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Category: Gift Certificates

If you have gift certificates that were issued in an outside program, and you want them imported into ThunderTix, we recommend doing the following:


  1. Create a gift certificate within ThunderTix if you don't already have one created (Revenue Builders Tab on your left hand side menu >> Edi
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What text should go where in my gift certificate emails?

If you have decided to use gift certificates within ThunderTix, you have the option to customize both the purchaser's email receipt and also the recipient's notification email. There are a few text areas, described in more detail below. You'll see the template and then an example of h
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If you would like to redeem a gift certificate for your customers head to Patron Database >CRM and Mass Mail. Search for the customer you'd like to redeem the gift certificate for and click on their customer ID. When their customer profile loads, click the green 'Process Transaction'
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Can I send a gift certificate to a different recipient email address?

 If you need to change the recipient email of a gift certificate because it bounced or simply needs to go to another address, please follow the steps below:



  1. Navigate to the Gift Certificate Order you'd like to change the recipient for. 

  2. Simply click on the arrow next to recipient email

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How gift certificates work



The gift card/certificate is located under Revenue Builders > Gift Certificates

It is designed so that you can upload an appropriate image that can be used year-round or changed based on holidays at any time of the year. So, for example, you can use an image of a holiday gift box st
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At times, you may be unable to provide a refund, for example, when the purchasing credit card expires or if your gateway changes. This is a perfect opportunity to use our "Refund to a Gift Card".

How to refund to a gift card 



  1. Head to the Orders page

  2. Search for the order and click on the

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For example, If someone buys a gift card and only redeems $27 of the $30 on the card, whose bank account stores the $3? Who earns the interest on the $3? 

You receive the money at the time the gift card is purchased so any interest is yours. The revenue from the gift certificate purcha
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You are charged 2.5% of the value of gift cards sold or those gift cards provided to guests in  lieu of a refund. These are charged in the next renewal cycle.

When redeeming gift cards, they are treated like a normal payment tour where either a ticket fee is assessed for ticket purcha
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How can I convert a gift card to a donation?

First, make sure that the gift certificate in question has more than a $0 balance.  If you want to convert the entire remainder of a gift certificate balance to a donation by that patron, follow the steps below.


  1. Head to Revenue Builders > Gift Certificates

  2. Click on the desired Order ID.

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How do I void a gift certificate?

At times, you may need to void or cancel a gift card.

Gift cards paid by credit card
 

Gift certificates can be refunded back to the credit card if they were paid for using a credit card. 



  1. First, head over to Gift Certificates.

  2. Search for the order using the email address, last name, orde

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The Gift Certificates page allows you to view all sold gift certificates and track their redemptions and remaining balance.

How do I reduce the remaining balance left on a gift card?

  1. Head to the Revenue Builders tab 

  2. Click Gift Certificates 

  3. Locate the gift certificate you wish to change

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Only one gift card can be created on an account. The gift card image gallery allows patrons to select an occasion-specific image to send with the gift certificate. You can also upload an image for your venue to be set as the default image when selling a gift card. 

To create a gift car
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Yes! Once you create your Gift Card in ThunderTx, you'll see the "Get Code" option to embed it on your website similar to how you've added events to your site.

Once you create a gift card within your account, customers will also see a "Gift Cards" button at the top of your events list
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Gift Cards can be purchased for any denomination and the value is chosen by the person purchasing it. 

Many organizations include events by name and price in the description of their Gift Card. You might say, "Consider purchasing based on the ticket value of your preferred event. A tic
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