By Andrew Scherer
Real numbers don’t lie and the story that they’re telling, is that the trend in Prepaid Gift Cards is growing at a phenomenal rate. In fact over just the last two years alone sales have risen some 30% in the US alone, and that’s smack dab in the middle of a recession. Also sales are projected to just keep on rising, so you’re interested in knowing why, just keep on reading some of the most common reasons why shoppers are choosing them.
Off the top, they are the “socially acceptable alternative” to handing someone money instead of a wrapped gift. Now who hasn’t felt the desire to do just that at some point in their life, when they were stuck out shopping for someone difficult to buy for? Someone who already has all that they want in the way of possessions, or perhaps finicky teenage girl. Well now with a gift card you can!
Still one more big reason to give them is convenience. You can order and pay for them online, and have yours shipped off directly to the recipient. Just like that. No leaving home or the office, and for sure no gift wrapping. Also in a pinch they’re a great last minute gift that you know will arrive right on time. Just log on, and in seconds you can have a gift card sent off to anyone anywhere.
Now for the holidays gift cards are the “red hot” trend right now and there seems to be no end in sight, and once you see why you’ll want to make the switch also. For instance, have you ever thought how unfortunate it is that you can’t do your holiday shopping beginning “the day after” it’s all officially over? Right about the time all the sales kick in and prices drop like a brick? Well with gift cards they can.
Then with the price of gift items like designer clothing, fashion accessories, and perfume you for sure don’t want to “get it wrong”. So with a gift card when they use it to buy exactly what they want that risk is completely “eliminated”. Teen and young adult girls especially like to group up with their friends after the holidays and go out on mad gift card shopping binges at the mall.
Then you always have the option of buying discounted gift cards online, and when you do that it’s just like printing counterfeit money. This is because you can harvest discounts as high as 30%, so it’s like taking a $100 dollar bill and turning it into $130 worth of shopping money in one fell swoop. So the bottom line: is that once you look at all the advantages, it’s really easy to see why this trend just keeps on growing.
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