Gift cards and affiliates together
Gift cards and affiliate offers solve different problems, and many programmes want both.
Gift cards | Affiliate offers | |
Best for | Instant savings and controlled fulfilment | Broad online brand coverage |
Brand coverage | More than 150 brands | More than 4,000 brands |
Where the customer pays | On a Spendstream hosted page, or from your prepaid balance | Directly with the retailer |
Result confirmed | When the card is issued | When the network approves the sale |
Main catalogue endpoint |
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Together, they give your users more ways to earn or save.
Current configuration
A publisher account is configured as either Gift Card or Affiliate. A hybrid configuration that serves both from one account is on the roadmap and is not available today. If you need both products now, speak to Spendstream about how to set up your accounts.
What is shared
Both products use the same building blocks.
- Authentication with
getToken. - Users created with
addNewUser. - Brands, categories and transactions.
- The
TRANSACTION_UPDATEDwebhook.
The response shape of some shared endpoints depends on your configuration, so always test against the account you will use in production.
Related pages
- Gift cards
- Affiliate offers and cashback
- Transactions resource guide
On this page
- Gift cards and affiliates together