API for Online Gift Cards
Creating a gift card system involves much more than just setting up an online store and designing a beautiful card. Chances are, neither your client nor you would be satisfied with such a straightforward solution.
Let's assume you want to develop a gift card functionality for your client. They come to you with a technical specification they've drafted themselves. Everyone is familiar with gift cards and it might seem like creating them is straightforward. But does a client, who has seen how gift cards work for other businesses, really know how to precisely outline a technical specification?
Types of Gift Cards That Can Be Created:
- Gift card for a spendable amount
This allows customers to buy a card with a flexible value that can be spent across multiple purchases until the balance reaches zero. - Gift card with a fixed amount for a single purchase
This card is used once for a purchase up to or equal to its value, with no remaining balance. - Gift card for a specific service
Dedicated to services like spa treatments, consultations, etc., where the card's value is tied to the service rather than an amount. - Gift card for a specific product
This could be for a subscription or a tangible good, where the card specifically covers the cost of that product. - Gift card for a group of services/products
Allows flexibility within a selected range of products or services.
Gift Cards Require:
- Payment integration options
Such as credit card, internet banking, PayPal, for purchasing the gift cards. - Unique design for the card and congratulatory email
Enhances the gifting experience. - Multilingual support
Important for businesses operating in multilingual regions or with a diverse customer base. - Addition for multiple client company branches
Allows the system to be used by businesses with multiple locations. - Reporting, Statistics
For tracking sales, popular choices, remaining balances, etc. - Notifications about expiration dates
To remind both the giver and the recipient of the card's expiry.
Gift Cards Must Allow Settings For:
- The amount
The value loaded onto the gift card. - The purchase amount
A promotional feature where the gift card's cost is less than its value. - VAT percentage
For tax calculations, important in regions where VAT applies. - Expiry date
Determines when the card becomes unusable. - Name and Description
For personalization and clarification of the card's purpose or restrictions. - Design
The visual appearance of the card, which could be customizable.
Gift Cards Must Be Able To:
- Be purchased by the buyer for themselves or another recipient
Flexibility in gifting options. - Be returned, canceled, and frozen
Important for managing loss, theft, or change of mind. - Be checked (by the business on-site) and activated
For verification and activation before or upon first use. - Offer Multiple Redemption Options
Enable the card to be redeemed for purchases, bookings, or converted to loyalty points, broadening its appeal. - Enable Balance Consolidation
Allow combining multiple gift card balances into one, simplifying management for recipients.
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By using the Bookla platform, we guarantee that you will be able to implement any of these features and add even more - Bookla platform is an open tool for your development needs. Our years of experience working directly with companies have allowed us to transfer this knowledge to a headless, no-code platform.
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