Quote Originally Posted by Jojoya View Post
There's nothing stopping any of you from purchasing gifts for your FFXIV friends off the cash shop. All that must change is what you choose to gift. It doesn't stop streamers, other content creators, clubs or FCs from holding giveaways. Again, it's just choose different items and wait the extra 3 days for the code to get purchased and sent.
They could also choose to gift non-cash-shop items, in which case prizes could still be given on the night.