Particularly during the Christmas period, Why Leave Town supplies many employers with gift cards to give to their staff. The most convenient way of doing this is through Why Leave Town’s online ordering system. This takes any hassle away from local load stores, and allows the employer buying the cards to receive an invoice for their purchase.
Cards are mailed out from Why Leave Town’s head office and only take a few days to arrive. The cards are not loaded until they are safely in the employers hands so that there is no risk of loaded cards going missing in the mail.
Results
Several Why Leave Town Programs have been bolstered by employer purchases. The Pittsworth Dollars Program in QLD is a great example of this, where there have been a handful of employers that have chosen the WLT cards each Christmas. These two or three orders have helped inject between $20,000 – $30,000 alone into this program each Christmas consistently since 2014. It is this sort of support that has seen this program grow to over half a million in loaded cards.
Conclusion
Businesses supporting businesses is a key to encouraging locally shopping. As a local business, it is hard to expect local shoppers to support you if you cant yourself support other businesses in your community. Using the WLT Gift Cards to reward staff periodically or as Christmas gifts is a very simple way for local businesses to support their local economy
