Press Releases
July 15, 2008 - Omni Prepaid Group, LLC Hires 4 New Team Members
Omni Prepaid Group adds 3 Account Executives and a new Vendor Relations Manager. With these new staff additions, our clients will get even more personal attention when it comes to their prepaid needs. read more
July 7, 2008 - 3 New Additions are Welcomed to Omni Prepaid Group, LLC
Omni Prepaid Group, LLC welcomes the 3 newest additions to the team. Learn more about our new Merchant Relations Manager, Marketing Manager, and Director of Fulfillment Operations. read more
June 4, 2008 - Omni Prepaid Group, LLC Expands Staff with Four New Hires
With the completion of their new state-of-the-art, Visa secure fulfillment center just months away, Omni Prepaid Group has hired four new staff members as they continue with their aggressive growth plans. The addition of these key members brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this rapidly expanding company and emphasizes the commitment of Omni Prepaid Group to provide the best in prepaid solutions to companies of any size. read more
May 7, 2008 - Save $25 at GiftCards.com
GiftCards.com is currently running a promotion that enables shoppers to save $25 when they purchase Visa gift cards. Consumers purchasing gift cards totaling $100 or more are eligible to receive a $25 rebate courtesy of eBillme. Customers must be first-time eBillme users to receive the rebate. read more
April 22, 2008 - GiftCards.com Partners with the Arbor Day Foundation™
GiftCards.com is pleased to announce a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation. This year during Earth Week, April 22nd through April 25th, GiftCards.com will be donating one dollar to the Arbor Day Foundation for every consumer Visa gift card sold. "We are thrilled to help such a wonderful organization like the Arbor Day Foundation and look forward to sending them a large donation at the end of Earth Week. We have also asked our customers to think about making an additional donation to this great organization," commented president of GiftCards.com, Jeff Lininger. read more
March 18, 2008 - Put Your Tax Refund to Good Use at GiftCards.com
March Madness starts this week and it really is a good description of how busy this time of year can get. Before sitting down to watch Duke, Memphis, or Pitt battle for the NCAA Basketball Championship, keep in mind that tax day is right around the corner. With April 15th looming, GiftCards.com wants to offer an idea for putting tax refunds to good use. read more
February 19, 2008 - GiftCards.com Officially Opens New Headquarters
GiftCards.com, LLC has officially moved into its new headquarters in Green Tree, PA. Previously residing in an office building in Foster Plaza, also in Green Tree, GiftCards.com has moved into its new 20,000 square foot home very close to its former location. However, moving to the new building opens the doors for business expansion that CEO Jason Wolfe has been working on since day one. Wolfe remarked, "We are excited to be all together in our new facility. Now, we are working with the Green Tree Borough to get the necessary zoning approvals to operate as a Visa secured facility. We think this will happen in the coming weeks. Thereafter we will be building out the fulfillment center and the customer service center within the facility. These are the next steps our company's evolution." read more
December 4, 2007 - MyCoupons.com® and GiftCards.com Partner to Help You Shop and Save Money this Holiday Season!
GiftCards.com, LLC has joined forces with MyCoupons, LLC to share with customers the convenience of shopping online with coupon codes along with great ways to stretch those gift giving dollars when giving or spending a prepaid Visa gift card. With the continually growing popularity of Internet shopping, especially during the holidays, both MyCoupons.com and GiftCards.com are reaching out to more customers to enlighten them on the benefits of their products and services and how to become the ultimate online shopper. read more
November 26, 2007 - GiftCards.com, LLC Kicks Off Cyber Monday with a $25 Rebate Offer
GiftCards.com is the place to shop this holiday season. Millions of people began their shopping on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. The malls were swamped, traffic was a mess, and quantities were surprisingly limited for the official beginning of the holiday shopping season. If you were not one of the many who braved the crowds this year Black Friday, you can still get a jump start on your holiday shopping with the help of GiftCards.com. read more
November 20, 2007 - GiftCards.com, LLC Offers New Easy Payment Method and a $25 Rebate!
GiftCards.com, LLC has partnered with MODASolutions and will begin to offer eBillme as a payment option in their checkout process. "GiftCards.com has always geared our site to be as user friendly as possible and feels that adding eBillme as a payment method will not only improve our customers' experience when checking out, but will also provide a completely different way of buying gift cards" commented GiftCards.com Executive Vice President, Mark Romanelli. read more
November 6, 2007 - GiftCards.com, LLC Announces New President
GiftCards.com, LLC, an industry leader in corporate and consumer Visa gift card distribution, announced today that Jeff Lininger has been named President. With the recent announcement that GiftCards.com will be moving to a new building, strong growth continues to be apparent from GiftCards.com, LLC. read more
October 23, 2007 - GiftCards.com, LLC Introduces CardTrack™
GiftCards.com, LLC announces today the release of its new proprietary corporate ordering system, CardTrack. CardTrack was established with the goal of providing even stronger service to its corporate clients. GiftCards.com currently services thousands of corporations including 25% of the Fortune 1000 companies for their gift card needs. read more
October 23, 2007 - GiftCards.com, LLC New Building with Big Plans in Mind
Sterling Investments, LLC, owned in part by GiftCards.com, LLC founder, purchases the Carpenters Union building located at 495 Mansfield Rd, Pittsburgh PA. This building will be the new home for GiftCards.com's corporate and fulfillment center offices after build out is completed in early 2008. read more
October 16, 2007 - GiftCards.com, LLC Partners with the Vessel Hope Foundation
GiftCards.com, LLC announces today their partnership with the Vessel Hope Foundation, a division of Vessel World Media Inc. The Vessel Hope Foundation will utilize GiftCards.com to power their charitable gift giving program at VesselHope.com. GiftCards.com is a leading prepaid Visa gift card provider for both consumers and corporations. read more
September 5, 2007 - GiftCards.com, LLC Strengthens Their Team with the Addition of Two Key Members
GiftCards.com, LLC an industry leader in corporate and consumer gift card distribution, announced that Mark Romanelli has been named Executive Vice President of GiftCards.com, LLC. Also, Tim Ludwig will join GiftCards.com as Business Logistics Director and Board member of GiftCards.com, LLC. read more
January 1, 2007 - GiftCards.com, LLC Formed as Operating Company
GiftCards.com, LLC has been formed as its own operating company today. They were formerly an operating division of Direct Response Technologies, Inc. until January 2006 when Direct Response Technologies, Inc. was sold. DirectSites, Inc. purchased GiftCards.com's operating division at that time and moved to a new building in Foster Plaza, Pittsburgh. read more
December 27, 2006 - GiftCards.com Sales Double from Previous Year
GiftCards.com announced today that sales for the holiday season beginning on Cyber Monday until Christmas Day doubled that of 2005. Steady growth has continued for GiftCards.com, an operating unit of Direct Sites, Inc. since introducing a Visa brand gift card. read more
November 1, 2006 - GiftCards.com Launches First Virtual Gift Program
GiftCards.com has announced the launch of the world's first virtual gift card program. A division of Direct Sites, Inc., GiftCards.com has been selling gift certificates since 1999 and offering prepaid Visa gift cards since September 2004. From the beginning Jason Wolfe, President and CEO of Direct Sites, Inc. has envisioned expanding this program and being able to supply consumers with an almost instant virtual gift card. read more
April 1, 2006 - GiftCards.com Moves into New Office Space, Expands Staff
GiftCards.com, an operating unit of Direct Sites, Inc. announced today that it has officially moved into 681 Andersen Drive, Foster Plaza Building 6, Pittsburgh, PA 15220. With the expansion they have also increased their staff. read more
January 26, 2006 - Digital River Buys Pittsburgh Company
Digital River Inc. has acquired Direct Response Technologies Inc. for approximately $15 million in cash. read more
October 21, 2005 - GiftCards.com Launches Reloadable/ATM Access Debit Visa Gift Card and an "All in One" Gift Card With Greeting Card
GiftCards.com, a division of Direct Response Technologies, Inc., is pleased to announce the launch of two brand new products. GiftCards.com will now offer a Reloadable and ATM access Gift Card that allows the customer the ability to withdrawal cash as well as reload funds onto an existing gift card, resulting in extending the life of your typical pre-paid gift card. In addition, GiftCards.com launched 5 new specialty plastics that have a custom greeting card to match. read more
December 7, 2004 - Direct Response Technologies offers Visa® Gift Card through GiftCards.com
Experts agree: the most popular and fastest-growing gift this holiday season is the gift card. And a Pittsburgh company is one of the main beneficiaries of this exploding trend.
Direct Response Technologies, Inc., a Green Tree pioneer in electronic commerce, is riding the hottest trend in 2004 holiday shopping with the VISA Gift Card sold through the company's GiftCards.com web site. read more
September 1, 2004 - GiftCards.com Begins Selling Visa Gift Cards Exclusively
GiftCards.com announces today the launch of their Visa Gift Card Program. A division of Direct Response Technologies, GiftCards.com will begin to sell Visa gift cards exclusively on their new site. GiftCards.com, formerly DirectCertificates.com was a gift certificate and gift card reseller, purchasing gift cards and certificates in bulk from various merchants at a discount and reselling them at face value. read more
July 26, 2004 - GiftCards.com Selects First Gulf N.A. as Bank for Future Visa Gift Card Program
GiftCards.com, a division of Direct Response Technologies, Inc. finalized a deal today with National Bank of Commerce (First Gulf N.A.) to solidify their banking partner for a future Visa gift card program. After a long selection process GiftCards.com chose First Gulf N.A. out of Birmingham, AL and will now focus on launching GiftCards.com as a premier gift card supplier on the Internet. read more
March 1, 2004 - GiftCards.com Selects Visa to Partner in Gift Card Program
GiftCards.com, a division of Direct Response Technologies, Inc. announced today the selection of Visa as their partner. GiftCards.com, formerly DirectCertificates.com, currently provides merchants with gift certificates; however since the purchase of its new domain name in April 2003 has taken significant steps in moving forward with developing a gift card based site. read more
December 31, 2003 - GiftCards.com Signs Deal with Metropolitan Solutions
GiftCards.com announced today the selection of Metropolitan Card Solutions for their fulfillment center. Metropolitan Card Solutions is located in Atlanta, Georgia and will become the sole plastics and fulfillment partner for GiftCards.com as they continue to move forward with providing Visa brand gift cards. GiftCards.com is a division of Direct Response Technologies, Inc. read more
August 23, 2003 - GiftCards.com Pens Deal with WildCard Systems
GiftCards.com has moved one step closer to establishing a prepaid gift card program by selecting WildCard Systems as their gift card processor. GiftCards.com, a division of Direct Response Technologies, Inc. is currently the leading supplier of merchant gift certificates however it has begun to change its format and is working on offering merchants and consumers a universal prepaid gift card product. read more
June 21, 2003 - DirectCertificates to Deliver Online Gift Certificates for GNC
DirectStuff.com, Inc (DSI) today announced that it has been selected as the gift certificate fulfillment partner for General Nutrition Center's (GNC) web site. DSI will fulfill all GNC gift certificate orders placed in the http://www.gnc.com web site though the DirectCertificates' Merchant Partner Program. read more
April 30, 2003 - DirectCertificates.com Buys Domain Name GiftCards.com
Direct Response Technologies, Inc. owners of business unit DirectCertificates.com, has purchased the domain name GiftCards.com. DirectCertificates.com currently offers corporate merchants with online gift certificates to be used as incentives and rewards. The new domain name acquired by Direct Response Technologies, GiftCards.com, will begin a change in direction for the site and open new doors for merchants and possibly consumers. read more
April 16, 2003 - DirectCertificates™ Provides Gift Certificate Programs for Leading Corporations
DirectCertificates announced today it is the gift certificate provider of choice for such leading corporations as Media Transfer AG, WinDough.com, GiantRewards.com, and EveryDay Office. DirectCertificates, a property of DirectStuff.com™, is a premiere online gift certificate aggregator delivering both physical and electronic gift certificates. read more
April 11, 2003 - DirectStuff.com Launches Its New Gift Certificate Site, www.DirectCertificates.com
DirectStuff.com launches its new gift certificate site, http://www.directcertificates.com, which now offers customers a large selection of local and national merchants from which to choose their gift certificates. read more
