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Can I load a gift card without payment?

butlerinthehome — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 22:07:39 GMT

I want to load some money on a few gift cards to give them away as a promotion. Is there a way to do this without having to actually pay for them myself as if I was a customer buying them?

Re: Load gift card without payment

VanKalkerFarms — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 21:29:33 GMT

yes, First you will need to create a 100% discount. https://squareup.com/help/us/en/article/3955-create-and-manage-discounts

next, you can load a gift card with $50 like normal, then apply a 100% discount, Then proceed to a cash checkout for $0. the card will have $50 but no money or fees will have changed hands.

Re: Load gift card without payment

butlerinthehome — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 21:39:30 GMT

PURE GENIUS!!!

Re: Load gift card without payment

ak3 — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 01:01:53 GMT

works great! Great tip.

Re: Load gift card without payment

Helen — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 01:05:50 GMT

😀

Can I send $5 egift cards to my customers via email without paying for the egift card?

Laundryguy — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 06:56:26 GMT

I'd like to bribe customers' for their email address in exchange for a $5 egift card that can only be used once. Thought I could send also send them to customers that I haven't seen in a while. How can I do this without paying for the egiftcard myself?

Re: Can I send $5 egift cards to my customers via email without paying for the egift card?

JustinC — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 18:07:39 GMT

The best answer on this thread I moved you to gotcha covered.

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Gift Cards without payment?

bonjourbakery — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 18:52:29 GMT

Hello! I need to donate a gift card to a customer and am not sure how to bi-pass the payment screen? We are not using the plastic cards from Square, rather I have some printed ones we made I'd like to use. How can I load a manual gift card without taking payment?

Re: Gift Cards without payment?

JustinC — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 20:42:58 GMT

If your gift cards aren't issued by Square, you won't be able to load them using the POS. However, you can record the payment in the POS. Create a gift card item, then apply a 100% discount for $0 payment.

When your customer is ready to redeem, process the payment as Other Gift Card or Certificate at checkout

@bonjourbakery

Re: Load gift card without payment

SuperiorLifeSer — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 16:28:46 GMT

Perfectly answered the question I was thinking about. Radio show in the area sells Gift Cards for 20% off, and gives 60% back to business in advertising credits. Now I can give the radio station the promo code to create free-to-me eGift cards since no money exchanges hands.