Update: As of March 31, 2016 Giftcards.com has re-activated their affiliate links.
Don’t worry, this isn’t the grim reaper making another appearance. I got a message from Adam Viener, founder of Yazing, that Giftcards.com has temporarily deactivated their affiliate tracking network.
This means cash back portals like iConsumer and Yazing won’t be able to offer cash back on Giftcards.com purchases made through these cash back portals. The move is temporary and happens from time to time, as Adam explained, to cover their commissions.
As I reported last week, I’ve been using Yazing to earn cash back on my Giftcards.com orders and got paid for the first time a week ago. Initially I wasn’t sure about Yazing’s ability to track purchases, but the payment came through and I plan on using the portal again once the links are back. In the mean time, enjoy this small break in your gift card churning routine…
Hi Ariana,
I’ve been using Yazing since you first mentioned the 2.0% cash back. The payment time has been timely. One thing I do like is that Adam is very prompt with responses. Only down fall with yazing is there is no way to track when you went to the portal a feature Iconsumer does have. Hopefully Adam will have this feature in the near future. Did Adam mention when giftcard mall will be back online?
Thank you
Brian
I agree – the response time has been great. From what I’ve heard, the dashboard is something they’re working on. The good news is they do send you an email when you transaction has been tracked, so you at least have some kind of confirmation that they’re keeping track of your purchase. He doesn’t have an exact date but sounds like it might be a few days.
Yeah, any ETA on coming back?
Unfortunately not. Hopefully not long!
I was expecting this. Since I will be on vacation and won’t be able to place any orders any way, it doesn’t affect me much.
I don’t know that it’s a sure thing – just one reader’s experience, though I wouldn’t be surprised if this did become policy at some point.
What is the best VGC to purchase?
Yazing.com has Giftcards.com back online.
Yep, just got the notification from Adam. Perfect timing, since I’m coming back from Cabo, ready to ms some more!
Anyone have issues or experience with them continually canceling orders? I ordered a lot from them 2 weeks ago and they started canceling orders so I took a week off. Now I tried to reorder from them and I can’t for the life of me get an order to go through (tried a bunch of different credit cards)…
This is through Giftcards.com and not giftcardmall.com? GCs.com usually doesnt have many problems. GCM is just a waste of time and the worst company I’ve ever dealt with on any front (even though they now are owned by the same company)…
Yep… Giftcards.com
I know about the gcm issues as well. They’re now owned by the same company btw.
Yes, Giftcards.com. I didn’t deal with GCM much but Gc.com has been great so far.
I’ve heard this from a few readers now but it hasn’t happened to me yet (except when my card was declined). I would go for a lower number – try $2k and see if that goes through.
Could it be credit card company declined it? It happened to me recently that one of my orders got cancelled due to “Payment Unable to be Processed”. I called the CC and they were worried it’s a fraudulent transaction. Everything got cleared and I was able to place a 2nd order on GiftCards.com