Gift Cards
Boost your sales, increase your profits and retain your customers
Gift cards are available in almost all major retailers and increasing in importance in the modern retail environment. The Experts gift cards are exclusively available to specialist retailers in the sports and leisure sectors and encompasses a low cost entry point and national consumer promotion.
Key features
- Get started with an order of just 250 cards
- Low cost entry for specialist retailers
- No commission charges
- Multi functional use: savings card, refund card, loyalty card
- Supported by national consumer promotion
- Compete with corporate retailers
Click here to get started or phone 0871 711 9449 to find out more.
About The Experts Gift Card
The Experts Gift Card programme has been created to enable specialist retailers to offer their customers a professionally produced electronic gift card with a low cost entry point and national recognition as an Experts Gift Card retailer.
You can have a fully functional gift card scheme within weeks and our specialist partner Card Commerce will be available to guide you through the process.
You will need an HSBC Merchant Services terminal to participate in this scheme. Click here to access a guide on how to use your terminal with The Experts gift cards.
There is a maximum balance allowed on The Experts gift cards of £500.
Why use Gift Cards?
Did you know?
- 81% of recipients spend on average 50% more than the face value on card
- 49% of gift card recipients make more visits to the store/retailer afterwards
- 77% of recipients expressed a positive or better experience with gift cards
- UK Gift card and voucher marketplace worth £4bn in 2009
- Gift Cards now represent 55% of all Gift Value sold
- Present your business professionally - paper vouchers are a thing of the past
- Leisure sector gift card sales grew by 11% in Q2 2010
How much does this cost?
The Experts gift card scheme has been designed to make gift cards accessible to all specialist retailers in the UK at very competitive prices.
There is no set up fee or commission charges like other gift card schemes. The only cost of start up is the
purchase of the cards themselves and then an ongoing monthly fee of just £12.
For less than £400 you will receive your first order of 250 gift cards which will enable you to be up and running with your own personalised gift card scheme within weeks.
Click here to get started or phone 0871 711 9449 to find out more.
Membership criteria
Gift Cards are available to ActSmart Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum members. Click here to join ActSmart.
You will need an HSBC Merchant Services terminal to participate in this scheme.
ActSmart Silver, Gold and Platinum members will benefit from preferential card processing rates with HSBC Merchant Services click here for more information.
