Sell eGift Cards with Square for Franchises

With Square for Franchises, you can accept eGift cards as a payment method on your Square for Franchises online ordering platform. You can sell eGift Cards with predefined amounts or allow your customers to select an amount.

To create and use eGift Cards with Square for Franchises, contact Square Support.

Note: The eGift Cards settings are located in the Gift Cards tab. Any use of the word 'Gift Card' is referring to eGift Cards that your customers will be able to use with a number based code sent to them upon purchase. If you are interested in physical Gift Cards, you can purchase them on Square.

Get started

1. Sign in to your Square for Franchises dashboard.

2. From the dropdown menu at the top, select the location where you want to enable the functionality.

3. From the left-hand menu, go to the Payment tab and enable the Gift Cards toggle under Payment Methods.

4. For eGift Cards Amount, you have two options:

   1. Select Define manually the default amounts that will appear on the online order page to set predefined gift cards amounts. Enter your gift card amounts and click Add.

   2. Select Generate values automatically using incremental steps. Enter the minimum and maximum amounts for your gift cards. You can include incremental values in this step.

5. Under 'Custom Amounts,' select Enable your customer to set-up a custom amount for gift cards. This will allow customers to choose custom gift card amounts.

6. Enter the minimum and maximum amounts for your gift cards. 

7. Under Discounts, you can add optional gift card discounts. Enter an optional Discount Percentage and Maximum Discount amount. 

8. Click Save.