How to Gift a Blue Tick on X (Twitter) Easily

How to Gift a Blue Tick on X (Twitter): A Complete Guide

If you want to surprise a friend, content creator, or favorite community member with a coveted verified blue checkmark on X (formerly Twitter), you are not alone. A verified badge signals authenticity, boosts post visibility, and unlocks a suite of premium creator tools.

Fortunately, X makes it possible to sponsor or gift subscriptions to other accounts. Whether you want to reward a rising creator or help a friend unlock monetization, here is everything you need to know about gifting a blue tick on X.

Understanding X Verification Tiers

Before diving into the gifting process, it helps to understand what you are actually purchasing. X structures its verification and premium subscriptions under X Premium and X Premium+, which are tied to organizational or individual verification:

• Premium: Offers the blue checkmark (upon identity verification), half ads in for you/following, longer posts, post editing, bookmark folders, and creator revenue sharing eligibility.
• Premium+: Offers all Premium features plus zero ads in your timeline and the largest text limit available.
• Organizations: Designed for businesses and non-profits (featuring gold or gray checkmarks), which operate under different corporate pricing tiers.

When gifting a subscription to an individual user, you are typically purchasing an X Premium subscription on their behalf.

Step-by-Step: How to Gift a Subscription on X

X allows users to purchase and send subscriptions directly through the platform or via web billing. Follow these steps to send a blue tick to someone special:

Step 1: Navigate to the Recipient’s Profile

Open the X app or go to X.com on your desktop browser. Search for and navigate directly to the profile page of the user you wish to gift.

Step 2: Look for the Subscribe or Gifting Icon

• Look near their handle, bio, or the top right corner of their profile.
• Depending on the current interface layout, you will see a Subscribe button or a three-dot menu (…).
• Click or tap the menu to see if “Gift Subscriptions” or “Buy Subscription for…” is available.

(Note: X occasionally rolls out user interface updates. If you do not see a direct gifting button on their profile, ensure both you and the recipient have updated to the latest version of the app, or attempt the process via web browser at X.com, where billing features are often deployed first.)

Step 3: Select the Subscription Tier and Duration

Choose the subscription plan you want to purchase (