{"id":17736,"date":"2022-07-19T10:29:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T14:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northcentralmass.com\/?p=17736"},"modified":"2022-07-19T10:29:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T14:29:23","slug":"chamber-launches-revised-gift-local-gift-card-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northcentralmass.com\/es\/chamber-launches-revised-gift-local-gift-card-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Chamber Launches Revised GIFT LOCAL Gift Card Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">After launching the Gift Local Community Gift Card Program back in 2016, the North Central Massachusetts Chamber is proud to announce the introduction of a new Gift Local E-Gift Card \u2013 a very user-friendly and more robust platform making it even easier for merchants and card holders to help drive business in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe Chamber is always looking for innovative ways to help grow our members\u2019 businesses and build community,\u201d said Chamber President Roy Nascimento.\u00a0 \u201cParticipating members honored the card to help drive the local economy and keep spending local.\u00a0 We are now ready to take this gift card program to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Using Yiftee as its new gift card technology partner, the Chamber will transition to the new gift card platform over the next 6 months with the original program remaining valid through December 31, 2022.\u00a0 Existing old Gift Local Gift Card holders (that operated on the prior system) can convert their unused card to the new format by coming to the Chamber office.\u00a0 The Chamber will absorb the processing fees for exchanging and activating the cards and, as a courtesy, will add a $5 bonus to the balance on any old gift cards exchanged for a new Gift Local E-Gift Card.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Chamber members will be hearing much more about the new Gift Local E-Gift Card in the weeks and months ahead.\u00a0 Consumers can purchase the Card as gifts or for self-use, and companies can use it for employee rewards, anniversary gifts, customer appreciation, survey incentives, contests and anything they might have used a gift card for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cMost importantly, the dollars stay local and benefit our shops and restaurants and our community,\u201d added Nascimento.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The new Gift Local E-Gift Card is much more convenient for both participating merchants to process and for gift card holders to redeem. People can purchase the E-Cards online and email, text or print them for use in shops, restaurants and other local services. To accept the Cards participating merchants just need to accept Mastercard and process it via a key-entry (like a phone order).\u00a0 There will no longer be any need for a separate web terminal for processing, dual entries into the terminal and POS system, and any costly POS integration.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">There is no additional cost for Chamber merchants to participate in the program. To opt-in, they simply run a 10- cent charge (or whatever is their minimum) on a prepaid Mastercard that <b>Yiftee<\/b> will send by email (the \u201cActivation Card\u201d). This serves as the authorization to participate and businesses agree to Yiftee\u2019s Merchant Agreement found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/yifteeutil.com\/merchant_agreement.pdf\"><span class=\"s1\">yifteeutil.com\/merchant_agreement.pdf<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Participating merchants will be paid through their credit card bank in their normal settlement, with their normal Mastercard CNP processing fee. The Cards only work at participating merchants who opt-in to the program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Businesses interested in accepting these Cards should contact the Chamber office as soon as possible.\u00a0 The Chamber is planning to launch the new card to the public by <b>September 1, 2022<\/b> with a marketing campaign and merchants who are signed up will be featured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe hope participating businesses will continue to honor the card and encourage fellow business owners to join in accepting the gift card,\u201d said Nascimento.\u00a0 \u201cWe also encourage new businesses to sign up to help drive more local dollars spent in the region. We\u2019re very excited about this new E-card and developing new business for our members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">To sign up to accept the new Gift Local e-Gift Card or for more information, call Lauren Goulet, Chamber Operations Manager, at 978.353.7600 or email <a href=\"mailto:lgoulet@northcentralmass.com\"><span class=\"s1\">lgoulet@northcentralmass.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After launching the Gift Local Community Gift Card Program back in 2016, the North Central Massachusetts Chamber is proud to announce the introduction of a new Gift Local E-Gift Card \u2013 a very user-friendly and more robust platform making it even easier for merchants and card holders to help drive business in the region. \u201cThe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chamber Launches Revised GIFT LOCAL Gift Card Program &#187; 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