Restaurants
Gift cards boost sales and incrementally increase impulse buys at the cashier stations. A few years ago, a five-cent breath mint was the most a restauranteur could hope to sell at the end of a customer's meal. Today, however, it is common for diners to pick up a $50 or $100 gift card -and often it is for their own personal use, as a pre-paid card!
Our gift cards are compatible with many point of sale systems and nearly every credit card terminal. Some of our plans will even allow your customer to add a tip just as they would on a credit card purchase.
With our loyalty points plan, restaurants are able to fill otherwise vacant seats by offering bonus points during off-peak hours. Some of our clients even offer bonus points when patrons bring in new diners.
For point redemption, our more successful clients offer low-cost, high-value add-ons, such as appetizers, beverages, desserts, and new menu items. This teaches diners that they can order these items everytime they come in. Think about it... When you can teach somebody to order a couple drinks, a couple appetizers, and a dessert, in addition to their entree, you can more than double your revenue per table! Customers love the experience of it, your employees will love the increase in their tip revenue, and you will love all the extra money in your bank account!
Retail Chains
Let's face it. Your customers are asking for gift cards. It may be only one or two of them now, but you'll be surprised at the number of gift cards you sell when you get started with our program!
Most retailers assume they will sell the same volume of gift cards as they currently sell gift certificates. As it turns out, there is a difference. Gift cards tend to be more of an impulse buy, and many gift card purchases are for the buyer's own personal use. This is why many retailers no longer even call their pre-paid cards "gift cards."
Gift certificates, on the other hand, are almost always bought with a recipient in mind. They are not an impulse item. It is very time consuming for your customer to wait while you fill out a gift certificate for them. Most customers think of gift certificates specifically as special occassion gift items. Even if they have someone in mind, many are just not willing to wait.
Gift cards are more flexible than gift certificates. They have the added advantage of being reusable and reloadable. How many times have you had a customer come in with a $50 gift certificate, but they spent only $10.43? Did you give them the remaining $39.57 in cash out of your pocket? Or did you get out your book of gift certificates and issue a new one for the difference?
With gift cards, you don't have to give up your paper gift certificates. The two are really different products, and you can keep them both if you want to. When you offer gift cards you're just giving your customers more options and greater flexibility. You make easier for them to spend money in your store. And the reward for you is a roughly 300% increase in sales over your paper gift certificates.
As an added benefit, if you have customers who need to return merchandise, you no longer have to give them money out of the till and lose the sale. You can issue store credit on a gift card! They'll come back later to spend the money on their card (and possibly more than that as well).
Your customers want them. The time is now. Give us a call and let's get started!
Franchises
Are you the CEO or CFO of a franchising company? Are you looking for an inexpensive way to promote your brand? Are you interested in marketing that makes you money, instead of costing you money?
Are you already aware of the income-generating power of today's gift card revolution? Are you shopping around for a program that is user-friendly and will give you all the accounting reports you need? Do you have multiple locations, multiple owners, and multiple bank accounts?
Have we got a program for you!
We can take care of all your branding, inter-store funds settlement, and promotional needs. We can provide cards to your franchisees that meet your specifications and can be used store to store, without co-mingling funds. And you have access to every single transaction right at your own desk.
Go ahead and read the overview of our various plans on the "Plans" page. Then visit the "Contact" page to set up a free one-on-one consultation. We'll take care of all your company's processing needs.
Espresso Stands and Fast Food
Are you tired of watching the "big guys" manage hugely profitable gift and loyalty card programs? Have you looked at other programs and decided they were outside the limits of your budget? Afterall, with an average sale of $3.50, how can you afford to activate gift cards, much less have them custom printed?
WE NEED TO TALK!!!
We have a program that will knock your socks off! You don't need an expensive point of sale system, and the money you save on your credit card processing (because with gift cards, your average sale is $20) will more than pay for your gift cards!
For as little as $1 a day, you can process unlimited gift card and loyalty point transactions. And we'll even throw in some free cards to get you started! With our program, you can get as creative as you like, because you're no longer stuck to the same buy-10-get-1-free punchcard that everyone else is using. (Many of your customers have a whole sun visor full of punchcards from all your competitors. Did you already know this? Or did you still wonder why they only come in three days a week instead of five?)
C'mon, it's time to offer something different! Your customers have been asking. And now is the time! The phone call is free, and our consultation is free. What have you got to lose? (Except more sales!)
Small Businesses
Are you watching the gift card trend pass you by because you're afraid it might cost too much? Stop waiting! Now is the time to take action!
We've put together a program that lets you pay as you go. There is no monthly minimum, and some of our plans even offer a limited number of free cards! Sound good? Give us a call! Afterall, a gift card program should make you money, not cost you money!
Custom Projects
· Are you a trade association looking for a way to help your members promote their businesses?
· Are you a chamber of commerce looking for a way to promote business within your membership?
· Do you want to issue in-store credit, but you need a way to keep track of it?
· Are you a community bank that is losing merchants to companies that offer gift card services?
Whatever your need or idea, we can help you. Just give us a call, and we'll sit down with you one-on-one for a free consultation. We'd like to develop a long-lasting business friendship with you!
