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Guides for the jobs nobody wants to do by hand.

Practical, step by step reading on labels and envelopes, free gifts on Shopify and bug reports developers can act on.

Giftproof's minimum spend field note about conversion at Shopify's exchange rate, above the setup step for the progress message.

Run a free gift offer in other currencies and languages

Selling abroad? Here is how a minimum spend gift offer follows shoppers into other currencies and languages on Shopify, and what to check.

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Printed address labels where two people at the same address share one label, such as Amelia Hart and James Hart.

Peelstack4 min read

One label per household: a holiday card list you can reuse

Keep your holiday card list in one Google Sheet and print one label per household, with the names joined, then reuse the same list and design next year.

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A bug report card with six labelled parts: title, steps to reproduce, expected, actual, environment and evidence.

BugIt4 min read

A bug report template developers will actually read

A copyable bug report template, what each part is for, and the habits that turn a vague complaint into a ticket a developer can fix.

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The Giftproof setup checklist: turn on the app embed, create a gift, try the cart tester and add the progress message.

Giftproof5 min read

Free gift with purchase on Shopify at a minimum spend

A free gift at a minimum spend is simple to promise and fiddly to run. Here is how the offer should behave in the cart and at checkout.

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How to print envelopes straight from a Google Sheet

Turn a list of addresses in Google Sheets into printed envelopes with a return address and logo, and test on plain paper before you use a good envelope.

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Catch duplicate bugs before you file them

Why one bug turns into several tickets, how to search a tracker so you find the earlier one, and what to do when you do.

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The Giftproof gift settings for how spend is counted, set to after discounts, and for combining the gift with other discounts.

Giftproof4 min read

Keep sale items and codes from unlocking a free gift

Sale items and discount codes can push a cart over your free gift minimum. Here is how to decide what counts toward the threshold.

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A printed label sheet with the top rows left empty and address labels starting partway down the page.

Peelstack4 min read

How to print on a partly used sheet of labels

Half a sheet of labels left over? Start printing at the first empty label, test on plain paper and use up the whole sheet from Google Sheets.

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A row of example test runs, some passing and some failing, above a short table of what differed between the runs.

BugIt4 min read

How to report a bug that only happens sometimes

How to report an intermittent bug: count your runs, find what changes between them, and write the conditions down so a developer can chase it.

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The Giftproof schedule section explaining the time zone, and the optional end date field for a gift.

Giftproof4 min read

Schedule and pause a Shopify free gift offer

Start dates, end dates, pausing one gift or all of them, and running several offers: how to keep a free gift offer under your control.

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Four printed product labels, each with a QR code beside the product name, weight and item code.

Peelstack4 min read

QR code or barcode on a product label? How to choose

A plain guide to picking a QR code or a barcode for jars, boxes and stock labels made from a Google Sheet, and how to test that it scans before you print.

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A bug that used to work: how to report a regression

How to report a regression: find the last version that worked, narrow the gap to the first one that failed, and give the developer a place to start.

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Giftproof Diagnostics showing that the checkout safety check is on and a note about checkout buttons that skip the cart.

Giftproof4 min read

Test your Shopify free gift offer before shoppers do

A free gift offer can fail in quiet ways. Here is how to test it with sample carts and catch setup problems before a shopper does.

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Printed address labels in a grid, including Boston, MA 02134 and Portland, ME 04101, with the leading zeros intact.

Peelstack4 min read

Why your ZIP codes lose their leading zero in Google Sheets

Boston's 02134 turns into 2134 in a spreadsheet, and the label prints it wrong. Here is why it happens and how to fix it in Google Sheets before you print.

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Reproduce a bug from a log file: a detective's guide

How to find the failing moment in a log, trim it to what matters, turn it into repeatable steps and share it safely.

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An example screenshot frame with three callouts: show the address and build, crop to the problem, and cover personal data.

BugIt4 min read

Screenshots and recordings that help fix the bug

What to capture in a bug report screenshot or recording, how to crop and annotate it, and how to keep personal data and secrets out of the picture.

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