The gift card, reinvented
Send a Gift Card Inside a Sealed Letter
A gift card pasted into a text message feels like a receipt. Sealed inside a wax-stamped letter with your words around it, it becomes a gift they unwrap — and a letter they keep.
Seal a Gift LetterNo account needed · Works with any gift card, ticket, or voucher
How It Works
Write your letter
Start with your words — why you chose this gift, what they mean to you, or just "happy birthday, you absolute legend."
Attach the gift
Upload any gift card, e-ticket, or voucher as a PDF or image. Amazon, Apple, Visa, concert tickets — if it can be saved as a file, it can be sealed.
They unseal and unwrap
Your recipient holds the wax seal to open the letter, reads your message, then unwraps the gift waiting inside. A ritual, not a forward.
Gift Cards Are Thoughtful. Delivery Rarely Is.
Two thirds of us have sent a gift card by pasting a code into a chat. It works — and it's forgotten by Tuesday. OpenWhen wraps that same gift card in the one thing money can't buy: your words. The anticipation of a sealed envelope, a question only they can answer, the slow break of a wax seal — and then, the gift.
Birthdays, graduations, thank-yous, long-distance anniversaries — if you were about to email a gift card, take two more minutes and make it a letter instead.
Sealed Means Sealed
Gift files are stored privately — never on a public link. Your recipient can only download the gift after unlocking the letter and breaking the seal, and each download link expires within minutes. Not even a shared letter URL exposes the gift inside.
Frequently Asked Questions
What kinds of gift cards can I attach?
Any gift card, voucher, or ticket that can be saved as a PDF, PNG, or JPEG — Amazon and Apple gift cards, Visa prepaid cards, concert and event e-tickets, hotel vouchers, restaurant gift certificates, and more. If the retailer emails it to you or lets you download it, you can seal it inside an OpenWhen letter.
Is the gift card safe inside the letter?
Yes. Gift files are stored privately and are never publicly accessible. Only your recipient can download the gift, and only after they pass the letter’s protections — the guardian question or time lock you set, plus the wax-seal opening. The download link itself expires minutes after it’s issued.
How is this better than emailing a gift card?
An emailed gift card is a transaction; a sealed letter is a moment. Your recipient reads your words first — why you thought of them, what the gift means — then unwraps the gift card inside. It turns a 30-second forward into something they’ll remember and re-read.
Is sending a gift card letter free?
Writing and sending sealed letters on OpenWhen is free. Attaching a gift file is part of the Premium letter upgrade, which also unlocks photos, voice messages, songs, and premium themes for that letter.
Can I make them answer a question before opening the gift?
Yes — that’s the heart of OpenWhen. Protect the letter with a question only they can answer ("Where did we first meet?") or a time lock ("Opens on your birthday at midnight"). The gift can’t be downloaded until the letter is unlocked and unsealed.
Do I or my recipient need an account?
No accounts, ever. Create the letter, attach the gift, and share the link. Your recipient just opens the link, breaks the seal, and unwraps their gift.
The Gift Is the Card. The Memory Is the Letter.
Takes about two minutes. They'll keep it a lot longer.
Create Your Gift LetterOr explore Open When letter ideas and the gift guide.