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GiftFly charges merchants no monthly fee and takes a convenience fee on each card instead, payable by you or passed to the buyer. Shopolo also charges no monthly fee for gift cards \u2014 a flat 1.9% platform fee per sale, settled straight to your own Stripe account.
Giftfly rates from giftfly.com/pricing. On Shopolo a gift card sale carries a flat 1.9% platform fee plus Stripe standard processing (2.9% + 30¢). Subject to change.
GiftFly charges no monthly fee and takes a convenience fee on each eGift card instead — which can be paid by you or passed to the buyer — on top of card processing. Shopolo also charges no monthly fee for gift cards: a flat 1.9% platform fee per sale, settled straight to your own Stripe account.
A customer who buys a gift card through Shopolo lands in your customer list with their purchase history, so the next campaign has somewhere to go. Giftfly handles the gift card transaction and stops there — no customer record you can market to afterwards. Redeeming a card and stamping a loyalty card are both counter actions on Shopolo, not automatic.
If gift cards are your only need, Giftfly's no-monthly-fee model has appeal at low volume. For businesses that want to turn a gift card buyer into a loyal repeat customer — through loyalty stamps, email promotions, and direct ordering — Shopolo builds that connection automatically, with ordering and booking free core and loyalty and email on the Plus addon.
Giftfly is the cheaper place to sell a gift card if you let the buyer absorb the convenience fee: you are then left with card processing alone, where Shopolo adds its 1.9% on top. If gift cards are the only thing you need, that is a real saving and worth taking. Shopolo makes more sense when you want the buyer to become a customer you can reach again — the card sale lands in your customer list, and appointment booking, online ordering and a branded storefront are free core beside it, with loyalty and email on the Plus addon.
GiftFly charges no monthly fee and takes a convenience fee per eGift card instead — 3.99% on cards up to $20, 3.99% + $0.99 above — paid by you or passed to the buyer, on top of card processing. Shopolo also charges no monthly fee for gift cards: a flat 1.9% platform fee plus Stripe standard processing per sale, settled straight to your own Stripe account.
If you pass the convenience fee to the buyer, yes — you are then left with card processing alone, where Shopolo adds its 1.9% on top. If gift cards are the only thing you need, that is a real saving and worth taking.
On Giftfly, the transaction completes and stops there — no customer record you can market to afterwards. On Shopolo, the buyer lands in your customer list with their purchase history, and the same storefront link carries appointment booking, online ordering and reservations free core, with loyalty stamps and email campaigns on the Plus addon.
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