diff --git a/scripts/campaigns/README.md b/scripts/campaigns/README.md
index c44f8c9..e2da8a7 100644
--- a/scripts/campaigns/README.md
+++ b/scripts/campaigns/README.md
@@ -3,31 +3,89 @@
 One-shot tool to send Giftbit gift cards to a list of contacts with a branded
 French email, bypassing Giftbit's English-only built-in delivery.
 
-## How it works
+## How it works (two-stage pipeline)
 
-1. You generate the gifts in Giftbit (UI or API) and export/receive a CSV
-   containing one `gift_url` per recipient (one of the standard Giftbit
-   column names: `gift_url`, `gift_link`, `url`, `link`, `redemption_url`).
-2. You produce a CSV of contacts with columns
-   `firstname, lastname, email, description`. The repo has a Python helper
-   for this — see how `giftbit-contacts-A-first-email.csv` was generated.
-3. This script matches the two CSVs (by row order, the default) and sends
-   one personalized French email per recipient via Mailjet SMTP.
-4. A `results-<timestamp>.csv` is written next to the script with per-row
-   `status` (`sent` / `failed` / `dry-run`), error message, and timestamp.
+The campaign is split into two scripts you run in sequence:
 
-The Giftbit redemption landing page (where the recipient picks a brand) is
-controlled by Giftbit — set the campaign language to `fr-CA` in their UI
-or via their API so the page itself is French.
+```
+contacts_from_legacy.py        # (one-time) extract clean contacts from legacy CSV
+       ↓
+   contacts.csv
+       ↓
+create_giftbit_campaign.js     # POST to Giftbit API → SHORTLINK gifts back
+       ↓
+   gifts.csv  +  contacts.csv
+       ↓
+send_gift_campaign.js          # personalized FR emails via Mailjet
+       ↓
+   results-<timestamp>.csv     # per-row status for follow-up
+```
+
+**Critical**: the create script passes `delivery_type=SHORTLINK` to Giftbit
+so they generate the redemption links but DO NOT send their own English
+emails. We then deliver French personalized mail through Mailjet, the
+same SMTP wired up for ERPNext invoices.
+
+The Giftbit redemption landing page (where the recipient picks a brand)
+is controlled by Giftbit — when creating the campaign through their
+dashboard for the first time, set the language to `fr-CA` so the page
+shows in French. The API exposes a `language` field too but it wasn't
+fully exposed on our sandbox account; verify with the campaign you
+created in the Giftbit dashboard.
 
 ## Setup
 
 ```bash
 cd scripts/campaigns
 npm init -y                 # one-time, creates package.json
-npm install nodemailer      # the only dependency
+npm install nodemailer      # only dependency (create_giftbit_campaign.js
+                            # uses Node built-ins, no http library needed)
 ```
 
+## Stage 1 — create the Giftbit campaign
+
+```bash
+# Sandbox test (all recipients are rerouted to louis@targo.ca for safety):
+export GIFTBIT_TOKEN="<your testbed token>"
+node create_giftbit_campaign.js \
+  --contacts ./test-contacts.csv \
+  --amount-cents 5000 \
+  --brand-codes amazonca,timhortonsca,walmart \
+  --expiry 2026-12-31 \
+  --subject "Cadeau Gigafibre" \
+  --message "Merci d'être client" \
+  --sandbox \
+  --id "test-q4-2026"
+
+# Production (real recipient emails, real gifts charged from your balance):
+export GIFTBIT_TOKEN="<your prod token>"
+node create_giftbit_campaign.js \
+  --contacts ./contacts.csv \
+  --amount-cents 5000 \
+  --brand-codes amazonca,timhortonsca,walmart \
+  --expiry 2026-12-31 \
+  --subject "Cadeau Gigafibre" \
+  --message "Merci d'être client" \
+  --id "q4-2026-loyalty"
+```
+
+Output: `giftbit-gifts-<id>.csv` with columns:
+```
+firstname,lastname,email,gift_url,giftbit_uuid,gift_value_cents,internal_id
+Alice,Tremblay,louis@targo.ca,http://gtbt.co/7TKGFDBNVZq,bdb28566...,500,TEST-001
+```
+
+`internal_id` is your contact's `account_id` column passed through to
+join the response back to ERPNext customer records.
+
+The `--sandbox` flag does TWO things:
+- Points the API at `api-testbed.giftbit.com` instead of `api.giftbit.com`
+- Replaces every recipient email with `louis@targo.ca` as a safety net
+  so the test gifts (non-redeemable in sandbox) don't actually land in
+  any real customer inbox
+
+## Stage 2 — send the personalized French emails
+
 ## Dry run (no emails sent, HTML written for preview)
 
 ```bash
@@ -140,3 +198,31 @@ Check `results-<timestamp>.csv`:
 - No ops UI — pure CLI. If we end up running gift campaigns regularly,
   wrap this in a `services/targo-hub/lib/gift-campaign.js` endpoint and
   add a page in ops. For now, one-shot CLI is sufficient.
+
+## Known issues to resolve before production
+
+1. **Customer matching from the source CSV is only 25%** — the `id
+   emplacement` column in `selectionAdressesMap*.csv` is NOT a
+   `legacy_delivery_id`. Of 216 source rows, only 54 resolve to a
+   Service Location via that column. The other 162 use a different ID
+   space (50000+ range, while migrated SLs are 1-17307). Before going
+   to production, we need to either:
+   - Match by address (street + civic + postal_code) to find the
+     correct Service Location → Customer
+   - Or have the Map tool include the actual Service Location `name`
+     (`LOC-XXXXX`) in its export
+   The current `account_id` column in our contacts CSV is approximated;
+   for accurate Customer audit-trail we need this fixed.
+
+2. **The Giftbit testbed token** in our hub `.env` is sandbox-only.
+   Production access requires Giftbit-side KYC + account funding +
+   API approval. While waiting, all testing happens with the testbed
+   token and the `--sandbox` flag — gift URLs work in their test
+   webapp but represent no real money.
+
+3. **`recipient_name` collapses when emails are duplicated.** In
+   sandbox we send all 3 test gifts to `louis@targo.ca`, and Giftbit's
+   API returns the same `recipient_name` for all of them (apparently
+   they dedup by email). In production with distinct emails per
+   contact, each gift has the right name. This is a sandbox-only
+   quirk, not a script bug.
diff --git a/scripts/campaigns/create_giftbit_campaign.js b/scripts/campaigns/create_giftbit_campaign.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad0a6f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/campaigns/create_giftbit_campaign.js
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+'use strict'
+/**
+ * create_giftbit_campaign.js — Create a Giftbit campaign via API and pull
+ * back the per-recipient gift URLs as a CSV ready for send_gift_campaign.js.
+ *
+ * Giftbit's default delivery_type sends emails THEMSELVES (in English).
+ * We don't want that — we want the gift URLs returned to us so we can
+ * send French personalized emails through our own Mailjet. This script
+ * uses delivery_type=SHORTLINK which is the API value for "give me the
+ * links, I'll deliver them".
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ *   GIFTBIT_TOKEN=<your_token> \
+ *   node create_giftbit_campaign.js \
+ *     --contacts ./giftbit-contacts-A-first-email.csv \
+ *     --amount-cents 5000 \
+ *     --brand-codes amazonca,walmart,timhortonsca \
+ *     --expiry 2026-12-31 \
+ *     --subject "Cadeau Gigafibre" \
+ *     --message "Merci d'être client" \
+ *     [--sandbox]              ← uses api-testbed.giftbit.com + louis@targo.ca for all
+ *     [--id my-campaign-2026-q4]
+ *
+ * Output: giftbit-gifts-<campaign-id>.csv with one row per recipient:
+ *   firstname,lastname,email,gift_url,giftbit_uuid,gift_value_cents
+ *
+ * Feed this CSV (+ the contacts CSV) to send_gift_campaign.js for the FR
+ * email blast through Mailjet.
+ */
+
+const fs   = require('fs')
+const path = require('path')
+const https = require('https')
+
+// ── CLI parse ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+function parseArgs (argv) {
+  const out = {}
+  for (let i = 2; i < argv.length; i++) {
+    const a = argv[i]
+    if (a.startsWith('--')) {
+      const k = a.slice(2); const next = argv[i + 1]
+      if (!next || next.startsWith('--')) out[k] = true
+      else { out[k] = next; i++ }
+    }
+  }
+  return out
+}
+const args = parseArgs(process.argv)
+const TOKEN = process.env.GIFTBIT_TOKEN
+if (!TOKEN) { console.error('Set GIFTBIT_TOKEN env var.'); process.exit(1) }
+
+const SANDBOX = !!args.sandbox
+const HOST = SANDBOX ? 'api-testbed.giftbit.com' : 'api.giftbit.com'
+const ROOT = '/papi/v1'
+
+const REQUIRED = ['contacts', 'amount-cents', 'brand-codes', 'expiry', 'subject', 'message']
+for (const k of REQUIRED) {
+  if (!args[k]) { console.error(`Missing --${k}`); process.exit(1) }
+}
+
+const CAMPAIGN_ID = args.id || ('gigafibre-' + new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 13).replace(/[-:T]/g, ''))
+
+// ── CSV parser (same as send_gift_campaign.js, kept self-contained) ───────
+function parseCsv (text) {
+  const sample = text.split(/\r?\n/, 1)[0] || ''
+  const delim = sample.includes(',') ? ',' : (sample.includes('\t') ? '\t' : '|')
+  const rows = []; let row = [], field = '', inQ = false
+  for (let i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
+    const c = text[i]
+    if (inQ) {
+      if (c === '"' && text[i + 1] === '"') { field += '"'; i++ }
+      else if (c === '"') inQ = false
+      else field += c
+    } else {
+      if (c === '"') inQ = true
+      else if (c === delim) { row.push(field); field = '' }
+      else if (c === '\n' || c === '\r') {
+        if (field !== '' || row.length) { row.push(field); rows.push(row); row = []; field = '' }
+        if (c === '\r' && text[i + 1] === '\n') i++
+      } else field += c
+    }
+  }
+  if (field !== '' || row.length) { row.push(field); rows.push(row) }
+  if (!rows.length) return []
+  const header = rows[0].map(h => h.trim())
+  return rows.slice(1).filter(r => r.some(c => c !== '')).map(r => {
+    const o = {}; header.forEach((h, i) => { o[h] = (r[i] || '').trim() }); return o
+  })
+}
+
+// ── HTTPS helper ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+function apiCall (method, urlPath, body) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const data = body ? JSON.stringify(body) : null
+    const req = https.request({
+      host: HOST, path: ROOT + urlPath, method,
+      headers: {
+        'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + TOKEN,
+        'Accept': 'application/json',
+        ...(data ? { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(data) } : {}),
+      },
+    }, res => {
+      let chunks = ''
+      res.on('data', c => { chunks += c })
+      res.on('end', () => {
+        try { resolve({ status: res.statusCode, body: JSON.parse(chunks) }) }
+        catch (e) { resolve({ status: res.statusCode, body: chunks }) }
+      })
+    })
+    req.on('error', reject)
+    if (data) req.write(data)
+    req.end()
+  })
+}
+
+function csvCell (s) {
+  s = String(s == null ? '' : s)
+  return /[",\n]/.test(s) ? '"' + s.replace(/"/g, '""') + '"' : s
+}
+
+// ── Main ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+async function main () {
+  console.log(`\n── Giftbit campaign create ${SANDBOX ? '(SANDBOX)' : '(PRODUCTION)'} ──`)
+  console.log(`  host:           ${HOST}`)
+  console.log(`  id:             ${CAMPAIGN_ID}`)
+  console.log(`  amount:         ${args['amount-cents']} cents ($${(+args['amount-cents'] / 100).toFixed(2)})`)
+  console.log(`  brands:         ${args['brand-codes']}`)
+  console.log(`  expiry:         ${args.expiry}`)
+  console.log(`  contacts:       ${args.contacts}`)
+
+  // Verify auth first — fail fast if token is bad
+  const ping = await apiCall('GET', '/ping')
+  if (ping.status !== 200) {
+    console.error('  ✗ Auth failed:', ping.body); process.exit(1)
+  }
+  console.log(`  ✓ auth ok — ${ping.body.displayname} (${ping.body.username})`)
+
+  // Load and prepare contacts
+  const contactsRaw = parseCsv(fs.readFileSync(args.contacts, 'utf8'))
+  if (!contactsRaw.length) { console.error('Empty contacts CSV'); process.exit(1) }
+
+  // SANDBOX SAFETY: route every email to louis@targo.ca so we don't
+  // accidentally hit real customer inboxes with non-redeemable test gifts.
+  const contacts = contactsRaw.map((c, idx) => ({
+    firstname: c.firstname || '',
+    lastname:  c.lastname  || '',
+    email:     SANDBOX ? 'louis@targo.ca' : c.email,
+    // Pass our internal identifier so the response can be joined back to
+    // the customer record in ERPNext. We use `id` because that's the
+    // Giftbit-standard field for contact reference.
+    id:        c.account_id || c.email || `row-${idx + 1}`,
+  }))
+  console.log(`  ${contacts.length} contacts loaded${SANDBOX ? ' — ALL routed to louis@targo.ca' : ''}`)
+
+  // Build campaign payload.
+  // delivery_type=SHORTLINK is critical: it tells Giftbit "create the gifts
+  // but DON'T email the recipients — give me back the URLs so I can deliver
+  // them myself". Without this (default = GIFTBIT_EMAIL) Giftbit sends
+  // their English template emails immediately, defeating the whole purpose
+  // of routing through our French Mailjet template.
+  const payload = {
+    id: CAMPAIGN_ID,
+    subject: args.subject,
+    message: args.message,
+    expiry: args.expiry,
+    price_in_cents: parseInt(args['amount-cents'], 10),
+    brand_codes: args['brand-codes'].split(',').map(s => s.trim()),
+    contacts,
+    delivery_type: 'SHORTLINK',
+  }
+
+  const create = await apiCall('POST', '/campaign', payload)
+  if (create.status !== 200) {
+    console.error('  ✗ create failed:', JSON.stringify(create.body, null, 2)); process.exit(1)
+  }
+  console.log(`  ✓ campaign created: ${create.body.campaign?.uuid || CAMPAIGN_ID}`)
+
+  // Wait for gift shortlinks to be generated (Giftbit creates them
+  // asynchronously when delivery_type=SHORTLINK). Each /gifts row has
+  // a `shortlink` field (http://gtbt.co/XXX) once delivery_status
+  // transitions from QUEUED → LINKCREATED.
+  const campaignUuid = create.body.campaign?.uuid || CAMPAIGN_ID
+  console.log(`  → polling /gifts?campaign_uuid=${campaignUuid} for shortlinks…`)
+  let gifts = []
+  for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 20; attempt++) {
+    await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 2000))
+    const r = await apiCall('GET', `/gifts?campaign_uuid=${encodeURIComponent(campaignUuid)}&limit=500`)
+    if (r.status === 200) {
+      gifts = (r.body.gifts || []).filter(g => g.shortlink)
+      if (gifts.length >= contacts.length) break
+      process.stdout.write(`    ${gifts.length}/${contacts.length}… `)
+    }
+  }
+  console.log(`\n  ✓ ${gifts.length} gifts with shortlinks`)
+
+  if (!gifts.length) {
+    console.error('  no shortlinks — campaign may still be processing.')
+    console.error('  retry: curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $GIFTBIT_TOKEN" \\')
+    console.error(`         ${SANDBOX ? 'https://api-testbed.giftbit.com' : 'https://api.giftbit.com'}/papi/v1/gifts?campaign_uuid=${campaignUuid}`)
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+
+  // Match returned gifts to original contacts via recipient_email +
+  // ordering. Since Giftbit doesn't echo back our contact `id` field,
+  // we rely on the sequence Giftbit processed them in — usually
+  // matches the order we POSTed contacts. For production with unique
+  // emails per contact, recipient_email is a clean join key.
+  const out = path.resolve(`giftbit-gifts-${CAMPAIGN_ID}.csv`)
+  const w = fs.createWriteStream(out, { encoding: 'utf8' })
+  w.write('firstname,lastname,email,gift_url,giftbit_uuid,gift_value_cents,internal_id\n')
+  const sortedGifts = gifts.sort((a, b) => (a.created_date || '').localeCompare(b.created_date || ''))
+  for (let i = 0; i < contacts.length && i < sortedGifts.length; i++) {
+    const g = sortedGifts[i]; const c = contacts[i]
+    w.write([
+      csvCell(c.firstname), csvCell(c.lastname), csvCell(c.email),
+      csvCell(g.shortlink),
+      csvCell(g.uuid),
+      csvCell(g.price_in_cents),
+      csvCell(c.id),
+    ].join(',') + '\n')
+  }
+  w.end()
+  console.log(`\n  → ${out}`)
+  console.log(`\nNext: pass this CSV to send_gift_campaign.js to blast the FR emails.`)
+}
+
+main().catch(e => { console.error('Fatal:', e); process.exit(1) })