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GiftCards.com

GiftCards.com
Company typeSubsidiary
Founded1999
FounderJason Wolfe (CEO)
Headquarters,
U.S.
Area served
United States
ProductsGift cards
ParentBlackhawk Network Holdings
(2016–present)
WebsiteOfficial Website

GiftCards.com is an online gift-card retailer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1][2] The company sells gift cards for thousands of different large corporate retailers and small businesses[3] including Vanillagifts.com, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Sephora, Coach, Amazon.com, and others.[4][5][6] The company also offers prepaid Visa and MasterCard gift cards. GiftCards.com is considered the largest online gift card retailer[1][7][8] and has appeared on the Inc. 5000 list multiple times (most recently in 2015).[9][10] The company is currently owned by Blackhawk Network Holdings after its purchase of the retailer in 2016.[11]

  1. ^ a b Gittleson, Kim (23 July 2014). "GiftCards.com boss: From orphanage to entrepreneur". BBC. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  2. ^ Tascarella, Patty (10 February 2015). "GiftCards.com sells 6 millionth gift card". Pittsburgh Business Times. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  3. ^ Todd, Deborah M. (29 May 2014). "Green Tree tech firm planning campaign for gift cards". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  4. ^ Coyne, Justine (17 June 2015). "GiftCards.com adds Best Buy, Sephora, Yankee Candle to offerings". Pittsburgh Business Times. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  5. ^ Coyne, Justine (8 December 2014). "GiftCards.com to add more retailers through CashStar partnership". Pittsburgh Business Times. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  6. ^ Coyne, Justine (20 March 2015). "GiftCards.com adds Amazon to its offerings". Pittsburgh Business Times. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  7. ^ Fleisher, Chris (9 March 2015). "GiftCards.com of Green Tree carves out niche online". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  8. ^ Mika Brzezinski (host), Joe Scarborough (host), Thomas Roberts (host), Jason Wolfe (interviewee) (28 July 2014). Overcoming the Odds. Morning Joe. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Inc. 5000 2015: The Fastest-Growing Private U.S. Companies, At a Glance". www.Inc.com. Inc. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  10. ^ Firer, Oleg (24 August 2012). "Which Company Racked Up a Growth Rate of 23,646 Percent?". CNBC. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Blackhawk Network (HAWK) Announces Acquisition of GiftCards.com". Street Insider. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.