Thank you for being a member of Giftah during our first year of business! As we approach this year’s holidays, Giftah will soon be turning one year old. Many things have changed since we launched Giftah one year ago. We have listened closely to what you had to say during our first year of business and believe to have turned into a helpful and valued service.

Just a few weeks ago, we introduced the new “buy it now” feature. All cards marked as “buy it now” can be purchased instantly; so if you see a gift card you like, you no longer have to wait for an auction to end and hope to be the winning bidder, you can now purchase those cards instantly. These cards are sold directly by Giftah, so you can rest assured they hold the same level of safety and guarantee you have come to expect from Giftah’s escrow service.

We want to further take this opportunity to thank you for being a valued member of our growing gift card marketplace, and wish you and your family a happy and joyful holiday season!

To read the entire thing, head to the online version.

Click the play button above to check out the short interview with Giftah’s co-founder Rezart Bajraktari!

For a full list of all the press coverage for Giftah check out our press page

Looks like the person who designed Microsoft’s stage for E3 2009 took a little bit of inspiration from their friends at Giftah. We don’t mind, but in the future please include our name with the design : )

(photo credit: Gizmodo)

Photo by Chris Hughes

A segment featuring Giftah was recently shown on CTV News in Montreal. A lot has changed on the site since the video was recorded, but its nice that news about Giftah reaching so many people. If you like the video be sure to share it with your friends and give Giftah lots of stars on youtube.

To celebrate the unveiling of the many new features at Giftah we are giving away $100 to one lucky member to use on any gift card they wish that is listed for sale on Giftah.

All you have to do to take part in this giveaway is sign up on Giftah! Any person that signs up from March 1st 2009 to March 31st 2009 is eligible to win! One member that has signed up between those dates will be picked randomly and awarded the $100 credit. You are not required to purchase a card or sell a card. You may use the $100 on the Giftah website at anytime you wish, it does not expire nor are there any restrictions as to what card you may purchase. The $100 cannot be withdrawn and must be used to purchase a gift card listed on Giftah. The currency of the gift card will be given depending in whichever country the user is from (CAD or USD; the user must be a legal resident of that country and proof will be required).

In short the two rules are very simple:

1. Sign up for Giftah between March 1st and 31st 2009
2. Be a legal resident of Canada or U.S.A

The contest is over on Wednesday March 31st 11:59 PM Eastern Time. The winner’s username will be announced on the blog and they shall also be contacted via e-mail.

So what are you waiting for!? Sign up for Giftah today.
Update: The winner of our first giveaway is missy.e from Toronto. Congratulation missy.e!

• All gift card transactions are now handled by Giftah, the winning bidder is able to pay the seller of the gift card and the seller then withdraws the winning amount.
• Gift cards on the site are now verified by Giftah and the amounts the seller states are then guaranteed to be correct. Look for the “Verified by Giftah” signature for cards that are guaranteed by Giftah!
• We have changed the way you look for cards! All gift cards are organized into categories.  No longer will you have to wonder where the card to your favorite store is located.
• We gave the homepage a brand new look! You are now able to see at a glance the gift cards you save the most money on, auctions that are just ending and auctions that have just begun.

We are very excited about these new changes and we hope they will change the way you use Giftah! We would like to also remind you that we have made a few changes to our Terms & Agreement, Policies and FAQ .

If you have any questions or would like to know more about these changes feel free to drop us a line by simply replying to this blog post or email us at info@giftah.com. We also love to hear about other ideas you may have to better enhance the site. Feel free to let us know by visiting our feedback center .

Add a new Store

Its impossible for us to find and add every single store to our site, that’s why we have now made it possible for users to add stores. If you can not find the store your gift card came from on our drop down list, just click the link next to it to add a store. Once you have filled out the brief form the store should be added to the list in no time.

View by country

The currency a gift card is sold in also designates which country it can be used in, to make it easier to find gift cards for sale in your country we added the ‘view by country’ drop down menu. To use this function just click on the buy button to view a list of all cards currently available and select you country from the drop down menu in the upper left hand corner of the page. Currently Giftah supports buying and selling gift cards in the United States and Canada.

More new features are on the way

We are always improving Giftah, whether its adding additional functions or making it easier to use. If you have an idea you would like to see implemented or have any problems please visit our feedback page and let us know what you would like to see on Giftah.