Stretch Your Gift Card Budget: 25 Cards, Maximum Impact
As managers we have a lot to, well, manage, we oversee business relationships, conduct meetings to further strategize company relations, organize schedules, coach new hires, provide a safe space for clear and healthy workplace communication amongst team members and staff, and just generally keep things running smoothly.
Obviously this is a lot to take care of and a lot to have on one’s shoulders but we wouldn’t have this ship to steer if not for the crew working diligently keeping everything afloat. Our team deserves in-office incentives and rewards for all of their hard-work and we thought since it’s the end of summer we best look into how we can budget these rewards as we steadily make our way into the holidays.
When the word “gifts” meet work, usually it can be a hit or a miss. Some bosses are out of touch with what they’re employees really need, while others don’t even take the initiative to get them anything in the first place. We think a good middle ground, one that reaches both a personal angle and practical one is gift cards.
Gift cards, both physical and digital, are rewards that can suit the needs of people’s preferences without being a huge expense on the employer. Since you as the manager know a lot about your team, you can tailor the gift cards to a brand or business that will be the most well received. We want to build rapport with staff but also manage the company/department budget, and use gift cards as incentives but still get the most bang for your buck.
Say it with us: affordable does not mean your attempts at creating bigger bonds between you and your employees are ineffective. Gifts from hard work and big accomplishments, or gifts “just because” strengthen overall rapport.
We’re going to introduce why you should have a gift card budget, offering you maximum impact both with your team and with your expenses. So let’s take a look at how you can do that.
Stretching your gift card budget can lead to better relations, especially with Remote Teams!
Using PerfectGift.com To Buy In-Bulk
PerfectGift is an online supplier of digital gift cards, combining the efforts and knowledge of our sister sites, GiftYa, GiftCardGranny, and GiftCards.com, we've made our site the perfect place for you to find the exact right gift for employees. With hundreds of popular eGift card brands available, you can personalize and send the cards digitally, through the mail, or in-person quickly as we have our own fulfillment center which allows us to print and ship customized cards same day with next day delivery available.
On our homepage you will see fairly quickly that we offer a lot of opportunities for businesses both big and small to make gift cards a recurring reward for their team. With robust branding with logos on physical & digital cards and packaging, you’ll be able to make your gift cards stand out from others.
We also run sales and promotions for our gift cards all throughout the year so you can check back in with PerfectGift daily to see if you can save more. As you well know by now, when you’re buying in bulk, you multiply those savings.
Relevant Benefits to Choosing PerfectGift for Your Bulk Orders
For small businesses you’ll be able to pick between ordering 1 to 50 cards with a $10,000 limit; and for corporations you’ll be able to buy 50+, emphasis on the plus as we are the only on-demand fulfillment center in the country that can print & ship up to 50,000 cards with your logo - same- day, cards at a time. Corporations will have to create a business account with PerfectGift to get started on an order of substantial size.
This means you can easily buy your intended twenty-five gift cards and still make a meaningful impact easily with our in-bulk ordering system. The amount doesn’t matter, the intent and the meaning behind the gifts show your employees that you care and want to reward them for all of their efforts during business.
We pride ourselves on our Visa gift card experience as you can add a photo to create a custom Visa gift card and get it to you fast. PerfectGift prints and ships our own Visa gift cards, so we can guarantee same day printing & shipping (if ordered by 4:00pm ET Monday through Saturday). Since we are all in-house, no one else can beat our turnaround time because a lot of other spaces use third-parties to get their stuff ready. With secure card activations for VISA, we offer a safe way to connect further with your team through these types of rewards.
Plus we have dedicated account manager(s) with 365-day support so if you need to get things moving quickly we can help you ASAP.
What Gift Cards to Choose
Now that you have the gift options available to you, it makes sense to go ahead and get started with the process of ordering. But first things first you have to pick the type of gift cards you want to send out. There are a lot of options of course, you have restaurants, famous retailers, department stores, online subscription services, hotels, airlines, and more. Obviously not all vendors work for one person, and we want to make the most beneficial impact with our gifts to our team(s), so we are going to take a look at the best overall cards that’ll make the most sense for this type of reward.
Visa:
Our number one choice is Visa. With a Visa gift card you won’t be limited to where you shop, as long as the registrar accepts Visa as a form of payment- (which most registrars in today’s world do), you will be able to buy from that business. Your staff will be able to spend their gift card on exactly what they want, when they want- and that’s what makes the perfect gift.
Mastercard:
Similar to Visa, but not quite as versatile, the digital Mastercard gift card can be “used online and by telephone, almost everywhere Mastercard is accepted in the USA.” Though- “Digital Mastercards are generally not accepted in-store.” This means your employees will still be getting lots of spending opportunities with their Mastercard but may have to work around where they spend compared to the Visa gift.
When you’re going on your online shopping spree you’ll normally see what forms of payment are accepted and Mastercard is one such option that is popular amongst sellers. Plus when you’re choosing to buy prepaid Mastercard’s in bulk, you’ll explore flexible options like:
Physical & digital options
In-house production facility
Same-day approvals
Custom & predesign options
Complimentary client portal
Funds never expire
No fees
Breakage options for unused balances
24/7 US-based support
No minimum volume
No pre-production required*
*The following list is from PerfectGift.com and is a reflective look into all of the ways we can make Mastercard a worthy reward for online-based purchases.
DoorDash:
DoorDash is the online food ordering and delivery service that’s great especially when someone’s had a long and busy work week. The last thing you want to do when you get home is cook for an hour. You want to kick off your shoes, lay down on the couch, and eat some delicious food. On the DoorDash mobile app you can type in the name of your favorite restaurant, order your favorite meal, and get it delivered right to your door by the time you get home so you don’t even have to wait to eat. A well thought out pick for your employees.
Dunkin’:
Now that the weekend is over and Monday morning has arrived, we have to fuel up for the week ahead and yes we have our morning coffee option at home or at the office, but there’s something special about getting to go to a place like Dunkin’ where you can get something hot (or cold) prepared to you, for you. Plus you know Dunkin’ you can get seasonal drinks, sugary treats like donuts, and a breakfast sandwich for those mornings when you really need it.
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Stretch Your Gift Card Budget: 25 Cards, Maximum Impact
The bottom line is you don’t need to go overboard with your spending budget when it comes to gift cards. Think how happy you’d be if out of the blue your employer gave you a $10 gift card tagged along with an encouraging message about how well you’ve done at work recently. That right there is a confidence boost and spending money on just twenty-five cards can really make for an even more healthy work culture.
