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    Giftbit

    Score9.3 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Giftbit is a rewards platform that lets users buy, send & track digital gift cards. With its web application and API, dedicated customer support, and stats on user behavior and delivery - Giftbit is designed to make it easier to fulfill and manage reward and incentive programs.N/A

    PAR Punchh

    Score8 out of 10
    N/APAR Punchh is a loyalty and offers solution that focuses on providing restaurants with the tools and services to create branded and consistent in-store and digital customer experiences.N/A
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    User Ratings
    GiftbitPAR Punchh
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (10 ratings)
    9.9
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    Support Rating
    5.0
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    9.9
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    User Testimonials
    GiftbitPAR Punchh
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Giftbit
    It's been great to incentivize appointments. I can also see that it would be a good tool to send gifts to existing customers.
    Incentivized
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    PAR Technology Corporation (ParTech)
    We launched the program quickly and on schedule, Punchh has continued to evolve and enhance to adapt to our changing business needs, importantly developing integrations with other key partners —Olo, PAR Brink POS. I think it's ideal for a brand of our size with under 200 locations, perhaps for a chain of more than 2,000 locations, it could be worth considering building an in-house solution as a potential cost saving.
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    Pros
    Giftbit
    • Sending mass brand-templated gift cards
    • Choosing which type of gift card you want (e.g. Starbucks, Amazon)
    • Showing metrics for gift cards
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    PAR Technology Corporation (ParTech)
    • Reward-based App material. Punchh is great platform for reward tracking and fulfillment. I have not found one that does a better job at customer loyalty.
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    Cons
    Giftbit
    • I didn't love having to buy credits in advance, but since Giftbit recommended how many we'd need to buy, it wasn't terrible.
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    PAR Technology Corporation (ParTech)
    • Look carefully into the integrations, find out exactly what is possible. We launched when we had Monkey Media as our online ordering tool, although it was integrated, we ended up having to move to Olo just because it was such a stronger integration.
    • I would re-think having Facebook as an option to allow registration and signup to our app. This was recommended by Punchh, but we ended up getting so many out of date email addresses in our system that were associated with the Facebook account.
    • One thing we wanted to launch with was a gift card integration, but due to Punchh not being PCI compliant, and due to other technological limitations, that's not something we've been able to bring into our loyalty app, which would be nice to have.
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    Support Rating
    Giftbit
    When a redemption via the API connected to my community platform provider failed, the support was extremely limited. It was fast but limited. Most common conversations with Giftbit support ended in "unfortunately we cannot help you or your recipient with that issue." I'm not sure if Giftbit deserves 100% of the blame for API issues with Fuel Cycle community platform but the end result is that a user will redeem their points for a reward and would never get it. Once these issues are reported to me, I couldn't help them from the dashboard either as I was unable to review their claim codes, etc. and make it right, resulting in lost $.
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    PAR Technology Corporation (ParTech)
    The customer success people are not as invested as it seems they should be in their clients' business, at least not for the amount of money the platform costs. I am always looking for best practices to be provided or at least discussed with my AM, and she doesn't ever seem to care about what others are doing in my industry.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Giftbit
    I haven't used any products like Giftbit. Since I have enjoyed my experience with Giftbit, I haven't looked into any other platforms that offer the same things.
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    PAR Technology Corporation (ParTech)
    We were looking for a partner who would help us get a loyalty program and a mobile app launched quickly, Punchh delivered our app on-time, the cost was very competitive and Punchh was being used by similarly sized brands in the restaurant industry. The integrations were in place and Punchh offered the Product functionality and performance we were looking for.
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    Return on Investment
    Giftbit
    • We now have an easy way to do these fulfillments
    • It's easy to set up an account
    • It alleviates privacy issues on our end
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    PAR Technology Corporation (ParTech)
    • We brought in over $7M from the app use alone in Q1 & Q2 of 2019.
    • It costs a ton to keep up, especially the more modules you subscribe to. Our (not so fancy price tier) price was about $100K for 2019.
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