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Gift Cards

Gift cards that work everywhere your guests are — physical at the host stand, digital by email, and bulk corporate programs all managed from one system.

Letterpressed gift card on a candlelit dining table at the end of service
LIABILITY VISIBILITY
live
always reconciled
CHANNELS
4
POS · online · catering · corporate
BREAKAGE TRACKING
automatic
GAAP-compliant
Open host-stand drawer of mismatched plastic gift cards and a third-party vendor printout
The problem

Gift card programs live in a separate vendor and never balance against the books.

Most restaurants run gift cards through a third party that doesn't talk to the POS or the ledger. Liability is opaque. Redemptions don't always match issuance.

The Mise way

One ledger. One liability number. Always reconciled.

Mise issues, redeems, and tracks gift cards in the same system that runs your sales and your books. Outstanding liability is on the balance sheet at all times.

Host gracefully presenting a gift card envelope at the host stand at the start of service
The product

What your team actually uses.

Gift card
$250.00
**** **** **** 4827
Redeemable at table, online, or for catering
OUTSTANDING
$48,240
ACTIVE
247
REDEMPTION RATE
74%
Capabilities

Everything inside.

01
Digital and physical
Sell digital gift cards online and physical cards in-house. Both managed in one balance system.
02
Corporate bulk programs
Issue corporate gift card batches with custom denominations. Invoiced and tracked automatically.
03
Redemption anywhere
Cards redeem at the POS, at online checkout, or at catering events. Balance syncs in real-time.
04
Liability reporting
Outstanding gift card liability reported automatically — critical for accurate accounting.
05
Multi-account payouts
Route revenue to multiple bank accounts at deposit — taxes, payroll, a remodel fund, the wine reserve. Set the splits once in Mise Books; every payout routes automatically.
Pricing

Membership plus usage. Honest math.

A flat monthly subscription, plus low usage rates measured by the minute your staff actually spend in the app.

Membership
$49 / month · per location
or $499 / year save $89
One flat fee per restaurant — full access to every Mise product. Multi-location groups pay per location, billed together.
Usage · Gift Cards
$0.12 / active device-hour
per tablet, screen, or workstation · tracked to the second
Each tablet, kitchen screen, or workstation runs its own meter. Two staff sharing one device counts as one — five tablets running simultaneously counts as five.
See all module rates
Card processing

Gift Cards processes transactions. We pass Stripe's rates straight through — no markup, no hidden fees.

In-person
2.7% + $0.05
per transaction
Online
2.9% + $0.30
per transaction
Foreign cards
+1.5%
on top of base rate
pass-through stripe pricing · no markup
Card production

Digital cards have no production cost. Physical cards are produced and shipped by a vendor partner — we pass the cost straight through, no markup.

Digital cards
$0.00
per card issued
no production · delivered by email or SMS
Physical cards
$1.25
per card · printed & shipped
standard stock with your design
Premium finish
+$0.75
per card
foil, embossing, or matte laminate
volume discounts apply on bulk orders of 500+ · all production costs billed at cost
All major cards & mobile wallets
Mastercard
American Express
Discover
Apple Pay
Google Pay

The first conversation is with the team, not a sales rep. Tell us your operation and we'll come back with a real number — usually within a day.

bill monthly, or prepay & draw down — your call

FAQ

Common questions.

Existing gift card balances? +
We import them during onboarding. No customer disruption.
White-label storefront? +
Yes — branded purchase page on your domain.
Physical card production? +
We partner with a card-production vendor. You upload your design (or use one of our templates), we print and ship to your restaurant. Production cost is passed through at $1.25 per standard card, with optional premium finishes — no markup.
make it yours

Want to tweak Gift Cards to be perfect?

What we built here is the base platform — but we can customize it for you with Mise Agency. Bespoke features, custom integrations, anything it doesn't do out of the box. Tell us what it needs to do to work perfectly for you, and we'll extend those features, just for you.