{"record":{"id":"bf7f102e2118fab6","repo":"antiwork/gumroad","slug":"gifting-is-not-yet-enabled-for-pre-orders","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Gifting is not yet enabled for pre-orders.","messagePattern":"Gifting is not yet enabled for pre-orders\\.","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Purchase::PurchaseInvalid","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"app/services/purchase/create_service.rb","lineNumber":341,"sourceCode":"    def create_gift\n      # A seller buying their own product can only ever be a test purchase, and test purchases were\n      # never built for gifts, so this case has to be rejected. The message names what the seller\n      # actually did and points at the supported way to give a product away, because the old wording\n      # (\"Test gift purchases have not been enabled yet.\") described an internal capability and read\n      # as a flag we could switch on for them, which generated support tickets asking us to do that.\n      raise Purchase::PurchaseInvalid, \"You can't gift your own product. To give it away for free, create a 100% off discount code under Checkout > Discounts and share the checkout link.\" if buyer == product.user\n      raise Purchase::PurchaseInvalid, \"You cannot gift a product to yourself. Please try gifting to another email.\" if giftee_email == purchase_params[:email]\n      raise Purchase::PurchaseInvalid, \"Gift purchases cannot be on installment plans.\" if params[:pay_in_installments]\n\n      if product.can_gift?\n        gift = product.gifts.build(giftee_email:, gift_note: gift_params[:gift_note], gifter_email: params[:purchase][:email], is_recipient_hidden: gift_params[:giftee_email].blank?)\n        error_message = gift.save ? nil : gift.errors.full_messages[0]\n        raise Purchase::PurchaseInvalid, error_message if error_message.present?\n\n        gift\n      else\n        error_message = product.user.gifting_disabled? ? \"The creator has disabled gifting for their products.\" : \"Gifting is not yet enabled for pre-orders.\"\n        raise Purchase::PurchaseInvalid, error_message\n      end\n    end\n\n    def validate_perceived_price\n      if purchase_params[:perceived_price_cents] && !Purchase::MAX_PRICE_RANGE.cover?(purchase_params[:perceived_price_cents])\n        raise Purchase::PurchaseInvalid, \"Purchase price is invalid. Please check the price.\"\n      end\n    end\n\n    def validate_zip_code\n      country_code_for_validation = purchase_params[:country].presence || purchase_params[:sales_tax_country_code_election]\n\n      if purchase_params[:perceived_price_cents].to_i > 0 && country_code_for_validation == Compliance::Countries::USA.alpha2 && UsZipCodes.identify_state_code(purchase_params[:zip_code]).nil?\n        Rails.logger.info(\"Zip code #{purchase_params[:zip_code]} is invalid, customer email #{purchase_params[:email]}\")\n        raise Purchase::PurchaseInvalid, \"You entered a ZIP Code that doesn't exist within your country.\"\n      end\n    end\n","sourceCodeStart":323,"sourceCodeEnd":359,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/antiwork/gumroad/blob/afeacbd394069a1cbf0c6c50ee8e900925050370/app/services/purchase/create_service.rb#L323-L359","documentation":"The other branch of the same can_gift? failure: the seller has not disabled gifting, so product.can_gift? is false because is_in_preorder_state is true. Gifting is not implemented for pre-order products, and the message says so explicitly.","triggerScenarios":"params[:gift] present, product.can_gift? false, product.user.gifting_disabled? false - which implies product.is_in_preorder_state is true.","commonSituations":"Buyer opens checkout while the product is a pre-order and selects gift; stale page after the seller converted the product to a pre-order.","solutions":["Complete a regular pre-order without the gift option.","Wait until the product is released, then gift it.","Integrators: hide the gift toggle for products in pre-order state."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"params.delete(:gift) if params[:gift].present? && product.is_in_preorder_state?","typeGuard":"def gifting_available?(product)\n  product.can_gift? # link.rb: !is_in_preorder_state && !user.gifting_disabled?\nend","tryCatchPattern":"begin\n  Purchase::CreateService.new(product:, params:, buyer:).perform\nrescue Purchase::PurchaseInvalid => e\n  params.delete(:gift) if e.message == 'Gifting is not yet enabled for pre-orders.'\nend","preventionTips":["Hide the gift toggle for products in pre-order state.","Re-check product state at submit time; pre-order status changes when the product is released."],"tags":["gifting","preorder","checkout","gumroad"],"backgroundTag":"gifting-not-allowed","analyzedSha":"afeacbd394069a1cbf0c6c50ee8e900925050370","analyzedAt":"2026-08-21T17:58:52.159Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-21T18:17:14.833Z"}