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Save Money Shopping Online Or In-Store With GiftCardGranny

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GiftCardGranny.com is a shopper’s best friend. Everyone loves a bargain and nobody likes paying full price. When you buy discounted gift cards from GiftCardGranny, even when your dream item isn’t on sale, you’ll still save money. And you won’t need to worry about hackers draining your balance because they offer a lifetime guarantee on every gift card that they sell.

I had the pleasure of speaking with Mark Romanelli, the Chief Product Officer of Wolfe LLC (the parent company of GiftCardGranny) to discuss how they are saving consumers and businesses millions of dollars every year.

Who Is Giftcardgranny? How Do They Work?

In the early 2000s, Wolfe started a business called GiftCards.com. Consumers loved the ability to buy gift cards and personalize them with a photo. In 2008, Wolfe partnered with GiftCardGranny.com and saw the potential of discounted gift cards for firsthand. A short time later, Wolfe acquired GiftCardGranny and started investing to grow the business.

GiftCardGranny has direct deals with the most popular merchants. They buy discounted gift cards from the retailers and offer them to consumers and businesses. Because the gift cards have never been owned by a third-party, GiftCardGranny offers a lifetime guarantee for their value.

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What Should You Do With Unwanted Gift Cards?

In 2017, a Marketwatch article it was estimated that consumers purchased $16 billion in gift cards during the holiday season. Many of these gift cards were never redeemed. The gift cards were lost, forgotten, or simply were for a store that was unappealing to the recipient. So what do you do with a drawer full of unwanted gift cards? Sell them, of course.

Although GiftCardGranny doesn’t purchase unwanted gift cards, they help connect you with buyers. To sell your gift card, enter your gift card brand and the remaining balance, then click get offers now. You’ll find several websites listed that are interested in your gift card and the price they are willing to pay.

GiftCardGranny made a conscious decision to avoid buying third-party gift cards so that they could offer a lifetime guarantee. Most other discount gift card selling websites limit their guarantees to 60 to 90 days.

Why Consumers And Businesses Should Buy From Them

GiftCardGranny is the largest website for discounted gift cards. Over 13.9 million visitors come to their website each year and there are over 300,000 deals made.

The gift card discounts are substantial, which translate into big-time savings for consumers and businesses alike. Consumers are often purchasing these discounted gift cards for their own purchases, whereas businesses will give them out to clients and employees.

Businesses trust their purchasing to GiftCardGranny because grocery and office supply stores usually do not carry the quantity that the business needs. Or the variety and selection are not wide enough in a single store. Not to mention that the business will pay the retail price for the gift cards there and won’t benefit from the discounts that GiftCardGranny can offer. Wolfe established a dedicated website for corporate purchases called PerfectGift.com.

Whether the purchase is for a consumer’s own use, a gift to someone they care about, or a corporate purchase, one thing sets GiftCardGranny apart from all of the rest. Their commitment to a lifetime guarantee applies to both personal and business gift cards.

Does Giftcardgranny Offer The Best Deals?

When you search for a gift card at GiftCardGranny, you will find many deals to choose from. Not only does GiftCardGranny show you their prices, but they also list the prices available from their competitors. They believe in full transparency and allowing the customer to make the choice.

Although other websites may offer a lower price, the “best deal” is subjective. Some consumers may be willing to take a risk with third-party (aka used) gift cards for a lower price. Others want the safety and security knowing that there’s a lifetime guarantee to the gift card that they purchased.

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With my recent move to Nashville, I purchased discounted gift cards online to save money on new furniture. As I searched for our retailer, I realized that the websites offering the lowest price often had a limited number of cards available and they were in odd amounts. This added to the complexity of making the purchase of our furniture. If I had purchased the discounted gift cards from GiftCardGranny, I could have had a one-stop experience that would have eliminated the frustration that I felt.

Save Money Automatically With Otto

When shopping this holiday season, be sure to add the GiftCardGranny Otto browser extension for Chrome. Whenever you shop online at a retailer that GiftCardGranny offers a discounted gift card, a pop-up will “otto-matically” fetch you the best discount gift card for your purchase. Once you make your purchase, simply copy and paste the gift card details to save!

The best part is that Otto does not interfere with discount codes, coupons, sales cashback programs, rebates, rewards and more that can you earn from other sites and browser extensions. I love that I can stack the rewards from my favorite cash back and travel credit cards with GiftCardGranny to maximize how much I earn!

For more information about GiftCardGranny and to see how much you can save on your next purchase, follow this link.

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