Cards and card stock
We recommend that you have the actual cards preprinted and pre-encoded. That way, you don’t need to print every card with a card printer at the point-of-sale.
If you choose to have cards pre-printed, Siriusware can print the art on the card however you like and also encodes the cards with the appropriate numbers.
If you choose to purchase blank card stock and print and encode at your site, the cards have to be PVC cards with high-coercivity magnetic stripes, 30 mm; CR80.
Considerations:
Consider the logistics of issuing cards at your site:
1. Blank cards printed on-site
• Blank cards cannot be sold everywhere due to needing a mag-encoding card printer setup.
• Blank cards must be batch printed at the printer location and distribute them to salespoints.
• Give a guest a receipt and send them to a IHC pass printer enabled salespoint
• Will cards be used to issue refunds to guests at every salespoint?
2. Pre-encoding cards
• The BIN number/account number (that you get from Siriusware) has to be encoded on the card. This requires a printer.
• If you are printing cards as you sell them, you print the artwork on the card, possibly some guest information and the printer encodes a BIN number on the mag stripe.
3. Redeeming or using cards:
• You require an In-House Cards license at any salespoint that accepts In-House Cards as a form of payment.
4. Pre-printed, Pre-encoded cards:
• Design the art for your gift card and order cards from Siriusware
• Siriusware provides BIN numbers for purchase
• Choose the quantity you think you might need a 6-12 month supply
• Siriusware issues the numbers to you and encodes them on your cards.
• If you have pre-encoded cards ready to sell, your operator simply makes the sale and swipes the new card to read the number onto the card record.