How Do You Gift Subs on Twitch?
As usual, the exact method you use to gift subs on Twitch depends on whether you're on a computer or your phone, tablet, or another type of mobile device.
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Desktop Twitch Sub Gifting Using the Subscription Button.
The first way you can gift a sub when using a computer is to press the Subscribe button at the bottom right of the Twitch video player. If you currently have a subscription to that channel, the button will read Gift a Sub instead. Alternatively, if you've had a subscription to that channel in the past, the button will say, Resubscribe. Sometimes, as in the example screenshot we use here, Twitch may offer you a discount on your subscription purchase.
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Whichever button you select, Twitch will take you to that streamer's Subscription menu.
You will notice that the subscription menu is customized to the streamer. They will offer you a collection of custom emotes you can use in chat, sub badges to "wear" in chat, and additional privileges such as channel points, an ad-free experience, access to Sub-only chats, and the Subscriber moniker.
You have two options at the bottom: to Subscribe (the default suggestion) or Gift a Sub.
If you select Gift a Sub, this takes you to a Gift to the Community screen.
This gives you various options for gifting to the community. For example, you can choose to make gifts to various selections from one to 100 members of the Twitch community. Alternatively, you can select Gift a Specific Viewer at the bottom to make a gift to somebody in particular.
Mobile Twitch Sub Gifting Using the Subscription Button
The process is relatively similar on your mobile devices; however, you have to have already purchased a subscription to your chosen channel. If you haven't yet purchased a subscription, you will simply see the normal Subscribe button.
If you have already subscribed, you will see Gift a Sub instead and follow through to a similar screen. You can choose between two tabs: Subscribe and Gift, however. Click on the Gift tab, and you will see screens with similar options to those desktop users' face.
You cannot use a mobile device to purchase gift subscriptions on an offline channel, but you can still do so on a computer.
Gifting to Specific People
If you simply want to make a gift to a particular person, you can use the method as described above, or alternatively, go through the Chat screen. For example, if you see someone you want to gift a sub to in a Twitch chat feed, you can click on their name. This will bring up their name and a few details about them.
If you are friends with that user, you will see the Gift a Sub button in the bottom left corner. Click on that, and Twitch will take you to the same screen you see when going through the Subscribe button. Twitch will prompt you to select a subscription tier, and when you've done so will take you to the checkout to finish the process of buying a gift subscription for that person.
Community Gifting
As you saw in earlier screenshots, the default option for gifting is community gifting. Depending on how many gifts you want to make, you click on the relevant gift box. For example, if you're going to gift 20 subs, click on the priced box beside the "Gift 20 Subs" label. You will find selections for 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 subs.
If you wish to gift a different number of subs than these defaults, you can enter an amount in the Custom Quantity box. Twitch will calculate the relevant price and give you a box to click to the checkout to complete the purchase process.
You would use community gifting when your main aim is to help the Twitch channel of your choice, rather than specific fellow viewers. You can purchase up to 100 gift subscriptions to the channel, with a portion of the funds going to your favorite streamer. In turn, other channel followers (equivalent to the number of gift subscriptions you buy) receive subscription benefits thanks to your generosity.
Twitch uses an algorithm to determine the beneficiaries of community giving. They state that they "use an algorithm to help us select gift recipients starting with eligible viewers in chat, then followers, mods, and other factors that identify members of a community. Our algorithm also avoids giving trolls subs, and we are constantly improving our algorithm to detect this behavior."
