Gift card initiative aiming to support local business expands to West Virginia

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) – A present card initiative meant to encourage spending at native companies has expanded to West Virginia. It’s now out there in 104 cities and cities throughout the state, a few of that are in WTAP’s viewing space.

The initiative is led by Giverrang. Its cofounder Mark Walerysiak Jr mentioned of the reward playing cards, “It’s a very highly effective technique to assist small, native, impartial companies…,”

The reward playing cards works like a Mastercard, besides it’s restricted to the precise city or metropolis you purchase it for and it may’t be spent at massive chain shops.

Walerysiak Jr mentioned it’s meant to make supporting native companies extra handy.

“What tends to occurs is procuring regionally for someone tends to be each complicated and inconvenient as a result of they don’t know what’s the good small enterprise to go to or ‘is the reward recipient going to love that one restaurant that I bought that one reward card to?’” he defined.

You should purchase a present card on-line at indiegiftcard.com. All you need to do is seek for your metropolis or city then click on the hyperlink. You may get reward playing cards anyplace from $5 to $500 in worth.

For Giverrang’s reward playing cards in West Virginia, the funds final without end. Nevertheless, should you don’t both use the cardboard or verify its stability for a yr, the cardboard loses its worth by 5 p.c. The bodily playing cards themselves expire after about six years however you may get a substitute card with all the cash left on it for $5 if that occurs.

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