<p>Turn your content into an ad with just a few clicks!</p>
<p>Blaze Ads is the simplest way to promote your products and services. Start advertising in minutes and reach over 100 million shoppers across the Automattic ecosystem. Designed to work across all retail verticals and product types, Blaze Ads helps shop owners drive more traffic to their sites and generate more sales with minimal effort.</p>
<p>Blaze Ads offers a fast, intuitive, and streamlined interface to create a Blaze Ad campaign for any of your products or services, even if you’ve never advertised before. Customize your ad image, copy, and audience targeting to maximize impact, reach, and performance.</p>
<p>Once installed, Blaze Ads integrates seamlessly into your WooCommerce product listings page, allowing you to create ad campaigns for all shoppers or targeted audiences directly from the product.</p>
<h2>To connect your WooCommerce Store to Blaze Ads:</h2>
<ol>
<li>Go to: <strong>WordPress Admin</strong> > <strong>Plugins</strong> > <strong>Add New</strong> > Upload and select the blaze-ads.zip ZIP file provided.</li>
<li>Click <strong>Install Now</strong> and then <strong>Activate</strong>.</li>
<li>Go to <strong>Marketing</strong> > <strong>Blaze Ads</strong> to see the Blaze dashboard and start blazing!</li>
</ol>

Blaze Ads

<p>Promote your products and services to over 100 million users across Tumblr and WordPress blogs, with Blaze Ads.</p>

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<li>Sell <strong>Simple</strong> and <strong>Variable</strong> gift certificates.</li>
<li>Create <strong>expiring</strong> codes.</li>
<li>Let customers choose a custom <strong>delivery date</strong>.</li>
<li>Send to <strong>multiple recipients</strong>.</li>
<li>Search and edit issued gift certificates by code, sender, or recipient.</li>
<li>Log and search transactions store-wide — by code, or by customer.</li>
<li>Generate <strong>issued, used and expired</strong> amount reports.</li>
<li>Import and export gift card codes.</li>
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<h2>E-gift cards, done beautifully</h2>
<p>There’s a reason why the most successful online stores are offering <strong>digital gift cards</strong>: E-gift cards increase customer loyalty, drive more revenue, and introduce new customers to your store. Customers love them, too: Giving and receiving digital gift cards is convenient, and paying with them is fast and secure.</p>
<p>Meet <strong>Gift Cards</strong> — the most intuitive, lean way to sell and accept pre-paid, multi-purpose e-gift vouchers on your WooCommerce store. Not offering gift cards yet? Now is the best time to start!</p>
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<figure id="attachment_7819559" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7819559" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-7819559" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gc-single-product-1.7b.png" alt="Customers love giving and receiving gift vouchers." width="980" height="1020" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7819559" class="wp-caption-text">Customers love giving and receiving gift cards!</figcaption></figure>
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<h3>Delightful at every step</h3>
<p>With <strong>Gift Cards</strong>, placing orders is almost instant: instead of using their credit card, returning customers can pay with funds from gift cards stored in their accounts.</p>
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<figure id="attachment_7820189" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7820189" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-7820189" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gc-checkout-gateways-vs-gcs-1.7.png" alt="Probably the fastest, most secure way to pay." width="980" height="1373" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7820189" class="wp-caption-text">Probably the fastest, most secure way to pay.</figcaption></figure>
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<p>This extension makes it simple for existing customers to:</p>
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<li>add gift certificates to their account for later use; and</li>
<li>check their total balance.</li>
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<p>It’s a win-win deal: Your customers enjoy the convenience and security of a digital wallet that’s integrated with your store, while you reap the benefits of increased loyalty and retention. To keep things simple for new customers, the extension preserves the ability to apply gift card codes right before placing an order — just like coupons.</p>
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<figure id="attachment_5572568" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5572568" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-5572568" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gc-account.png" alt="From checkout to account management, every feature has been designed to make your customers feel right at home." width="980" height="966" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-5572568" class="wp-caption-text">From checkout to account management, every feature has been designed to make your customers feel right at home.</figcaption></figure>
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<h3>Suitable for every occasion</h3>
<p>Make it easier for those looking for a convenient, personalized gift to shop from you! Give your most loyal customers another reason to return, and let them introduce new customers to your store.</p>
<p>This extension includes the features that your customers value the most. With <strong>Gift Cards</strong>, they can:</p>
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<li>Choose a delivery date in the future.</li>
<li>Send a personal message to the recipient.</li>
<li>Add multiple recipients.</li>
<li>Choose a gift card variation to suit the occasion.</li>
</ul>
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<figure id="attachment_7820212" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7820212" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-7820212" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gc-email-shaded-1.7.png" alt="Gift vouchers encourage customers to spend more than they might otherwise." width="980" height="1545" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7820212" class="wp-caption-text">Did you know that digital gift vouchers encourage customers to spend more than they might otherwise?</figcaption></figure>
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<h3>Just as good under the hood</h3>
<p>The Gift Cards extension comes with management and reporting features that let you keep track of every issued code:</p>
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<li>Search, view and edit gift certificates by sender, or recipient.</li>
<li>Drill down into detailed transaction logs.</li>
<li>Generate balance reports for <strong>issued, purchased, and expired</strong> codes.</li>
</ul>
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<figure id="attachment_8405530" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8405530" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-8405530" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gc-analytics-used.png" alt="Drill down into detailed usage analytics, and generate issued and expired amount reports." width="980" height="479" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-8405530" class="wp-caption-text">Drill down into detailed usage analytics, and generate issued and expired amount reports.</figcaption></figure>
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<h3>Built by the book</h3>
<p>Pre-paid gift certificates are a form of payment, and shouldn’t be treated like coupons. Start with the extension that gets them right, and your accounting team will thank you!</p>
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<figure id="attachment_7819587" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7819587" style="width: 980px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-7819587" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gc-list-table-1.7.png" alt="Keep track of every issued code." width="980" height="649" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7819587" class="wp-caption-text">Keep track of every issued code.</figcaption></figure>
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<p>Want to let customers enter a custom amount on purchase? The extension works flawlessly with <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/name-your-price/">Name Your Price</a> — the most popular, robust WooCommerce extension for letting customers decide what to pay.</p>
<div class="woo-sc-box normal">The extension has been designed and optimized for selling <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/gift-cards/store-owners-guide/#understanding-gift-cards">pre-paid, multi-purpose gift card codes</a> that customers can <strong>digitally</strong> redeem at your store. Looking for a way to sell <strong>physical</strong> vouchers for <strong>in-store redemption</strong>? Have a look at <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/pdf-product-vouchers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">PDF Product Vouchers</a>.</div>

Gift Cards

<p>Offer prepaid digital gift cards that customers can redeem online.</p>

Blaze Ads vs Gift Cards