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Knowing what customers want allows you to anticipate their needs and exceed their expectations. SVS is here to help to do just that with our 2015 consumer research focused on digital gift card sentiment. Our goal is to provide leading edge information that guides the development of stored value best practices to measurably increase your sales.
WHAT DIGITAL CONSUMERS WANT
Work with our seasoned Account Management Team to develop best practices suited to your brand and your business objectives.
PUTTING CONSUMER RESEARCH AND THOUGHT LEADERSHIP TO WORK FOR YOU.
WHAT CONSUMERS
DON’T LIKEabout the
DIGITAL GIFTING EXPERIENCE
Inability to add digital cards
to a mobile app
Frustrations and time wasting with less
than seamless purchase/redemption
Having to locate an email associated with a digital gift
Holding up checkout lines due to execution issues
Causing any inconvenience to gift recipients, cashiers or consumers waiting in line
One third of all consumers report wanting to store digital cards
in a mobile wallet or app
Cross purchase and redemption experiences
Intuitive execution
Personalized delivery
Ability to keep phone at redemption
Confidence that gift card will reach recipient
Ease in storing card balance
Push notifications with time-based and location-based information
Over half of all consumers report interest in push notifications
Purchase Send Receive Use After Use
Offer all channels for purchase
Offer all channels for receipt
Show email sender as the giver
Provision physical card or email into
mobile app
App and wallet ease of use
Provide personalization with a bypass
Include scheduled delivery
Include web, app and balance check
links with the digital gift email
Allow email on phone screen to be redeemed in store
Create easy reload
Promote 3-5 days prior to holidays
Showcase “preview” delivery
and post alerts
Be able to redeem without taking mobile phone
from consumer
Push offers and alerts to drive
more spend
Offer incentive self-use
Notify purchaser about send, open
and non-open actions
Now we can take an in-depth understanding of consumer preferences and translate them to
BEST PRACTICES FOR DIGITAL GIFT CARDS