Which Bitcoin Gift Card App to Choose? Comparing Gyft, eGifter, Fold
While Bitcoin is growing everyday and is accepted in thousands of businesses worldwide, the vast majority of retailers around the world still only accept payment through cash or card. However, luckily for Bitcoin users, several apps allow gift cards to be purchased with cryptocurrency, acting as a proxy between the customer and the business. This allows the privacy-conscious and cryptocurrency diehards to use Bitcoin wherever they go. Several gift card apps make purchasing gift cards with Bitcoin on the go very simple and convenient. CoinTelegraph compares three major Bitcoin gift card....
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Patrons of Dunkin’ Donuts, a major coffee and donut chain, can now pay with bitcoin by using an eGifter online gift card. Purchasers earn up to 3% eGifter bonus points. Online gift cards provide a way for bitcoin users to use bitcoin from companies that don’t yet directly accept it, thereby providing more ways to use bitcoin for daily commerce and increasing bitcoin’s use and acceptance. Dunkin’ Donuts is one of the United States’ largest coffee chains. eGifter also offers a Caribou Coffee gift card. Coffee Chains Embrace Cards. Dunkin’ Donuts competitor Starbucks, the world’s largest....
Popular gift card-buying service Gyft made a splash in November of last year when they announced they would be launching a rewards program, offering 3 percent back in the form of points to customers who made gift card purchases in bitcoin. Competitor eGifter is now following suit; announcing today that they have launched a tiered rewards program. Customers using the social gifting company to buy electronic gift cards can now earn 3 percent back for each dollar they spend on over 200 brands. Like Gyft, the percentage is returned as points which can be applied to subsequent purchases.....
Earlier today, Gyft revealed their own Gyft gift card on the Gyft network of over 200 retailers. Gyft accepts Bitcoin right alongside typical centralized payment processors such as PayPal, Google Wallet, VISA, Mastercard, etc. For over a year, Gyft has been "showing-by-doing" the efficacy of adding bitcoin acceptance to any business model. Without chargebacks and lengthy wait times, Gyft is able to offer 3% off to customers paying in Bitcoin. This new general purpose Gyft card will allow you to "Give the Gift of Gyft." The Gyft Card is redeemed online via its unique promo code whenever the....
Yotta Electronics, a Bitcoin-only merchant that proudly claims to keep all their profits in Bitcoin, added Google Play Gift Cards to its store. "All Google Play Gift Card gift cards are purchased from United States authorized dealers like best buy, target etc. You will receive an email with your redemption code once your bitcoin payment is fully confirmed by the bitcoin network. When you received your Google Play Gift Card redemption code, please redeem it as soon as possible." It's interesting to see how gift cards like Gyft and eGifter permit using Bitcoin to purchase more and more goods....
From Gyft to Fold App to Yes To Bitcoins, there are numerous places you can buy gift cards with Bitcoin. See our list below for more. #1. Gyft - Gyft is a digital gift card platform that lets you manage your gift cards, as well as enables businesses to offer easy reward and loyalty programs. The site recently saw a drop in usage by Bitcoiners of 80%. #2. Fold App - With the fold app, you can get a cup of coffee at Starbucks. Foldapp CEO Matt Luongo told CCN his company had delivered more than 2,000 purchases by summer 2015. #3. Purse.io - Purse.io hooks Bitcoiners up with people who have....