• Balance top-up

    Balance use

    Balance check

    Expiration of the expired balance, where the value of the card is reset

    • The validity period can be determined by account type

    • By default, the validity period is calculated from the last top-up

    Separation of gift cards by account types. Account types can be established for different uses

    • The account types are shown separately, e.g. in reporting

    • For example, cards for consumer and business sales or different business functions can be separated

    • The use of cards can also be restricted by account type

    • Currency can be selected in the account type

    • Cards based on bonus points or disposable cards can also be made

    Gift card usage restrictions

    • Minimum/maximum top-up

    • Minimum/maximum usage

  • Checking and correcting gift card balances

    • Browsing transactions based on card or location

    • Cancellation of uncleared transactions

    • Separate user roles, e.g. for the main user, customer service and reporting users

  • Unicom's gift card system automatically produces a monthly report on the use of gift cards and the expiration of gift cards. In addition, reports can be run separately in the system. It is possible to customize the account according to the customer.

    Reports are normally available in PDF and Excel formats.

    Automatic reports:

    • Account report: report on gift card transactions separated by location and account type

    • Expiry report: report on balances that have expired during the month

    Separately run reports:

    • Summary of open balances

    • Separation of cards in use

    • Monitoring report / summary of card usage

    In addition, new, customer-specific reports can be implemented in the system

  • Unicom's browser-based Dashboard compiles essential analytics data into an easy-to-read, graphical reporting format:

    • Current number of cards and balance

    • Top 5 sales and usage by store

    • Total sales and usage on a monthly basis

    • Gift card activations every month

    • Aging analytics

    • Sales and usage analytics

  • Cash register and payment terminal integration:

    • Verifone payment terminal integration

    • Winpos checkout integration

    • With the GraphQL Sales API, the possibility to integrate with cash register systems 

    Online store integration

    • Shopify: private app integration

    • Magento: demo implementation available

    • WooCommerce: PHP library 

    • With the GraphQL Sales API, the possibility to integrate with different e-commerce platforms

    Accounting integrations

    If necessary, the accounting integration can be tailored to the external system. The export of gift card transactions to accounting is most often done with export files, the sending of which can be automated

    API integrations

    • GraphQL Sales API for online store or point of sale integration

    • Typescript and PHP client library for Sales API

    • GraphQL Analytics API for analytics integrations with, for example, PowerBI (e.g. searches for event data and anonymization of card numbers)

    Browser-based partner interface

    • Web user interface for loading and using gift cards and checking the balance

    • Can be used instead of checkout integration or as a supplement, for example, in pop-up stores

  • Downloading and mailing gift cards to end customers

    Monitoring of the number of free cards per store and automatic replenishment by mail (e.g. 100 cards at once)

    Emissions report on the environmental effects of the system

Technical features of Unicom’s gift card solution