# Obsidian Credit

Obsidian Credit is a type of prepaid credit that can be bought in advance and applied toward purchases of any Obsidian service or license. Obsidian Credit can be gifted to other Obsidian users, such as friends, family, and coworkers.

Obsidian Credit will be applied before any payment is due, including auto-renewals. Obsidian Credit is not eligible for a refund per our Refund policy.

# Add credit

Log into your Obsidian account.
In the Billing section, go to Obsidian Credit and choose Buy credit.
Enter the amount of Obsidian Credit you want to buy. The amount is in US dollars.
Proceed to pay for the credit with any of the supported payment methods.

Sales tax

Any applicable sales tax will be charged when you make a purchase of a product, such as Obsidian Sync, not when you buy Obsidian Credit.

If you plan to cover auto-renewals with your credit, please keep this factor in mind.

# Gifting

Although Obsidian is completely free to use, you can give the gift of Obsidian Credit to help someone get an add-on service like Obsidian Sync or a Commercial license for using Obsidian at work.

Please note that Obsidian Credit cannot be re-gifted once claimed. The original recipient will not be able to transfer or share it with others.

# Give Obsidian Credit

In Obsidian, you don't gift a particular product, but rather Obsidian Credit that can be used towards anything. It's like an Obsidian gift card.

If you don't already have Obsidian Credit, you must first purchase credit.
Go to the Billing section of your account, and choose Send credit.
Follow the instructions to either get a redeem link to send yourself, or have us send an anonymized email to the recipient.
Click Send gift to complete the gifting. You will be sent an email confirmation.
After you send out a gift, you can view it under Billing → Gift history. You can see the status of each gift, and cancel the ones that haven't been redeemed yet.

# Receiving Obsidian Credit

If you have received a redemption link or an anonymized email, follow these steps to redeem your Obsidian Credit:

Log in or create your Obsidian account.
Open the redemption link or click the link in your email.
Confirm that you want to receive the credits.
The credits will be deposited within your account, ready to be used.

The purchaser will be notified that you have redeemed the Obsidian Credit.