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Your own gift cards, bought, given and spent anywhere you take them.

Your own programmes, bulk corporate orders, signed-QR redemption.

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Why it matters

What it changes for you.

Gift cards bring in money before a sale and new customers when they're given away. Running a programme usually means a separate vendor, cards you can't see, and no way to accept them offline.

Gift cards lets you run your own programmes: design the denominations, sell them singly or in bulk to companies, and let holders keep them in a wallet or pass them on as a code. Redemption works online or offline with a signed QR, and every redemption settles to the right merchant.

How it works

Step by step.

  1. Create a programme

    Your brand, denominations, validity and where the cards can be spent.

  2. Sell or give

    Singly to customers, or in bulk orders to companies for staff and clients.

  3. Hold or share

    A holder keeps the card in a wallet or sends it on as a code; possession of the code is the claim.

  4. Redeem anywhere

    Online, or offline at a till with a signed QR.

  5. Settle to merchants

    Every redemption settles to the merchant where it was spent.

What you can switch on

Built in, not bolted on.

Your own programmes

Denominations, validity and branding you control.

Bulk corporate orders

Thousands of cards in one order, for staff rewards or client gifts.

Offline redemption

A signed QR redeems at the till with no network.

Merchant settlement

Redemptions settle to the merchant that accepted them.

Holders and bearers

Keep a card in a wallet, or pass the code to someone without an account.

Every redemption an event

Bought, sent, redeemed and expired, as signed webhooks.

  • Run your own gift-card programmes
  • Bulk corporate orders
  • Offline redemption with a signed QR
  • Merchant settlement
Use cases

How businesses use it.

Illustrative businesses, not customers. Figures are made up to show the flow.

A telecoms company rewarding 2,000 staff in Lagos · Merchants & e-commerce

Staff rewards in bulk

HR buys vouchers from several shops each December and hands them out on paper; many are lost.

  1. HR places one bulk order for 2,000 cards
  2. Cards are delivered to staff wallets
  3. Staff spend them in store or online
  4. HR sees how many have been used

One order, no paper, and a report on how the rewards were used.

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A supermarket chain in Kano · Merchants & e-commerce

Gift cards at a till with no signal

The stores' network drops often, and gift cards can't be checked when it does.

  1. Cards carry a signed QR
  2. The till verifies the signature offline
  3. The redemption settles when the till reconnects

Gift cards are accepted even when the network isn't.

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A lifestyle app in Abuja · Fintechs & neobanks

Gifts between friends

Users want to send a gift that the recipient can choose how to spend.

  1. A user buys a card from a shop's own programme in the app
  2. They send it as a code by WhatsApp
  3. The recipient spends it without needing an account

A gift anyone can use, sent in a message.

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What it won't do

Honest limits.

  • Selling other brands' gift cards is switched off.
For developers

Buy a gift card.

Endpoints in the Gift cards API reference, with every parameter and response.

State changes arrive as signed webhooks. How webhooks work

POST /gift-card

curl -X POST "https://api.bridgemoni.com/gift-card" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BRIDGEMONI_TOKEN" \
  -H "X-Tenant: $BRIDGEMONI_TENANT" \
  -H "X-Environment: $BRIDGEMONI_ENV" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "productReference": "b3f1c2d4-5e6a-4b7c-8d9e-0f1a2b3c4d5e",
  "amount": 5000.0,
  "formFactor": "DIGITAL",
  "designReference": "b3f1c2d4-5e6a-4b7c-8d9e-0f1a2b3c4d5e",
  "recipientName": {
    "name": "string"
  },
  "recipientMsisdn": "string",
  "recipientEmailAddress": "string",
  "personalMessage": "string",
  "scheduledForDateTime": "2026-09-25T10:00:00Z",
  "pin": "string",
  "campaignReference": "b3f1c2d4-5e6a-4b7c-8d9e-0f1a2b3c4d5e"
}'

Questions about gift cards

Can we sell other brands' gift cards?

Not today. Selling other brands' cards is switched off.

Do recipients need an account?

No. Whoever holds the code can redeem it.

Can cards be redeemed offline?

Yes, with a signed QR verified at the till.

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