eGifter Arrives in the European Gift Card Market
US-based online and mobile gifting company eGifter has announced its expansion into the European market. Notably, the move coincides with a similar announcement last week by UK-based Pockio and sees both companies offering their services in the UK, France and Germany. Both companies have also aired plans to enter other markets in the very near future. EGifter's co-founder and CEO, Tyler Roye, told CoinDesk: "We are looking at adding the rest of Western Europe, as well as markets where English is the primary language, in early 2015, if not sooner. We are also entering some markets as a....
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In a press release sent out today eGifter, a social and mobile gifting company, announces its expansion into the European Market by adding Amazon.fr, Amazon.de and Amazon.co.uk Gift Cards to its offerings. The new offering will allow European consumers to purchase these cards with Bitcoin, which is very good news as the real Bitcoin economy takes off and more and more consumers look for simple ways to use their coins to buy things (as opposed of speculation). The gift cards are available on the eGifter web and mobile website and will be available next month on the eGifter mobile apps for....
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