Sell gift vouchers that bring new learners in
Gift vouchers are one of the quietest growth channels an instructor has. The parent who buys ten lessons for their teenager is the same parent who'll happily recommend you once the test is passed.
Why vouchers belong on your storefront
Most lesson packages get sold to someone other than the learner. The mam who is sick of being the on-call instructor for her daughter. The boyfriend who knows learning to drive is the gift she actually wants. The granny who wants to do something memorable for the eighteenth. Vouchers turn that instinct into a paid booking before the recipient even sits in your car.
On YourADI, gift vouchers are sold from the storefront just like lessons. The buyer pays by card, the recipient gets a voucher code, and the value of the voucher can be used against any future booking with you.
How vouchers work on YourADI
Vouchers live alongside your lessons in your catalogue. Every voucher product you create carries:
- Allowed denominations — the price points the buyer can choose between (for example, €50, €100, €200), or a single fixed amount.
- An expiry period — the number of months from purchase until the voucher can no longer be redeemed. Five years is the minimum required by law in Ireland and is the platform default; you can set a longer period if you want, but not shorter.
- A delivery mode — how the recipient actually receives the code.
- Terms text — the small print the buyer agrees to at checkout.
Once published, the voucher product is reachable from your storefront at a public link the buyer can complete payment on. After payment, the platform issues a voucher code with the value the buyer paid for.
How to add a voucher product
- In Settings → Catalogue, add a new item and choose the voucher item type. (Lessons and vouchers share the same catalogue surface.)
- Set your allowed denominations. Most instructors offer two or three round amounts that map to a useful number of lessons.
- Set the expiry. The Irish Consumer Protection (Gift Vouchers) Act 2019 requires a minimum validity of five years from the date of purchase, and the platform enforces this — five years is the default. You can set a longer period if you want to be generous, but the field cannot accept anything below sixty months.
- Add the terms text. The platform pre-fills sensible defaults that already cover the legally required wording; edit them if you want to add anything specific to your school.
- Save and your voucher product is now sellable from your storefront.
What the buyer sees
The buyer lands on the voucher purchase page from your storefront, picks the amount, enters their card details and the recipient's name and email, and pays. The recipient then receives the voucher with a code they can use against any lesson on your storefront.
How redemption works
When the recipient comes to book a lesson, they apply the voucher code at checkout and the value is deducted from what they owe. If the voucher covers the full lesson price, no further card payment is taken. If the voucher value is less than the lesson price, the balance is charged to the recipient's card in the usual way.
Vouchers carry a running balance — one €100 voucher can be split across several lessons until the balance hits zero or the voucher expires.
Where to see voucher activity
The Vouchers section of your dashboard lists every voucher sold and every redemption against it, with the purchaser's details, the recipient, the remaining balance, the expiry, and the status. For schools, voucher sales aggregate to the school level so the owner has one view across all instructors.
Common questions
Can the same voucher cover several lessons?
Yes — a voucher carries a balance, and the balance is drawn down each time it is used. Once the balance hits zero, the voucher is fully redeemed.
Does the voucher expire if the recipient does not redeem?
Yes, but not before five years from the date of purchase — the minimum the Irish Consumer Protection (Gift Vouchers) Act 2019 requires for a single-amount gift voucher. Whatever expiry you set on the voucher product is at least that five-year minimum. Once the expiry date passes, the remaining balance can no longer be used.
What if the recipient is not the buyer's name?
That's the common case — mam buys the voucher, son or daughter redeems it. The buyer enters the recipient's name and contact details at purchase, and the voucher is delivered to the recipient.
Keep going
Turn birthdays and exam passes into next month’s lessons.
€20 per instructor per month, locked for five years. Voucher sales add a quiet, recurring growth channel to the same storefront that takes your everyday bookings.