Wix POS Register: Selling Physical Gift Cards

In this article

Step 1 | Order physical gift cards
Step 2 | Enable gift cards in your dashboard
Step 3 | Sell physical gift cards
Step 4 | Accept payment with physical gift cards
FAQs

Important:

This article is about the Wix POS Register for brick & mortar businesses. If you are using POS on a mobile device, learn more about selling physical gift cards with Mobile POS.
If you are using POS Register with Moneris as a payment provider, learn about selling Moneris physical gift cards instead.

You can sell physical gift cards and let customers use them to pay for purchases at your store. Physical gift cards help encourage customers to come back and are also a great way to attract new buyers.

Step 1 | Order physical gift cards

Get started by designing and ordering your cards. There are a number of ways to order physical gift cards. Choose from the options below.

Tip:

The Wix gift cards do not have a set dollar value. You assign the value when you sell the physical gift card to your customer (see below).

Order gift cards in the Wix dashboard (US merchants)

Order gift cards in the Wix dashboard (UK merchants)

Order cards through eCard Systems

When ordering physical gift cards through the eCard website, you can choose between quick cards, ready-to-go designs with personalized text, or Custom Cards.

All gift cards are manufactured using a 30 mil litho-quality PVC core with full-color printing on both sides and finished in your choice of gloss or satin matte laminate. They include a durable hi-co magnetic stripe, encoding, and numbering to work seamlessly with your POS.

Notes:

Before the cards are printed, eCard Systems will contact you so you can approve the gift card design.
Click Use Our Design Service to order custom cards designed by a pro.

To order gift cards through eCard Systems:

Go to the gift card order page.
Click Get Started under Quick Cards.
Select an option:
- Order gift cards with ready-made designs:
  1. Design the front of the card by double-clicking textboxes and entering your text.
  2. Under Choose your background use the arrows to navigate the available options.
  3. Select a background.
  4. Click Next at the top right.
  5. Design the back of the card by double-clicking textboxes and entering your text.
  6. Click Next.
- Upload your own design to create your gift cards:
  1. Click Upload My Own Artwork.
  2. Click Upload Artwork to upload an image to use as the front of your gift cards.
  3. Click Next at the top right.
  4. Design the back of the card by double-clicking textboxes and entering your text.
  5. Click Next.
  6. Choose a Satin or Gloss finish.
- Create your own custom cards using a design tool
  1. Personalize the front of your card with the available tools:
    - Upload your own artwork: Click Upload Artwork. You can resize and drag your images across the canvas.
    - Add text: Click Add Text to add a textbox to your design. You can add multiple textboxes and format your text.
    - Change background: Click the Background color drop-down under your design to select a pre-set background color.
    - Organize layers: Change the order of your design layers by scrolling down to the Layers section. Drag and drop to change the order of the layers, delete them, or lock them so they stay in place as you work.
  2. Click Next at the top right.
  3. Design the back of the card by double-clicking textboxes and entering your text.
  4. Click Next.
  5. Choose between a Satin or Gloss finish.
Select the number of cards you want to print under Choose your quantity.
Click Add to Cart and complete the order.

Order your own external gift cards

Tip:

Check the FAQ section below for info on file types and sizes that you can upload to eCard.

Step 2 | Enable gift cards in your dashboard

Before you can start selling gift cards at your point of sale, you need to go to your Wix dashboard and enable gift cards for your site.

To enable gift cards:

Go to Gift Cards in your site's dashboard.
Click Add Gift Card to Site.

Image of the gift card page in the Wix dashboard

Tip:

After clicking Add Gift Card to Site, you do not need to do anything else in the dashboard page or your editor in order to continue physical gift card setup.

Step 3 | Sell physical gift cards

Once you receive the gift cards you ordered and enable gift cards in the dashboard, you can start selling physical gift cards in person to customers.

To sell physical gift cards:

(On your POS tablet) Tap Checkout from the menu bar at the bottom.
Tap Gift Cards.
Tap Sell Physical Gift Card.
Take a physical gift card from your supply (one of the plastic cards you purchased).
Choose how to enter the card code:
- Scan the card's code.
- Manually enter the card's code.
  Tip: Gift card codes are not case sensitive.
Enter the value of the gift card (up to $1000).
Tap Add to Cart.
Complete checkout as you would for any other product.
Give the physical gift card to your customer.

Step 4 | Accept payment with physical gift cards

When customers want to pay for their order using their gift card, you need to select Gift Card as the payment method.

To accept gift card payment:

(On your POS tablet) Tap Checkout on the bottom bar.
Process the sale and proceed to checkout.
Select Gift Card under Select Payment Method.
Enter or scan the gift card code and tap Apply.
(If the gift card didn't cover the entire purchase) Click Add Payment and process the balance using another payment method, like cash or card.