PerkRunner
Subscriptions and loyalty for Shopify in one app. Giftnote is being built in natively, so gifting sits in the cart and the customer portal without developer work.
Key Features
A native integration in build
Giftnote is being built directly into PerkRunner's cart and customer portal, so merchants activate gifting themselves without developer work.
Sell a subscription as a gift
A subscription bought for somebody else is one of the highest-value gifts in DTC. Giftnote captures the recipient at purchase rather than assuming the buyer.
The message fires on the first delivery
Giftnote attaches to the first Shopify order in a subscription, not every renewal, which is the right behaviour for a gift.
Reward the subscribers who gift
PerkRunner runs spend-based loyalty tiers. A subscriber who sends your product to someone else is exactly the behaviour worth rewarding.
Gifting across Shopify POS
PerkRunner connects online and POS experiences, and Giftnote eGift cards redeem across both.
What you get with PerkRunner
A native integration in build
Giftnote is being built directly into PerkRunner's cart and customer portal, so merchants activate gifting themselves without developer work.
Sell a subscription as a gift
A subscription bought for somebody else is one of the highest-value gifts in DTC. Giftnote captures the recipient at purchase rather than assuming the buyer.
The message fires on the first delivery
Giftnote attaches to the first Shopify order in a subscription, not every renewal, which is the right behaviour for a gift.
Reward the subscribers who gift
PerkRunner runs spend-based loyalty tiers. A subscriber who sends your product to someone else is exactly the behaviour worth rewarding.
Gifting across Shopify POS
PerkRunner connects online and POS experiences, and Giftnote eGift cards redeem across both.
Reach people you have never met
74% of Giftnote gift recipients are new to the brand. For a retention platform, that is acquisition that costs nothing in media.
About PerkRunner Integration
PerkRunner is a Shopify subscriptions and loyalty platform built to replace a multi-app retention stack. It covers flexible subscriptions, spend-based loyalty tiers, promotions, subscription bundling, a Smart Cart and connected Shopify POS experiences, all configured once and kept consistent across the storefront and the customer portal. It comes from the team behind WineHub, extending the same technology from wine clubs to the wider CPG market.
What are the two teams building?
Giftnote and PerkRunner are building a native integration, so a merchant can turn gifting on themselves without developer work, with gifting components embedded in the cart and the customer portal. A trial is targeted for late 2026. This is an integration in active build, not a coexistence story.
Why does a subscription platform need gifting built in?
Because a subscription bought for somebody else behaves differently to one bought for yourself, and almost no platform accounts for it. The billing, the account and the emails all assume the buyer and the consumer are the same person. When they are not, the first box arrives and the recipient has no idea who sent it, and the brand never learns who is actually using the product.
Giftnote captures the gifter, the recipient and the message at purchase, then delivers a branded note timed to carrier delivery confirmation across more than 1,200 carriers. It attaches to the first Shopify order in a subscription rather than every renewal, which is the correct behaviour for a gift.
What does that unlock for a retention programme?
Your subscribers are the most likely people in your database to send your product to someone else, and loyalty tiers give you a way to reward them for it. Across the Giftnote platform, 74% of gift recipients have never bought from the brand before. For a retention platform, that is a net-new acquisition channel sitting inside the existing subscriber base.
Can I use both today?
Yes. Until the native integration ships, Giftnote and PerkRunner run alongside each other on the same Shopify store with no connection step, and no merchant, customer or gift recipient data moves between them.
How to Get Started
Connect PerkRunner to Giftnote in just a few steps
Install both apps
Install Giftnote and PerkRunner from the Shopify App Store. No connection step is needed today.
Create a gift subscription path
Make it obvious a subscription can be bought for somebody else, and capture the recipient at checkout rather than assuming the buyer.
Add Giftnote at checkout
For subscription products, checkout placement usually works best. The gift decision is made once.
Turn on delivery-triggered messaging
Giftnote holds the message until the carrier confirms the first delivery has landed, so it arrives with the parcel.
Reward gifting in your loyalty tiers
Use PerkRunner's spend-based loyalty to recognise subscribers who send your product to someone else.
Register for the native integration trial
Giftnote inside PerkRunner is in build, with a trial targeted for late 2026. Ask your account contact to include you.
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