eGifter, and what a rewards point is a reward for

Updated September 1, 2026 · Reviewed by Kirill Novikov, FlipGift founder

Diagram of a FlipGift escrow deal: buyer pays into escrow, seller orders with their gift card, the item ships with proof, then the money is released

eGifter has been selling gift cards since 2012 and taking crypto for them since the earliest days of the practice — CoinDesk covered its 3% rewards offer for bitcoin, litecoin and dogecoin buyers in April 2014. Two questions bring people here: whether it is safe, and whether the rewards make it cheap. The first is easy.

What it is

A US gift card retailer with an unusually wide coin list — bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ethereum, litecoin, dogecoin and others — where the card is delivered by email or in the app as soon as payment settles. There is an eGifter Choice Card for people who want to decide the brand later, and a points programme that credits a percentage of each purchase back as eGifter Points, redeemable against future purchases on the same site.

Is eGifter legit? Yes. It is a long-established retailer, its brand catalogue is licensed, and the codes arrive. The risks worth knowing are the ordinary gift-card ones: a code, once issued, is yours to protect, non-refundable, and useless outside its brand.

What the points are, precisely

They are a rebate, denominated in store credit for eGifter itself, on a purchase made at face value. That is worth something — but notice what it is not. Your $100 card still costs $100 of crypto today. The reward arrives as a balance you can only spend by buying another card from the same shop, which means the saving is real only if you keep shopping there.

This is the shape of every rewards programme in the crypto-spending category, and it is worth naming plainly: a rebate is a discount on your next purchase, not on this one.

The other kind of saving

A discount on the goods themselves has to come from someone who values the store credit less than you do. That person exists in large numbers — people are given cards for stores they do not use — and the only thing standing between them and a buyer is trust.

Escrow removes that problem, and it is the whole of what FlipGift is. You post a link to what you want from a US store. Someone holding balance there buys it and ships it to you. You pay 8–40% under the store's own price, in USDT, USDC, DAI or PYUSD, and the money is held until you confirm the parcel arrived. The saving lands on this purchase, in the price you actually pay, not on a future one.

	eGifter	FlipGift
What you get	A gift card code, by email or app	The item itself, shipped, with tracking
Price today	Face value	8–40% below the store's price
Reward	Points, spendable only at eGifter	None — the saving is in the price
Coins	BTC, BCH, ETH, LTC, DOGE and more	USDT, USDC, DAI, PYUSD
Recourse	The code, once issued, is final	Escrow, evidence, and a refund path

If you need digital credit now, or a brand we do not carry, eGifter is a good tool and the points are a genuine extra. If you want a physical thing from a US store for less than it costs, that is a different mechanism entirely. How the escrowed version works →

Facts about eGifter above were checked on 1 September 2026; the 3% crypto rewards figure is from CoinDesk's report of 23 April 2014.

Other routes, compared the same way

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One page per service, each saying where that service is the better tool than an escrowed order. How ours works →

Frequently asked questions

Is eGifter safe and legit?

Yes — it has traded since 2012, its brand catalogue is licensed and codes are delivered on payment. The risks are the ones that come with codes generally: no refunds, brand lock, and a balance you are responsible for once it exists.

Are eGifter cards cheaper if you pay in crypto?

No. Cards sell at face value regardless of how you pay. The crypto benefit is the points programme, which credits a percentage back as eGifter store credit for future purchases.

Are eGifter Points the same as a discount?

Not on the purchase you are making. Points are a rebate you can only spend by buying again from eGifter, so the value depends on your continuing to shop there.

What gets the price of the goods down instead?

Buying through someone who already holds balance at that store. They place the order, you pay them below the store price, and escrow holds the money until delivery is confirmed. In the US, on physical goods, that runs 8–40% off.