page_title: Gift card
section_title: Mobile and virtual gift cards
hierarchical_section_title: Gift card / Function and types / Mobile and virtual gift cards
caption_attribution_description: 中文: 由资和信发行的 App Store 充值卡
context_page_description: A gift card also known as gift certificate in North America, or gift voucher or gift token in the UK is a prepaid stored-value money card, usually issued by a retailer or bank, to be used as an alternative to cash for purchases within a particular store or related businesses. Gift cards are also given out by employers or organizations as rewards or gifts. They may also be distributed by retailers and marketers as part of a promotion strategy, to entice the recipient to come in or return to the store, and at times such cards are called cash cards. Gift cards are generally redeemable only for purchases at the relevant retail premises and cannot be cashed out, and in some situations may be subject to an expiry date or fees. American Express, MasterCard, and Visa offer generic gift cards which need not be redeemed at particular stores, and which are widely used for cashback marketing strategies. A feature of these cards is that they are generally anonymous and are disposed of when the stored value on a card is exhausted.
context_section_description: Mobile gift cards are delivered to mobile phones via email or SMS, and phone apps allow users to carry only their cell phone. 
  Virtual gift cards are delivered via email to the recipient, the benefits being that they cannot be physically lost and that the consumer does not has to spend the additional time needed to buy a physical gift card in a brick and mortar store making it more convenient. Gift cards of this type can also be purchased quicker, which is especially attractive if an gifting occasion is on the horizon.  
  Other companies have introduced virtual gift cards that users redeem on their smartphones. As the merchant is not involved in the loop, it is considered a cash transfer rather than a traditional gift card.
  Virtual Visa Gift Cards are global as they permit your recipient to in a split second believer their cash to alternate money. No long queues or confused methodology. The incredible thing about picking Virtual Visa Gift Cards is that your recipient likewise has the alternative to get a physical card instead of a virtual one. On the off chance that there is each any disarray, it can without much of a stretch be helped. In this way, the Virtual Visa Gift Card assists you in getting your rewards easily..
caption: An app store gift card display in a shop
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