Did You Know? 77% of holiday shoppers in 2010 purchased at least one gift card to give as a present – National Retail Federation In 2010, gift cards remained the most requested holiday gift, marking the fourth year in a row gift cards have topped consumers’ wish lists. – National Retail Federation  Americans spent an average of $145 on gift cards during the holiday season – Bigresearch® consumer research  40% of gift card recipients don’t use the full amount on their card. The total volume of gift card purchases in the U.S. has surpassed $100 billion dollars per year. Nearly 10% of gift cards given as gift to someone, end up unused and this is growing every year.

Gift Card Monkey is the world’s first gift card trading franchise.  Gift Card Monkey provides an opportunity for people of all ages who have gift cards they don’t need, or have gift cards with partially used balances to exchange their gift cards for cash or other gift cards of their choice.  As a franchisee, you can select to have your own store or run this business from home and setup Gift Card Monkey’s proprietary gift card buying, selling and trading program in local businesses in your protected territory.  Also as a home-based operation you can offer small businesses in your protected territory the opportunity to offer their customers their own customized gift cards. You make a residual income for every gift card issued through these businesses. Gift Card Monkey provides you with a large inventory of discounted gift cards for major retailers as soon as you start your business.  You pay for these gift cards only after you sell them.

If you're ready to become your own boss at a very low start-up cost and run your own business in one of the most unique, exciting and fastest growing fields in the industry, then gift card monkey is the answer for you. For just a small investment, you can become a part of an extremely unique franchise program that offers you the guidance, training, marketing, brand and technology you need to achieve and surpass your business and personal goals.

Why a Gift Card Trading Franchise?

• Gift Card trading business is a very unique and exciting business in a very rapidly growing market. 
• Gift Card business has quickly become a $100 Billion industry in the U.S. alone and is growing extremely fast.
• It does not target a particular demographic; it targets everyone at any age. 
• Gift cards are the most popular form of gift giving today. 
• NO OVERHEAD, NO INVENTORY and NO ROYALTY with great profits. 
• You can select to run this business from home with NO RENT OR REAL ESTATE FEES.
• Sign up a local retailer and share the monthly profits from that retailer for as long as you own this franchise.
• No competition!  Gift Card Monkey is the world’s first gift card trading franchise.  Our patent pending gift card trading system is unique and has absolutely no competition in the retail world.  Our strong intellectual property and patent will keep us unique and the front runner in this business. 
• Best in class initial and on-going training and support system. 
• No prior experience required.

Training and Support

As a result of one of the most comprehensive training programs in the franchising industry, you will become an expert in the gift card trading business. We also provide free ongoing training and consulting that is typically implemented via webinar and telephone.

Our monthly CEO conference call allows all franchisees to discuss various programs and marketing/sales techniques among each other and with the CEO. 

Once you become a part of our franchise family, we become committed to you.  Our job doesn’t end when you buy your franchise.  In fact our job has just begun.  We support you from the moment you show interest in this program, continue with your territory selection and up to the day you start your business and every day after that to make sure you remain profitable and successful in your business. 

Join our Gift Card Monkey family and experience the satisfaction of being your own boss and controlling your own destiny, while enjoying the benefits that come from being a part of a unique franchise with people you know and trust.