Alongside your Booksellers tokens, Booksellers members are able to sell and redeem the Booksellers Gift Card. This is sold and redeemed in member bookstores nationwide, including most independent bookshops and all Paper Plus stores.
The Booksellers Gift Card can also be purchased through a range of third-party retailers including New World, Pak N Save, Countdown, The Warehouse and Warehouse Stationery, BP Service Stations and Z Service Stations. You can also purchase the gift card online through Gift Station. They can only be redeemed at member bookstores.
The Booksellers Gift Cards can be loaded with any amount from $20 to $1000. Each gift card is valid for one year from the date of issue (plus a 3-month grace period). They are financially secured by Booksellers Aotearoa, and administered by Epay on Booksellers NZ’s behalf.
For each gift card sold in store the bookstore will receive 5% of the value. E.g. A customer purchases a gift card to the value of $100. The bookstore that sells the gift card earns $5 from the transaction. (Epay will invoice and debit the store for $95.)
For each gift card redeemed in store, the bookstore will receive 90% of the value. E.g. A customer redeems a gift card to the value of $100. The bookstore that redeems this gift card takes $90 from the transaction. (Epay will pay the $90 on the 14th or 28th of each month.)
Epay Gift Cards: Best practice and getting ready for the busy season
The last thing you need when you have a line of customers buying books is for there to be an issue accepting a gift card.
We’ve created a handy flow chart to help you troubleshoot.
Recently upgraded or changed your POS terminal? Please test it to make sure you can redeem Epay cards. If you can’t, please send us your Epay account number, merchant number, merchant services provider and terminal type.
Looking to change or upgrade your POS terminal? To ensure business continuity with Epay, please contact Epay to advise them that you’re looking to change. They’ll be able to advise which terminals to avoid and help transition your Epay account to your new terminal.
Looking to sign up to be able to accept Epay gift cards? Fill in this form and send it back to Epay.
Digital Epay Gift Cards
In 2022 Epay began working with Centrapay to issue digital gift cards. This meant that Booksellers gift cards could be presented at stores via a customer’s mobile phone app.
This arrangement has ceased and Epay are working on a solution with existing native wallets. We’ll keep you updated with developments.
If customers present with a digital voucher, please get in touch as we’ll replace the digital vouchers with Book Tokens.
Contact Renee@booksellers.co.nz to set up your epay account today.