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Subject: Wholesale premium/incentives distributors of Gift Cards and/or Gift Certificates
Category: Business and Money > Advertising and Marketing
Asked by: sachaa-ga
List Price: $25.00
Posted: 14 Mar 2004 11:18 PST
Expires: 13 Apr 2004 12:18 PDT
Question ID: 316640
I am looking for a list of 12 or so wholesale premium/incentives
distributors of Gift Cards and/or Gift Certificates  (NOT greeting
cards) of major retail stores, restaurants, hotels or car rental
companies in the USA. Examples would be gift cards or certificates to
Home Depot, Starbuck, Wal-Mart, McDonald?s, Hyatt or Avis, the main
issue is that they?re nationally recognized chains so that my customer
can use the gift in most states in the US.
Since I cannot buy these cards at discount at the retailers themselves
I assume there are available through the incentive and premium
distributors but I don?t know which. I plan to give these gift cards
to customers to reward them for their business and I have to be able
to buy the cards at 40% or better off the face value of the
card/certificate. Below 30% off does not make financial sense.

Real plastic gift cards, paper gift certificates or electronic
versions I can print out or email to my customer for them to print out
are all OK. The issue is the ability to pick up the phone or email a
contact and order, as an example, $1000 worth of Exxon Gas Gift Cards
and a couple of days later I receive 10 Exxon Gift Cards each with a
value of $100 (or 20 $50 cards) and hopefully my cost at about $600.
Then I?d mail the cards/certificates to the customers, (or send them
an email/password for them to print them out for themselves)

If you?re pursuing this and want a list of 75 acceptable retailers
ranging from Abercrombie & Fitch, Amazon, to Victoria?s Secret, VISA
gift cards and Wal-Mart, let me know.

I am NOT looking to set up a gift card program or system of my own so
I don?t want to hear about companies offering such machines or
software or systems and the like. I want to offer gift cards or
certificates that can be used at major retail stores, restaurants,
hotels or car rental companies in the USA. The one I?d go for would be
the one I can get at the best price because to my customers the value
would be the same.


I?ll pay a bonus if in your research reveals very specific info about
pricing for the cards. Certificates.
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Subject: Re: Wholesale premium/incentives distributors of Gift Cards and/or Gift Certificates
From: overseer-ga on 17 May 2004 07:53 PDT
 
would love to see that list of 75 vendors

what is the average rebate you get off the reasonably recognized brands? 30%?

thx,
y

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