Please note: This feature is available for the Pro plan and above. If this tool is used during your free trial period, the trial period ends.
In this article, you will learn:
Important:
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What the bulk gift card tool is
Our tool enables you to effortlessly create bulk gift cards, whether for your customers, employees, B2B sales, physical gift cards, or more.
What the bulk gift card tool can be used for
Campaigns: create codes to win back customers and generate more revenue through a gift card or store credit campaign. Read how Roka did so here.
Corporate gifting: allows businesses to order gift cards in bulk for their employees or clients / B2B. Read how the Miami Heat did so here.
Promotions or prizes
Physical gift cards: Create codes for physical gift cards that can be managed through Rise. For this purpose, if you're using Shopify POS, read this article.
Migrate existing gift cards (excluding Shopify gift cards) if you need to migrate.
Shopify gift cards, please reach out to us directly.
How to use the Bulk Gift Card tool
To begin using the Bulk Gift Card tool, follow these steps:
Navigate to the Bulks tab in the Rise dashboard.
Here, you’ll find an overview of the various purposes and presets for using the Bulk tool.
Click on the Issue Bulk button located in the top-right corner of the screen to get started.
The available options will appear again, allowing you to select a custom option or start fresh by clicking on “Start from Scratch.”
Next, you’ll see two types of bulk issues you can create: gift cards and store credit.
Click on the Gift Card option and then select "Next" to proceed.
Prepare Your File:
Click on "Download the Rise CSV template file" to download the template. The file will be an empty template containing the required columns to input the necessary information:
The file contains a few columns to fill in. Some are mandatory and some are optional.
Code: Insert your own existing or customized codes, or leave this column empty for Rise to generate the codes for you.
** Note: If you create your own codes, they must meet Shopify’s requirements of 8–20 characters.
Balance: This column is mandatory. Insert the gift card value without currency symbol - i.e, only digits (no other characters).
** Note: $0.01 is the lowest amount you can set.
Expires on: Insert expiration date in the requested format, or leave blank if you do not want gift cards to expire.
** Ensure there is no confusion between the day and the month, based on the required template (DD/MM/YYYY)
Customer Email: If you do not need to assign the gift cards to specific customers, then you can leave this blank.
*You can upload up to 10,000 gift cards at once. If you are planning to migrate a large number of gift cards (over 10K), it's best to reach out to us beforehand. Also, it's important to note that exceptionally large files may take more time to upload, so we recommend uploading a few days before the target date.
*Please make sure you do not move, reorder, or rename any columns, or else the uploading of the file will not be accepted.
Upload your edited CSV file:
Upload your final file.
If the file does not match the exact criteria for the Bulk to work, an error will show:
If so, make sure to edit the file as requested and upload again.
If the file is ready to load, you will see it approved:
Click "Next" to continue.
Details:
Fill in the finalized details of the current Bulk:
Bulk name: Name the Bulk.
Description: Describe the bulk for your internal notes.
Mark gift cards as liability: choose this option if you would like the generated gift cards to be counted as part of your liability within your Rise.ai reporting.
Click next to continue.
Review & Issue:
In this step, you can review the bulk before uploading. Make sure everything is correct before issuing.
When ready, click the "Issue Bulk" button.
When uploading the bulk file, a notification will appear on the screen to confirm the upload.
While running, the status of the bulk will be "Pending", and when ready, it will be "Issued":
A confirmation email will be sent to the email address written in the notification above.
That's it! The bulk is now uploaded and complete!
To review the files, click on the button at the end of the row and download the desired file:
*Note that while the Bulk is in "Pending" Status, clicking the button at the end of the bulk row will display a "Stop" option.
You can choose "Stop" to stop the bulk from running, but note that gift cards already created are active and can be found in the 'Gift Card Sales' tab.
How you can send emails with bulk created codes
The bulk gift card creation tool does not initiate a Rise.ai email to your customers.
To notify your customers about what was issued for them using the bulk tool, you can export a CSV file with the relevant details, upload it to your emails tool, and inject the data from the file into dedicated placeholders within the email template.
The bulk tool pricing
Bulk campaigns are available exclusively from the Pro plan and above.
Here are the upload limits and costs based on your plan:
Pro Plan:
An upload of 250 codes per month is included in the plan.
If exceeded, a $0.2 fee will be issued per additional code.
Premium plan:
An upload of 1,500 codes per month is included in the plan..
If exceeded, a $0.1 fee will be issued per additional code.
Enterprise Plan:
Please check with your Account Manager.
** If you're using the bulk tool for a one-time migration of gift cards from another platform, please reach out to the Support team so it's considered, with reference to the tool pricing.
Have more questions or any product feedback?
Feel free to contact us at info@rise.ai or in the chat box