Giftify, Inc. - GIFT STOCK NEWS

Giftify (NASDAQ: GIFT), owner of CardCash.com and Restaurant.com, has announced strategic growth initiatives for CardCash, its secondary gift card exchange platform, for 2025. The company aims to accelerate growth through multiple strategies including: platform synergies between CardCash and Restaurant.com, expanding retail partnerships, cross-selling with consumer platforms, and launching new features.

Key initiatives include implementing a refer-a-friend program, enabling gift card sales through the mobile app, enhancing social media presence, and utilizing AI for personalized recommendations. The company will also focus on scaling transaction volumes and increasing average user spend through premium offerings. CardCash's proprietary fraud prevention tool, FraudFix, which uses over 165 parameters and responds in under one second, will continue to play a important role in transaction security.

Giftify (NASDAQ: GIFT), owner of CardCash.com and Restaurant.com digital platforms, has announced pricing for its 'best efforts' public offering of 600,000 shares of common stock at $1.00 per share, with no warrants. The offering, expected to close on January 16, 2025, aims to raise approximately $600,000 in gross proceeds before deducting placement agent fees and expenses.

Craft Capital Management serves as the sole placement agent. The company plans to utilize the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, capital expenditures, working capital, and general and administrative expenses. The offering is conducted under a previously filed and effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3.

Giftify (NASDAQ: GIFT) announces the continuation of its white label partnership with CVS, powering the CVS Gift Card Exchange platform for a second year. Through the platform at cvs.cardcash.com, customers can exchange unwanted gift cards for CVS store e-credit.

The partnership leverages Giftify's expertise as the owner and operator of CardCash.com and Restaurant.com, platforms focused on retail, dining, and entertainment incentives and rewards. CEO Ketan Thakker emphasizes that this service provides a solution for consumers holding unwanted gift cards, creating a beneficial scenario for all parties involved.

Giftify (NASDAQ: GIFT) has exceeded its previously forecasted revenue of $85 million for 2024, driven by exceptional performance during the holiday shopping season. The company, which owns and operates CardCash.com and Restaurant.com, reported approximately 57% sales growth during the Black Friday through Cyber Monday period, followed by strong year-end holiday sales.

The company's recent rebranding to Giftify reflects its evolution and ambition to lead the incentives-based market. Additionally, corporate insiders demonstrated confidence in the company by purchasing over 70,000 shares in October 2024 at an average price of $1.66 per share.

Giftify (NASDAQ: GIFT) reported strong performance for its CardCash platform during Black Friday through Cyber Monday, achieving a 57% year-over-year growth in gift card sales. The company recorded $3.1 million in face value of gift cards sold across 8,825 orders, with an average order size of $347.

CardCash has sold over 1 million gift cards year-to-date, totaling nearly $125 million in face value. Mobile activity represented 62% of all gift card transactions. The top-selling brands were Home Depot, Walmart, Kohl's, and Best Buy. The company aims to accelerate growth in 2025 through increasing retailers, registered users, active users, and platform transactions.

Giftify (NASDAQ: GIFT) announced on December 23, 2024, the cancellation of its previously announced registered direct offering with Craft Capital Management, The company, which owns and operates CardCash.com and Restaurant.com, digital platforms focused on incentives and rewards in retail, dining, and entertainment experiences, cited market conditions as the reason for cancelling the offering.

Giftify (NASDAQ: GIFT), owner of CardCash.com and Restaurant.com, announced plans for a registered direct offering of securities. The company, which focuses on incentives and rewards in retail, dining, and entertainment experiences, intends to use the net proceeds for working capital. Craft Capital Management is serving as the exclusive placement agent. The offering is being made through a previously filed and effective S-3 shelf registration statement. The final terms, size, and completion of the offering remain subject to market conditions.

Giftify (NASDAQ: GIFT), owner of CardCash.com and Restaurant.com, has announced a $5.0 million registered direct offering of common stock to individual investors. The offering is expected to close around December 26, 2024, with Craft Capital serving as the exclusive placement agent. The gross proceeds, estimated at $5.0 million before deducting placement agent fees and offering expenses, will be raised through a shelf registration statement previously declared effective by the SEC on October 15, 2024.

Giftify (NASDAQ: GIFT), owner of CardCash.com and Restaurant.com, announced that CardCash was featured on ABC's Good Morning America on December 19, 2024. The segment focused on holiday season gift card deals and scams. CEO Ketan Thakker highlighted the company's proprietary FraudFix technology, an AI-powered fraud prevention tool that analyzes over 165 parameters per transaction, achieving a 99.5% reliability rate in verifying gift card authenticity.