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 : )

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There are a number of fly by night operations who will offer to take your gift cards of your hands for a ridiculously high price, others sites will gladly sell your card for you and charge you a sky high commission. There is also a large number of sites that will simply take your gift card and never pay you a single penny. While the used gift card marketplace is still cluttered there is one solid reliable option available for selling gift cards online.

Giftah the online marketplace for gift cards allows registered users to sell their gift cards. Although Giftah charges a 5% commission for every successful sale it is much lower then other gift card websites that charge commissions ranging from 10% – 60%. Selling your gift card on Giftah also provides many benefits that will increase the amount of money you receive for your gift card. Giftah has thousands of users dedicated to one thing, buying gift cards. The sites user base will bid up the value of your card so you will receive the highest market value for your card. It also provides a verification service for the cards and offers a 100% money back guarantee to anyone bidding on the cards. This means user bidding on your gift card don’t have to worry about the card being fraudulent, there bids are higher since they know the gift card they are bidding on will arrive with the balance intact.

Don’t be taken advantage of by imitation sites. When you are looking for a place to sell your gift cards online make sure the site has a dedicated user base, verifies the cards, and does not charge unfair commissions. Get the most money for your gift card, sell your gift cards to Giftah.

Giftah is an online gift card marketplace where buyers and sellers of gift cards connect. The site has hundreds of gift cards from major retailers available at massive discounts (in some cases up to 60% off!). Every card listed on the site is protected by Giftah’s gurantee service, this means all gift cards are 100% guranteed to receive the right card with its balance intact so you can bid on gift cards with confidence.

The discounts on gift cards are incredible there are literally thousands of dollars in savingns available on the site. If you know you are going to be shopping a lot in a specific store you can use the site to stock up on discounted gift cards before your shopping spree. People who do not want to shop at the store they have a gift card for will sell their gift card at a discount on Giftah. All the seller wants is a bit of cash for their gift card. Since sellers often have no use for the gift cards they own the gift cards will be sold at steep discounts. The gift card sellers are happy to receive any amount of money, while the buyers can end up receiving a huge discounted gift card. Its an excellent system that is win-win for all the parties. If you have tried purchasing discounted gift cards on Giftah you are missing out on massive savings.

Have you ever gotten a gift card for a store you never shop at? It happens all the time, whether a distant aunt buys a gift card for your birthday to that store you hate, you just can’t think of anything to get with the card, or you won the card in a contest there are thousands of people out there who have cards they do not want. Until recently you have no choice, you could either just spend the card on something you did not want, wait for it to expire or give it away to a friend. Luckily there is now a better option for unwanted gift cards.

Sites like Giftah offer consumers a chance to get cash for unwanted gift cards. Just list your gift card on the site and you will instantly have thousands of users bidding up the price they will pay for your gift card. It’s an excellent way to squeeze some extra money out of otherwise useless gift cards. Giftah is hands down the best site for unloading your card. Its dedicated user base will bid up the value of your gift card so you end up with the most cash for your gift card. Also Giftah guarantees the value of every gift card for sale on the site, so users can bid on your card confident the balance will be correct when they receive it.

A higher bid on your gift card means you get more money! Giftah’s gift card exchange is easy to use and it takes less then two minutes to list your gift cards for sale on the site. If you have not yet converted your useless gift cards to cash get on the site and sell your gift cards today.

Giftah, the gift card marketplace, was the winner of two out of three prizes at the March 2009 Velocity Symposium. The first prize was $2000 from the Ontario Centres of Excellence and the second prize was a half day consultation with Basecamp partners.

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.

Often when people have no idea what present to buy they end up getting a gift card. Most of the time the recipient can find a use for it, but what happens when you receive a gift card you know you will never use?

Many electronic, entertainment, sporting, jewelry and clothing retail stores will not offer you any money for their own gift card, but there is a way you can convert unwanted gift cards into cash.

Giftah offers an online marketplace for buying and selling gift cards. All you need to do to sell your gift card is sign up for an account with Giftah and list your card on the site. Once your card has been posted on Giftah it will be viewed by hundreds of visitors who are looking to buy gift cards. Giftah users will place bids on your card until the auction is finished. After that all you need to do is follow Giftah‘s instructions, mail the card to the successful buyer and wait for your money to arrive. It is an easy and fun way to sell your gift cards online.

You read it correctly!

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!