Shopolo vs Yiftee

Yiftee alternative — gift cards direct to your Stripe with loyalty and ordering included

Yiftee routes gift card sales through their marketplace with a platform fee per transaction. Shopolo processes gift cards directly to your Stripe account — plus loyalty stamps, commission-free ordering, and email campaigns included from $29/month.

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FeatureShopoloYiftee
Gift card revenue routingDirect to your Stripe — no intermediaryVia Yiftee platform — settlement to merchant
Platform fee per saleStripe processing only (2.9% + 30¢)Yiftee platform fee on each gift card sold
Marketplace listingNone — your own branded storefrontListed on Yiftee eGifts marketplace
Gift card deliveryEmail on purchaseEmail with social gifting options
Branded experienceYour storefront URL and brandingYiftee-hosted with merchant branding
Redemption trackingDashboard with balance and historyRedemption tracking dashboard
Loyalty programIncludedNot available
Online ordering0% commissionNot available
Appointment bookingIncludedNot available
Email campaignsIncludedNot available
Customer dataFull access — email, history, loyaltyPurchaser email for gift card transactions

Yiftee fee rates based on publicly available information. Subject to change. Shopolo charges Stripe standard processing only.

Marketplace model vs direct payment routing — and loyalty built in from day one

Yiftee routes through their platform. Shopolo sends money directly to your Stripe account.

With Yiftee, gift card payments flow through Yiftee's platform and are settled to you after their fees. With Shopolo, every gift card purchase is processed directly via Stripe Connect — the money goes to your connected account with no intermediate holding. You see the revenue in your Stripe dashboard immediately, with Shopolo's platform fee deducted at settlement. No third-party holds.

Yiftee has a marketplace for gift card discovery. Shopolo gives you your own storefront.

Yiftee lists participating businesses in an eGifts marketplace, which can help drive gift card sales from Yiftee's audience. The trade-off: your gift cards are sold alongside competitors, and Yiftee controls the marketplace relationship. Shopolo gives you a branded link you share directly — your customers buy from your storefront, not a third-party marketplace.

Shopolo adds loyalty, ordering, and email on top of gift cards. Yiftee doesn't.

Yiftee's product is gift card sales. Shopolo connects gift cards to your loyalty program, email list, and online ordering — so a gift card recipient who visits for the first time becomes a loyalty member who gets your next promotion. That connection is built into Shopolo's platform, not an integration you have to build yourself.

When Yiftee is the right choice

Yiftee's marketplace makes sense if you want a place where new customers might discover your gift cards without any direct marketing effort. The social gifting features are a genuine differentiator for certain business types. For restaurants and service businesses that want gift card revenue flowing directly to their bank, combined with loyalty and ordering on the same platform, Shopolo is the more integrated and cost-effective path.

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