Can I load a gift card without payment?

[butlerinthehome]

I want to load some money on a few gift cards to give them away as a promotion.  Is there a way to do this without having to actually pay for them myself as if I was a customer buying them?

[VanKalkerFarms · Accepted solution]

yes, First you will need to create a 100% discount.  https://squareup.com/help/us/en/article/3955-create-and-manage-discounts

next, you can load a gift card with $50 like normal, then apply a 100% discount, Then proceed to a cash checkout for $0.  the card will have $50 but no money or fees will have changed hands.

[butlerinthehome]

PURE GENIUS!!!

[ak3]

works great!  Great tip.

[Helen]

😀 

[SuperiorLifeSer]

Perfectly answered the question I was thinking about. Radio show in the area sells Gift Cards for 20% off, and gives 60% back to business in advertising credits. Now I can give the radio station the promo code to create free-to-me eGift cards since no money exchanges hands.

[Laundryguy]

I'd like to bribe customers' for their email address in exchange for a $5 egift card that can only be used once.  Thought I could send also send them to customers that I haven't seen in a while.  How can I do this without paying for the egiftcard myself?

Ed

[JustinC]

The best answer on this thread I moved you to gotcha covered. 

@Laundryguy

[bonjourbakery]

Hello!  I need to donate a gift card to a customer and am not sure how to bi-pass the payment screen?  We are not using the plastic cards from Square, rather I have some printed ones we made I'd like to use.  How can I load a manual gift card without taking payment?

[JustinC]

If your gift cards aren't issued by Square, you won't be able to load them using the POS. However, you can record the payment in the POS. Create a gift card item, then apply a 100% discount for $0 payment. 

When your customer is ready to redeem, process the payment as Other Gift Card or Certificate at checkout

@bonjourbakery