No Fees Gift Card Promotion This Weekend

Dec. 11, 2009 - PRLog -- For more information:
Eric Strautman
Director of Marketing
iCARD Systems
636.489.4698 ext. 2007 | Email eric.strautman@icardsystems.com

iCARD Gift Card Announces “No Fees” Gift Card promotion
St. Louis, MO – The emailable iCARD Gift Card is now being offered with no fees this weekend, beginning Friday. The promotion will be effective December 11-13.
The recipient is able to select gift cards from more than 150 popular merchants, including more than 40 digital gift cards, representing department stores, restaurants, spas, online shopping sites, theatres, sporting goods retailers, and more. The promotion is available at http://clickit.icardgiftcard.com.
“It’s a triple-gift,” said Strautman. “First they get your personalized message… even with a photo if you like. Then they get to choose WHERE they want to shop. Then they get to choose WHAT they want to buy. It’s a fun, customizable online product.”
“Every holiday season, this product is popular as a last-minute gifting solution,” said Eric Strautman, iCARD’s marketing director. “This year, we wanted to encourage people to get their gift card buying done a little earlier and to use our email delivery scheduling feature.”
With this promotion, one can send $10 to $300, and it will only cost $10 - $300; the face value of the iCARD Gift Card. “Normally we charge $3.95 to $9.95, depending on the value being sent,” said Strautman. “That small fee… about what you pay for a paper greeting card… covers a lot.” The fee is charged for shipping the cards that the recipient selects, personalizing one of 25 gift card designs, customizing it with a photo, and managing resends, fraud, customer service, and online transaction costs.
iCARD is encouraging users to take advantage of several other great product features:
You can print it. Instead of emailing the gift card, it can be printed as a certificate. This makes it great for stocking stuffers, office holiday parties, Secret Santa gifts and other situations where you need a physical “thing” to hand to someone.
You can schedule delivery… and not just for Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. You may as well take advantage of this promotion for upcoming birthdays and anniversaries.
You can set reminders. If you log birthdays, anniversaries, and special events into the system, you can select text or email reminders and can select the number of days prior to the event you’d like the reminder sent.
You can send it as your Holiday Card. For procrastinators, the iCARD Gift Card is a terrific, last-minute way to send out a holiday greeting to friends and family, while including a gift card at the same time. With no fees (this weekend only), this is an especially good deal. No stamps. No handwritten addresses. No expensive greeting cards. No trips to the post office.
More merchants than ever. iCARD recently added more than 40 popular merchants. To see the full list, see http://clickit.icardgiftcard.com/merchants
About iCARD Systems
Founded in 1998, iCARD is a pioneer in the development of network-branded prepaid cards and was one of the first to offer Visa Gift Cards online. Today, iCARD is a leading provider of all manner of gift cards for corporate incentives, promotions and rebates. Additionally, iCARD is a dominant player in digital gift card delivery. Its emailable gift card gives consumers access to more than 150 top merchant brands. iCARD is an Independent Sales Organization for the Bancorp Bank and is a Hallmark Cards licensee. Its channel partners include American Greetings and AOL. iCARD has serviced more than 1,500 corporate clients and more than a million cardholders. Learn more at http://www.icardsystems.com. Or, order gift cards online at http://www.icardgiftcard.com

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iCARD Systems is a pioneer in the development of network-branded prepaid cards and was one of the first to offer Visa Gift Cards online. Today, iCARD is a leading provider of all manner of gift cards for corporate incentives, promotions and rebates. Additionally, iCARD is a dominant player in digital gift card delivery. Its emailable gift card gives consumers access to more than 150 top merchant brands. iCARD is an Independent Sales Organization for the Bancorp Bank and is a Hallmark Cards licensee. Its channel partners include American Greetings and AOL. iCARD has serviced more than 1,500 corporate clients and more than a million cardholders. Learn more at http://www.icardsystems.com. Or, order gift cards online at http://www.icardgiftcard.com