United States Digital Gift Cards Market Study, 2018-2019 & 2022 - Market Size, Growth Forecast, Fraud, Breakage, Best Practices, Federal & State Regulatory Environment, Program Revenue Risks

DUBLIN, Jan. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Digital Gift Cards: U.S. Market, 2019" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

New research sizes the U.S. digital gift card space and forecasts its growth through 2022.

Gift cards are a big business, exceeding $95 billion in loads in the United States, with solid expectations for continued growth well into the future. Whether the gift card business will survive isn't really a question; the question seems to be what form factor will prevail. Will it be a physical plastic card, a contactless physical plastic card, digital cards, or those used via a mobile device or form factor? The reality will likely end up being a combination of all the above, at least for the foreseeable future.

Digital Gift Cards: U.S. Market, 2019

provides a look into the U.S. digital gift card market including market size, growth forecast, fraud, breakage, and best practices. Additionally, the report looks at the federal and state regulatory environment for prepaid gift cards and identifies risks that can affect program revenue.

Digital gift cards will continue to grow and eventually surpass physical gift cards. However, in the meantime, retailers should be using an omnichannel approach to grow their gift card programs. That means offering gift cards through store locations, offering online ordering with physical card delivery, online/app/mobile app ordering with a digital delivery. Consider offering or adding a loyalty program to your gift card program to encourage repeat purchases, stated the author of the report.

Highlights of the report include:

• Digital gift cards are purchased most frequently by consumers with an annual income of $75,000 or more.
• Microgift cards are gift cards provided digitally via a token for small amounts usually under $20, with $5-10 being the most common amount.
• Gift card fraud is between 1% and 4% of revenue. Fraud is prevalent for both physical and digital gift cards but is higher for digital gift cards.
• Digital gift card fraud is a $950 million annual loss to the industry annually.

Key Topics Covered

Executive Summary

Introduction

Sizing the Gift Card Market

• Measuring the Market

Innovations in Digital Platform Capabilities

• Areas of Exposure
• US Regulatory Compliance
• State Statutes
• Fraud
• Breakage

Best Practice Tips for Successful Digital Gift Card Programs

• Promotion

Conclusions

References

Companies Mentioned

• Audit Analytics
• CGI Research
• Chargeback.com
• Giftcards.com
• Kount
• Riskified

Figures & Tables
Figure 1: Measurement of load value on prepaid cards produces the best estimate of total market size
Figure 2: Market size: total closed loop cards versus closed loop gift cards and closed loop digital gift cards, 2018
Figure 3: US closed loop digital gift card market size and forecast, 2018-2022
Table 1: Gift card platform features, with percentage of cards that offer each feature or method
Figure 4: Digital animated gift cards, typically under $20
Figure 5: Virtual card buyers skew younger and ethnically diverse
Figure 6: Mobile redemption of gift cards is relatively low across all consumer age segments in the US
Figure 7: Almost half as many US consumers purchase digital retail gift cards as purchase physical prepaid cards
Figure 8: Digital gift cards are most frequently delivered by email
Table 1: Gift card platform features, with percentage of cards that offer each feature or method

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