App features
- Easy to set up, with no unnecessary features
- Easy to start at $4.99/mo
- Fully supports Japanese
- Simple, with nothing you don't need
- A clean, refined UI that doesn't get in the way of your design
- Add a paid or free option.
- Add extra fields: a selection (dropdown) or text.
This article explains how to check and change your SAKU Gift Option plan. Development stores are free, and live stores need a paid plan.
A "development store" is a free store created for trying or testing apps. A store that actually sells products is a "live store".
In this article
- The difference in pricing between development stores and live stores
- How to check and change your plan
- What happens when a plan is required
- What happens when you cancel
Where to go: Shopify admin → Apps → SAKU Gift Option → "Pricing"
What you need before you start
- SAKU Gift Option is installed
- Know whether your store is a development store or a live store (development stores are free; live stores need a paid plan)
Pricing and plans
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Plans | Two plans: Basic and Pro |
| Monthly | Basic $4.99/month, Pro $8.99/month |
| Yearly | Basic $49.90/year, Pro $89.90/year (save about 17% with yearly billing) |
| Added in the Pro plan | Several gift options (several options for one product) and markets to show (How to set up the Pro plan) |
| Available on both Basic and Pro | Showing or hiding gift options by product template (how to set it up) |
| Free trial | 7 days |
| Development stores | Free (all features available, including the Pro plan) |
The prices above are from the Shopify App Store listing (as of November 2026). All charges are billed in US dollars (USD). The final price is shown on Shopify's plan selection page.
1️⃣ Check your status in the "Plan" card on the Home page
You can check your current status in the "Plan" card on the right side of the app's Home page.
| Badge | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Development store (free) | This is a development store. All features are free. |
| Active | You're on a paid plan. "Current plan: (plan name)" is shown. |
| Not subscribed | "A paid subscription is required." is shown. |
Click "View or change plan" to go to the plan page.
"Support" on the right side of the Home page has links to "Help and instructions", the support email address, and "Visit the app website for updates".
2️⃣ Open the "Pricing" page
Open "Pricing" in the left menu. Depending on your store, a blue banner appears.
- Development store: "Free on development stores" with "All features are free on development stores. Use the button below to view or change plans. A paid subscription is required when you move to a live store."
- Live store: "Your plan" with "Current plan: (plan name)" or "A paid subscription is required."
3️⃣ View or change your plan
The "Choose a plan" card says "Choose or change your plan on Shopify's secure pricing page. You can change or cancel at any time." Click "View or change plan" to open Shopify's pricing page. Choose a plan from those shown and follow the instructions on the screen to subscribe. You can also change plans on the same page. When you've subscribed, the badge in the "Plan" card on the Home page changes to "Active" and shows "Current plan: (plan name)".
The red boxes show the banner "Free on development stores" at the top and "View or change plan" in the "Choose a plan" card.
- As shown in "Pricing and plans" above, the Basic plan is $4.99/month or $49.90/year, and the Pro plan is $8.99/month or $89.90/year (both with a 7-day free trial). The final price is shown on Shopify's plan selection page.
- If "The pricing page is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later." appears, wait a moment and click it again.
- Click "Back to dashboard" to return to Home.
When a live store has no plan
On a live store without an active paid plan, opening the app's admin page automatically takes you to Shopify's pricing page. Once you subscribe to a plan, you can use the app as usual. A test subscription (a trial-only subscription) doesn't count as a paid plan. Be sure to subscribe to an actual plan on Shopify's pricing page.
Development stores aren't checked and are always free.
When you cancel
If you cancel your plan or it expires, the gift option is hidden from your store, and gift prices are no longer applied. After you subscribe again, opening the admin page restores everything automatically.
Other information
At the bottom of the Home page is a section called "More apps from SAKU Apps", which introduces other apps in the SAKU series. You can hide it with the "×" ("Hide this section") at the top right. This is saved for each store, and there's no way to show it again.
In the app's Help ("Help" in the left menu), "Pricing and plans" has an "Open pricing" button.
Troubleshooting
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Opening the app takes me to Shopify's pricing page
Your live store has no paid plan yet. Please subscribe to a plan. This doesn't happen on development stores. -
The pricing page doesn't appear
If "The pricing page is temporarily unavailable." appears, wait a while and try again. -
I subscribed, but the gift option doesn't appear
Open the app's admin page once. After you subscribe again, opening the admin page restores everything automatically.
