Looking to use Gift Cards across our POS, catalog, and web site orders. Does anyone have a possible solution for allowing the customer to purchase a gift card at one source (say, the website) and allowing them to use it in the retail store? Or, purchase in the retail store (RMS POS) and use it on the website?
Gift Cards
Nov 07, 2006
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Revised: In other words, I would like to find an add-on that let's me sell/redeem gift cards across all sales channels. Any suggestions/recommendations?
"Lum> Looking to use Gift Cards across our POS, catalog, and web site orders. Does
Looking to use Gift Cards across our POS, catalog, and web site orders. Does anyone have a possible solution for allowing the customer to purchase a gift card at one source (say, the website) and allowing them to use it in the retail store? Or, purchase in the retail store (RMS POS) and use it on the website?
Hey Jeff,
We started with catalog sales; moved on to selling via the web; and now are opening retail stores. The catalog, web sales, warehousing run off another system which "talks" to RMS (two way communication). We'd like to sell/redeem gift cards at any/all of our sales channels. I am looking for a solution that would perhaps extract voucher information to a file for populating the other system and, in return, takes information from the other systems and populates RMS. Not the best way to do this but this is what I am challenged with doing.
Any thoughts?
"Jeff @ Check Po> Luminox,
catalog/website/walk-in sales through RMS?
try Smart-Transactions and possibly consider EVT Retail as well. That's what we're using now. We use EVT to pass along the gift card activation/redemption to Smart Transactions. EVT also has a Loyalty and Rewards programs. It also includes mailing lists and groups by customer interests.
It can use custom POS buttons, or a url in a website.
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My company has 13 Retail locations and a website and we've been using this combination for about 6 months now.
"Lum> Hey Jeff,
catalog/website/walk-in sales through RMS?
Kosmos Central
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has a Gift Card PaymentGateway solution that works with New West Techs Web Integrator andX-Cart allowing for two way communication. It will allow online buyersto purchase a gift card directly from the site. When received by RMSand shipped out by the store, the receiver of the gift card can then godirectly to the online retail store and make a purchase, just likeusing a credit card. Custom Gift Card integration gateways are also available too.
For more information about Kosmos Central Gift Card Services please go to:
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Or contact Kosmos Central directly at 503-977-0171
Alex
Hi Liminox,
We have a multi-store gift card application that interacts with POS through a web service hosted on a server at HQ; this could easily be made to interact with a web site or a tool that you might want to use to import/export gift card activity.
Let us know if you're interested;
Rick Feuling Retail Information Technology Enterprises (RITE)
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"Lum> Looking to use Gift Cards across our POS, catalog, and web site orders. Does
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