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What Is The Cost Selling Your Own Gift Cards?
Virtually every kind of business you can imagine (restaurants, bookstores, day spas, gourmet coffee shops, sporting goods stores...) is experiencing Merchant Gift Card success every day. From single-store mom and pop shops to on-the-move franchise companies with 100+ locations.
We offer many different programs and one is sure to be right for you. We offer simple but effective standard gift card programs right up to full color custom packages for that special customized look. Programs start at ONLY $12.95 per month.
7 Reasons You Should Be Selling Gift Cards
1. POPULARITY. Gift cards are a much more popular gift item than certificates. They present a much better image of the business. Paper certificates have an outdated "frumpy" image. Merchant Gift Cards have been nicknamed the walking billboard because customers carry your name in their wallet everywhere they go.
2. EASIER TO MERCHANDISE. Gift cards can be prominently displayed, encouraging impulse buying. Certificates are like cash which cannot be displayed, eliminating impulse buying.
3. ELIMINATES CASH BACK. Partial redemption of certificates usually requires the merchant to give back the balance in cash. With gift cards the balance remains on the card.
4. EASIER TO TRACK. Certificates are difficult to track, making it nearly impossible to know the value of outstanding certificates. With gift cards, you can go on line 24/7 and check the status of the cards.
5. MORE SECURE. While certificates are relatively easy to counterfeit, it is nearly impossible with gift cards.
6. RE-CHARGABLE. Unlike certificates, gift cards are re-chargeable, giving you more options regarding how to use the card for promotions, etc. resulting in greater customer loyalty.
7. COST EFFECTIVE. Gift cards are nearly as inexpensive as paper certificates to produce, and are much more durable and attractive. Most profitable space in your place.
Retail Stores See Big Profits From Merchant Gift Cards - And You Too Can Profit Wether Your Business Is Big Or Small!
It's not just food services and big chains that profit from selling Gift Cards.
Some Real Earnings:
Windy Moon Quilts, (1 location) Reno, Nevada sold 450 Gift Cards and made a profit of $23,220 from November 2003 to July 2005 - in 20 months!
Quilted Treasures of Rogers, MN, sold 1733 Gift Cards and made a profit of $89,769 from March 2004 to July 2005 - in 17 months!
Dimple Records, a music store with four locations, is located in Central California. Their Merchant Gift Card Program was launched in October 1999, with an initial card order of 2500. They have since ordered a total of 113,000 cards and processed over 350,000 transactions.