If you’ve ever been handed the job of sorting out gift cards for the whole team, you’ll know it’s not always as simple as it sounds. Some providers make you jump through hoops just to place a bulk order. Others quote you a delivery date and then miss it by weeks.
So let’s break down how online corporate gift card ordering actually works, what you can expect at each step, and why so many businesses in Ireland, the UK, and the EU end up choosing the AllGo Mastercard Gift Card.
What actually is corporate gift card ordering?
Put simply, it’s how a business buys gift cards in bulk for staff, clients, or year end rewards, rather than one person buying a single card for themselves. It usually means a proper business order process rather than a quick checkout: you’ll fill in an order form, get an invoice, and go through some kind of security check since you’re ordering as a registered company.
That’s how the AllGo Mastercard Gift Card works. It’s a business only product, so it can be bought by any non-personal legal entity in the EU or UK, as long as you pass the regulatory checks, but it’s not something you can buy for yourself as a private individual. That’s worth knowing when you’re comparing options, because plenty of “gift card” sites are built for individual shoppers first and only add a business option as an afterthought.
How does the online ordering process actually work?
Here’s the thing, ordering gift cards for a whole company sounds like it should be complicated, but it really isn’t once you know the steps. This is how it works with the physical AllGo Mastercard Gift Card:
First, you place your order online and upload a spreadsheet with your list of recipients. That step isn’t just admin for the sake of it, it’s required for anti-money laundering purposes, since every card needs to go to a named person rather than being issued blank.
Next comes a security check on your business, known as KYB (Know Your Business). This runs quietly in the background using the details from your order form. Occasionally you might get asked for a bit more documentation, but most orders sail through without a hitch.
Once you’ve passed those checks, usually the same day, you’ll get an invoice by email with a unique IBAN to pay into. Payment is by standard SEPA bank transfer only, no card payments here, and each client gets their own individual IBAN so funds stay properly separated.
After your payment lands, your cards get loaded up and sent out. And finally, each recipient has to activate their own card before they can start spending it, which is what keeps the whole system secure.
If you’re going the standard route, physical cards usually take around 6 business days from order to delivery, or 4 business days if you go express. Digital+ cards move a bit quicker, landing in 4 business days standard or 3 express. One thing worth flagging: these timelines stretch out during “Red Zone,” the busy stretch from December 10th to 24th when everyone’s ordering at once, so if Christmas gifting is on your radar, it really pays to get ahead of it.
Physical or Digital+? Here’s how to decide
AllGo Mastercard gives you two ways to send the card, and honestly, which one suits you comes down to how you want recipients to receive it.
Go with the physical card if you like the idea of something tangible landing on a desk or a doormat. You can have cards delivered in bulk to your office for handing out, sent individually by post to people’s homes, or let staff order their own through a self-service portal. Each one arrives in a DL envelope with the recipient’s name in the window and the value printed inside. It can be swiped in store, spent online once it’s registered for 3D Secure, and used abroad too. The only thing it can’t do is sit in Apple Pay or Google Pay.
Prefer something quicker and paperless? Digital+ is emailed directly to the recipient. They redeem it through the Get My eCard app and add it straight to Google Pay or Apple Pay, so they can just tap their phone to pay in store. It works online too, once it’s set up with 3D Secure, same as the physical card.
Both options are single load (so no topping up later), both last five years, and both work anywhere Mastercard is accepted, whether that’s the local shop or a hotel abroad. If your team works remotely or is spread across different sites, Digital+ tends to be the easier route since there’s no courier to wait on. If you’d rather hand someone an actual card, or you know they’ll appreciate having something physical to open, that’s where the physical card wins out.
What’s it going to cost you?
Good news here, the more cards you order, the cheaper each one gets. Physical Mastercard pricing starts at €5 per card for smaller orders and drops all the way down to €0 per card once you’re ordering over €200,001. On top of the base price, there are optional extras if you want them, things like express processing, your choice of delivery method, a personalised message, your logo on the envelope, a branded greeting card, or a fully branded card carrier. It’s all laid out on the pricing page, so you can work out your total before you commit to anything.
So why do businesses keep coming back to AllGo Mastercard?
There’s no shortage of gift card providers out there, but a few things tend to stand out when businesses talk about why they chose AllGo Mastercard and stuck with it.
For one, the card just works everywhere Mastercard is accepted, in shops, online, or abroad, so nobody’s stuck wondering where they’re allowed to spend it. You’ve also got the choice of physical cards, Digital+ cards, or a mix of both, depending on who you’re sending them to.
If tax efficiency matters to you, AllGo Mastercard is fully compliant with Irish Revenue for the Small Benefit Scheme, so rewards can be given tax free up to €1,500.
On the security side, your funds sit in a segregated bank account, with the card itself backed by Mastercard. Retailers aren’t charged any commission for accepting it either, so it’s genuinely useful wherever a recipient decides to spend it, not just at a handful of partner stores.
It also helps that AllGo Mastercard is a Guaranteed Irish company with a solid track record, supplying gift cards to around 10,000 businesses every year, and it holds a top rating on Google Reviews. Recipients can check their balance and see their transaction history any time through the online portal or the Get My eCard app, and cards stay valid for a full five years, so there’s no rush to spend it all at once.
A few quick answers to common questions
Who’s actually allowed to buy an AllGo Mastercard? Any non-personal legal entity based in the EU or UK, as long as they pass the regulatory checks. It’s not something you can buy as a private individual.
Do I need to set up an account first? Nope. You order straight through the online order form, and if you’ve bought from AllGo Mastercard before, the system will automatically link your new order to your existing details.
Can I order a card without naming a recipient? Not quite. For anti-money laundering reasons, every card has to be assigned to a specific named person, and only they can activate and use it.
How do I actually pay? Standard SEPA bank transfer only, into the unique IBAN on your invoice. There’s no option to pay by card, and it’s worth double checking that IBAN each time you order, since it can change between orders.
Does the recipient need to do anything before they can use it? Yes, every card (physical or Digital+) has to be activated by the person it belongs to, and both types also need separate 3D Secure registration if they want to spend online.
Ready to order?
Once you know how the process works, ordering corporate gift cards online stops feeling like a chore. Clear steps from order to activation, a choice of physical or Digital+, and a card that works pretty much anywhere, that’s really what we’ve built our whole ordering system around, whether you’re sending ten cards or ten thousand.
When you’re ready, you can start a physical card order or a Digital+ card order right here on the our website.
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