Gift Card Donation

[JohnnyP]

Every now & then we donate gift cards to different community events. How do I activate a gift card for say $50 if I'm not collecting the $50 because its a donation. Is there a donation button anywhere so we can keep track of how many donations we are giving away each year? 

[nbunda]

You have two options depending on how you’d like them reported:

• You can make gift cards discountable and then set up a 100% discount for them (Discount Gift Card Purchases In-Store )
• You can set up an alternate Payment Method for comped Gift Cards (How can I add money to a gift card for a giveaway? )
  
  

[Kirsten_H]

We use house accounts to close and track donations and business promotion type transactions.  I expense them monthly in our accounting software.  It works well for us.