Cadeau vs Yiftee Merchant & Franchise Cards

Cadeau gives independent businesses a way to sell branded digital gift cards from their own websites. Merchants can add the gift card store with a script tag, then tailor its logo, colors, fonts, and card designs. The embed works with WordPress, Shopify, Angular, and static HTML sites. Payments run through Stripe Connect, with payouts sent to the merchant’s bank account. Recipients can save digital passes to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, where balances update in real time. A dashboard tracks sales, redemptions, and revenue, and the service supports multiple locations. Cadeau is bilingual in French and English and is aimed at Canadian restaurants, cafes, retailers, spas, salons, bakeries, and local shops. It runs on Android, iOS, and the web. The free plan has no monthly fee and charges 3% per transaction. Cadeau says merchants can launch in under 10 minutes without a developer. It says personal data is stored in Canadian data centres, while Twilio processes phone numbers in the United States for SMS and verification.

Yiftee Merchant & Franchise Cards lets merchants offer custom-branded digital eGift cards that work wherever Mastercard is accepted. Buyers can purchase cards online and send them by email or text for instant delivery. Recipients redeem in-store by tapping a phone at the register or providing the card number. Merchants do not need a POS integration, card reader, terminal, or other equipment if they accept Mastercard. Funds settle through the merchant’s regular credit card processing, with same-day payments stated on the product page. A dashboard lets merchants upload a logo, choose colors, write messages, and edit branding. It also provides real-time sales reports by location and time period, customer data, marketing tools, and multi-location management. The plan costs $29.95/mo and includes one location; each additional location costs $12/month. Yiftee describes the product as free to launch and offers a 10-day free trial. It is available on Android, iOS, and web, and is intended for individual merchants, restaurant groups, franchise networks, and retail chains. Yiftee was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.