GiftFly vs Yiftee Merchant & Franchise Cards

GiftFly lets local businesses create, sell, promote and track digital gift cards. Customers can buy cards online at any time and receive them by email or text. Merchants can create unlimited designs and run email promotions, bonus offers, giveaways and flash campaigns. Fundraisers can include sales goals, contribution levels and custom card designs. A dashboard shows sales and redemption activity and provides tools to create and promote cards. Businesses can sell cards from their website and Facebook page, and Clover Register integration supports sales and redemption at a Clover terminal. The merchant app can scan and redeem cards, process refunds and show activity; support lists it in the App Store. The Android merchant app is still in development, with dashboard Quick Redeem offered as an alternative. GiftFly lists no monthly charges, upfront costs or contracts. The plan includes 5,000 promotional emails per month. Online Stripe processing costs 2.90% + $0.30 per card transaction; convenience fees are 3.99% for cards up to $20, with an additional $0.99 for cards over $20. Purchased eGift cards do not expire.

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.