I truly believe ad placements on gift cards would be beneficial to the seller of such cards, the buyer of such cards and the product and / or service advertised thereon.
This idea is one in which I thought up a while ago, and filed a provisional patent application on (application number 61/337, 164, Date 2/1/10), which has since expired.
The idea was to give gamblers and non-gamblers a no risk opportunity to win prizes and / or deals, because such cards would feature a removable gaming strip on the back side of such cards, which I had named “spree cards.” Once a buyer removed such a gaming strip, a prize and/ or coupon would be revealed.
Then original idea that I had noted within the patent filing mentioned other aspects that would have made the advertising aspect a lot more alluring. Yet, a percentage of the card buyer’s capital spent would have been of limited use, and would have been limited to the purchasing of certain color coded / marked items. Therefore, I think it would be better to just leave the color coded system out entirely, because without it the cares would sale without any unnecessary limitations.
It is my opinion that such a card would sale without hassle, yet I originally set out to have the color coded system implemented to offset the costs associated with the same day purchases and uses of such cards that would naturally increase – especially since some of the individuals who normally would make their same day purchases in cash or credit cards, would purchase and use a spree card instead.
With such being said, instead of implementing the color coded system, I would suggest implementing a next day activation feature which would prevent same day purchases.
The more an individual spent on a spree card, the greater the potential prize would be and on every card there would be either a coupon and / or prize located underneath the gaming strip.
I would also limit the use of one spree card towards the purchase of any item or items by any person(s) at any given time.
Such a spree card would open up many advertising opportunities, and thereby give the seller of such a card a boost to their bottom line.
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