membership is not redeemed within the Redemption Period.

Nothing in these terms entitles any gift recipient to any right of enforcement against Patreon.