Gyft Updates iOS App, Adds Bitcoin Payments Option
Digital gift card provider Gyft updated its iOS app today, adding the bitcoin payments option that was previously exclusive to its Android customers. Gyft launched last year, supporting retailing majors like Whole Foods, Starbucks, Groupon, GAP and Nike. Users who choose to pay in bitcoin receive 3% back on their purchases, which is added into a points system, earning them discounts for future purchases. The news comes shortly after reports of Apple's revised stance on apps that "facilitate transmission of approved virtual currencies". The tech giant angered its iPhone users in February by....
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Electronic gift card retailer Gyft has been on a roll lately! Not too long ago - two days ago, in fact - we noted that the service was now allowing its customers to purchase gift cards to Best Buy. Read more: Gyft Adds Best Buy Gift Cards, Limited to $10 For Short Time. Now, another option has been added - and it goes far beyond electronics. Try the blue skies instead. Gyft CEO Vinny Lingham took to social sharing website Reddit.com Thursday to announce that his company has added support for purchasing gift cards with bitcoin redeemable with American Airlines. Users have the option of....
3 weeks ago, I had the pleasure of writing an article I'd dreamed of writing for months and months on end. Gyft Adds Walmart Gift Cards!! Alas, all good things are not meant to last. For the last 3 weeks, Bitcoiners around the country have had the pleasure of buying Walmart gift cards with Bitcoin, receiving 3% back in the form of Gyft points, and in essence spending Bitcoin at Walmart on gas and groceries. Making Bitcoin a cheaper option to buy gas has been a long standing dream of the Bitcoin community, this was the first step towards realizing that dream and said step has now been....
The day that many Bitcoiners have been secretly waiting for has finally arrived: Gyft is now stocking Walmart Gyft cards. Vinny, Gyft's CEO, announced the addition to the Gyft arsenal via Twitter and a Reddit post earlier today. We are so so so so excited to announce that @Walmart is finally on gyft! Enjoy Gyfters! #shopyourwalmartheartsouthttp://gyft.co/UiyhD4J. Walmart Gift cards, minimum $25 value, are available for Bitcoin via Gyft. Bitcoiners are now able to use Bitcoin to buy Gyft cards to spend at Walmart or Walmart's subsidiary: Sam's Club. Everything in the diaspora of consumer....
Plastic gift cards are so 2012, but going mobile and digital with your gift-card purchases isn't enough anymore. Now you can pay for gift card apps with bitcoins. California-based Gyft, a digital gift card platform serving the US, announced today that it has partnered with BitPay to begin accepting bitcoin payments from customers. While Gyft offers both an iPhone app and an Android app, the bitcoin option will be available only on Android. The app itself is free. By enabling bitcoin payments for gift cards, the Gyft-BitPay partnership essentially opens the door to let bitcoin fans....
Gyft is now offering shoppers the opportunity to buy Dell products for bitcoins. Neither Gyft nor Dell need much of an introduction: Michael Dell's empire remains one of the biggest PC makers in the market, while Gyft allows users to buy mobile gift cards that can be redeemed in several major merchants in the US. Dell offers free five to seven day shipping and the usual Gyft discounts seem to apply. You can collect points by using Gyft cards and save up to 3% per purchase. It doesn't sound like much, bit it adds up if you are planning a big purchase like a pricey 4K/UHD monitor. Of course,....