Ghoti
January 22nd, 2023, 00:19
Hello,
There is a pretty significant issue on the FG store that gets in the way of being able to make gift purchases. This issue dovetails with the benevolent discount FG offers on filling "Bundles" piecemeal over time.
I have several friends who, in the wake of the Sturm und Drang surrounding the OGL, are jumping into other game systems. I would love to be able to support this by gifting FG modules to friends. For instance, I have a friend who just bought the Starfinder Core Rules module, and was planning on running a game at some point soon. I wanted to buy him a copy of the Alien Archive module. But, since I already have some Starfinder modules, I got a small "bundle" discount on the purchase of my second copy of Alien Archive, which rendered the purchase ungiftable.
(The Support team was very responsive in refunding this purchase and explaining why it could not be gifted- kudos to them incidentally)
I would like to propose that the FG storefront team either looks into a way to specify a gift recipient in the purchase flow, or allow a purchaser to waive a discount so that a purchase may be gifted. I have a sneaking suspicion that if it were more feasible for TTRPG enthusiasts to make gift purchases - particularly in the current environment of the passtime - this might pay significant dividends.
There is a pretty significant issue on the FG store that gets in the way of being able to make gift purchases. This issue dovetails with the benevolent discount FG offers on filling "Bundles" piecemeal over time.
I have several friends who, in the wake of the Sturm und Drang surrounding the OGL, are jumping into other game systems. I would love to be able to support this by gifting FG modules to friends. For instance, I have a friend who just bought the Starfinder Core Rules module, and was planning on running a game at some point soon. I wanted to buy him a copy of the Alien Archive module. But, since I already have some Starfinder modules, I got a small "bundle" discount on the purchase of my second copy of Alien Archive, which rendered the purchase ungiftable.
(The Support team was very responsive in refunding this purchase and explaining why it could not be gifted- kudos to them incidentally)
I would like to propose that the FG storefront team either looks into a way to specify a gift recipient in the purchase flow, or allow a purchaser to waive a discount so that a purchase may be gifted. I have a sneaking suspicion that if it were more feasible for TTRPG enthusiasts to make gift purchases - particularly in the current environment of the passtime - this might pay significant dividends.