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What is a History Stone?
A History Stone is a durable 4×4 in. Ivory Stone engraved with a QR code. Scan it with any smartphone camera and it opens a unique tribute page you build yourself: photos, a short video, and the story behind the life (or pet, home, business, team, or career) it's honoring.
How much does it cost, and what's included?
You can create up to four tribute pages for free on one account — one for each person you are honoring — and each stays online permanently. To make it a physical, scannable keepsake, a single History Stone is $49.99, which includes the tribute page and its QR code. If you would like extra physical copies of the same stone — for another family member, a second grave site, or just as a keepsake — each additional stone is $29.99, whether you add it to your first order or come back for it later from your account. An order holds up to two stones, and shipping is a flat $9.99 per order.
What does the Ivory Stone look like?
This 4×4 in. Ivory Stone links to the exact same tribute page and QR code whether you order one or several copies. Pick whichever fits the memorial, headstone, or display it'll sit alongside.
Is this only for memorializing someone who has passed away?
Not at all. When you build your page you can choose Person, Pet, Home/Property, Business, Team, Career, or Other as the subject — so a History Stone works just as well for a retirement gift, a family home, a beloved pet, or a milestone anniversary as it does for a memorial.
What can I put on the tribute page?
Their name, relationship to you, city/county, state, and country, plus important dates; up to 12 photos on a free page and effectively unlimited on a paid one; one video up to 30 seconds; and a written story. If it applies, you can also add a branch-of-service badge and banner message for military or first-responder tributes, and choose a background color and theme to match. Paid tributes can additionally replace the header banner and the circle emoji with your own pictures, and preserve a loved one’s Facebook posts and photos.
Can I edit the page after I order?
Yes. Every tribute — free or paid — includes 30 days of free unlimited edits. A History Stone page gets 30 days from the day it is created. Free pages share the 30 days that start when you create your account, and a free page made after those 30 days gets its own 30. After that a page stays online exactly as you left it until you subscribe to Unlimited Edits for $12.99/year (auto-renews), which lets you keep changing every page on your account for as long as the subscription runs.
How long does the tribute page stay online?
Permanently. Free and paid pages alike stay online for good — there is no visibility window and nothing you buy keeps a page alive. What ends after 30 days is your ability to change it: the page freezes exactly as you left it until you take the Unlimited Edits subscription. It stays visible and scannable the entire time either way.
Do I have to subscribe to anything to keep the page up?
No. No subscription is required to keep a tribute page online — every page is permanent. The only recurring item we sell is Unlimited Edits at $12.99/yr, and that is purely about being able to change a page, never about keeping it visible. The $29.99 price you see elsewhere on the site is the flat price of an additional physical stone — added to your first order or bought later from your account — and it is not a subscription.
Do you offer anything for military veterans or first responders?
Yes. At checkout, choosing a Military or First Responder theme automatically includes a free first year of Unlimited Edits for your account — no charge today, and it only starts billing at $12.99/yr if you keep it into year two.
Is the tribute page public, or can I keep it private?
You choose, with a checkbox right in the page builder. Leave "Make this tribute publicly searchable" checked and the page can be found through our on-site search and by search engines. Uncheck it and the page is strictly private: the only ways in are a scan of its QR code or the direct link — nothing about it is listed or searchable. You can change that setting any time you have editing available.
Can I link two tribute pages together, like for spouses?
Yes — from the Edit Tribute page you can request to link one tribute to another (say, a spouse's), with a relationship label like Spouse or Sibling. The other page's owner has to approve the request before both pages show the link.
Can I buy a History Stone as a gift for someone else?
Yes. At checkout, choose "A gift for someone else" and enter their email — you're charged and the confirmation goes to you, but whoever signs in with the recipient's email builds and manages the actual tribute page.
What if my stone arrives broken or defective?
All sales are final, with one exception: a stone that arrives broken or defective. Report it from that order in your account, and we will email you where to send it. Post the broken stone back at your own cost; if it reaches us within 21 days of the date your order shipped, we send a replacement free, shipping included. Because each stone is printed with a code unique to one page, we cannot offer refunds.
How much is shipping, and where do you ship from?
Shipping is a flat $9.99 per order anywhere in the United States, whether your order has one stone or two (an order holds up to two). Your stone is printed and posted to you directly by our printer, so it reaches you without a detour.
How long until my stone arrives?
Once your order is paid, your stone is made in 2–4 business days and then posted to you by USPS or UPS (PO boxes always go by USPS). We email you when it ships.
Can visitors leave a message on the tribute page?
Yes — every tribute page includes a guestbook where visitors can leave a message, which you can review from your account.
Still have a question? Email support@myhistorystone.com or use Report a Problem, and a person will get back to you.
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