Physical gift cards

Using physical gift cards with Wrapped

How printed plastic or paper gift cards work with Wrapped - the code on the card is a normal Wrapped gift card that syncs to every sales channel - the requirements for codes and barcodes, how cards are sold and redeemed, and where to start for new or existing cards.

Ordering printed gift cards

How to get physical gift cards printed for Wrapped - Wrapped's preferred printers (Kwikcards for New Zealand and Australia, Plastic Printers for North America and elsewhere), what to send the printer, the barcode instructions to give them, and testing a proof before you order.

Generate gift card codes for a printer

Step-by-step for creating a $0 batch of gift card codes in Wrapped and exporting them for a card printer, what the export contains, how $0 cards become active when sold, and when to pre-load value instead.

Barcode requirements for printed cards and scanners

Which barcode types work for printed gift cards (QR, Code 128, EAN-13 and others), the rule that a barcode must contain the plain gift card code rather than a web address, which formats the Wrapped camera scanner reads, and how to test and fix cards that won't scan.

Keep using the physical gift cards you already have

How to keep using printed gift cards from before Wrapped - importing cards that have been sold, handling unsold stock, cards whose barcode holds a web address (AlternateLookupCode), codes that don't meet a sales channel's rules, and existing cards already in Shopify or Lightspeed.