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You can now sell eGift Cards from your Square Point of Sale
You can now sell eGift Cards from your Square Point of Sale

We are excited to launch our newest feature: Selling eGift Cards right from your Point of Sale! 

 

We heard feedback from many sellers that they want to be able to sell eGift Cards directly from the Point of Sale App so their customers can purchase digital gift cards at their store and not worry about plastic gift cards. Today we are releasing that feature for iOS devices. There will be a rollout over the next week, so keep an eye out for this feature:

 

 

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HOW TO SET IT UP: 

 

There are two ways to setup up eGift Cards, from the Square Point of Sale App or Square Dashboard. 

 

You can easily turn on the ability to sell eGift Cards from your Point of Sale.

 

  1.  Login to your Square Point of Sale App and select the left side bar 
  2. Select Settings and under Checkout Options select Gift Cards.
  3. Toggle the Sell eGift Cards in Store setting to enable this option. 

 

Or you can easily turn on the ability to sell eGift Cards from your Square Dashboard. 

 

  1. Visit the Gift Cards section of your online Square Dashboard> Select Configure.
  2. Toggle Sell eGift Cards in Store to enable this option in the Square app.
  3. Choose different designs for your eGift Card, or upload a file.

 

 

HOW IT WORKS:

 

To sell an eGift Card during a sale:

 

  1. From your item library, tap Gift Cards > select eGift Card.
  2. Rotate your screen to face the customer> ask them to pick a design, eGift Card amount, and to enter their email address.
  3. Complete the sale

**Note**: Customers will receive the eGift Card via email and they can then print or send it to a friend.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More details on how to set up can be seen here. Please share any feedback or questions you may have!

 

Thanks!

 

Update as of 4/15/19: This feature is now available on Android, Square Register and Square Terminal as well. Make sure to update your app to get the latest functionality.

 

If you have already configured the ability to sell eGift Cards online, then this will automatically be available on your POS screen.

  1. From your item library, tap Gift Cards > select eGift Card.
  2. Rotate your screen to face the customer> ask them to pick a design, eGift Card amount, and to enter their email address.
  3. Complete the sale

 

If you have not configured eGift Cards for your business and you want to, set it up via square Dashboard to enable it to be working for Online and your POS app.

  1. Visit the Gift Cards section of your online Square Dashboard > select Get Started
  2. Select and deselect multiple designs for your eGift Card, or upload a file. The suggested image size for custom designs is 640 x 400 pixels per inch.
  3. Select the default amounts that you would like to offer for eGift Cards in Settings
  4. Select finish and you will have a customized eGift Card order page URL that you can promote on your website or social media pages.

 

If you would like to manage your eGift Card program, login via Square Dashboard:

  1. Visit the Gift Cards section of your online Square Dashboard> Select Configure.
  2. Select or deselect different designs for your eGift Card, or upload a file.
  3. Select Settings to change the default amount and minimum and maximum load amount.

 

If you have more questions you can learn more or post a question in this thread.