Gift Cards in SL

As far as the demand -- there's plenty of it.

Why? Sometimes the gift cards are given out as group gifts or in a lucky chair or midnight mania, but most of the time the cards are bought by someone so the merchant gets the money. In many case, especially a new store I am not familiar with, not being able to cover all or almost all of the price with the gift card simply encourages me not to use them and not to shop at that store.

I didn't mean "demand for gift cards", I meant "demand for combinable gift cards".

Apparently, many of the gift card vendor systems are also getting hacked, so many stores have stopped using them. I do not know if this vulnerability exists in all of the different gift card vendors or not.

Littleme -- that was one system. And no, the vulnerability does not and has not affected mine because of our process. And because of that -- some of those other folks migrated over to mine. A couple of the other systems were not affected as well.

Some folks got real hurt on that exploit (merchants) I sent some of mine out for free because some friends were affected adversely.

Why? As a promo, the idea is to bring people to your store and get them to spend money -- that is unless you want to cover tier out of pocket.

The percentage of people using giftcards as promos outweighs the folks that just sell them outright. And people sticking them in MM boards has gained a lot of popularity in the last 2 months, greatly.

RL rules apply here 'one coupon per purchase'

just FYI, (to add to your derailment {...}

[...] and since I was the one who asked you about gift cards, hahaha) I've won a couple gift cards from most notably clothing stores (Chez Gabrielle comes to mind, they are often prizes for group contests or things she holds). Those cards let you 'Wear' them. They appear on your hand when you're ready to buy at her store. It has to be worn while making your purchase. In the pie menu, alongside 'Buy' there is a 'Use Card' option. Choose that and somehow it calculates the cost of the item you've chosen. It always leaves the balance available to spend later, I've never lost anything. And, if your item costs more than the amount you have available on the card, it tells you that, and then you click 'Buy' to pay for the rest with your own Lindens. I've often spent less, and gone back later and spent the balance. NO idea though how that scripting or calculating works.

When I talked with you the other day about cards, I already knew your items in your store are trans; and I did buy a few to give to my little noob friend who has her first apartment. I just wanted to give her the chance to learn to shop (and the pleasure too, of course, it's fun to choose your own stuff). What I ended up doing was just giving her Lindens, and a LM to your store.

I had not realized they were given away that much. If a merchant gives away lots of cards, then it definitely makes sense to not allow multiple cards for one purchase. Though if they are giving them away to get people to try their stuff, it makes more sense to me to give a card that covers all or most of the average price of an item in the store -- and yes, I know that yours do, but most merchants do not.

I deny any and all responsibility for this thread going off the rails

Well, I think of gift card freebies as "discount cards" myself. I don't expect them to be combinable. I really think they should be a separate product than regular gift cards (bought as a gift).

"Make Him Over" hunt, or at least checking the stores listed on the MHO blog at http://makehimover.blogspot.com/.

Derailment of my own (you know it is bad when the OP derails LOL) - where can I find more hunts? IS there a list somewhere???

I am having such a hard time finding gift cards inworld or even in XSt. Anyone know of high quality creators/vendors that offer gift cards for their stores? I am especially looking for clothing, esp mens.
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Thanks!

And back to the OP:

Blaze

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