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title: Create a Gift Card with a Custom Value
description: "How to create a gift card that can be customized to whatever amount you want to load on to it. With examples of the MobilePOS/AcadiaPOS point of sale Apps. 1. Navigate to [manage.acadiapos.com](https://manage.acadiapos.com/) for Retail or [rfsm.acadiapos.com](https://rfsm.acadiapos.com) for Restaurant ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-09/3b4bd81b-62df-4c6b-80ee-b34102955ec7/user_cropped_screenshot.webp?w=780&ssl=1)…"
url: "https://acadiapos.com/doc/create-a-gift-card-with-a-custom-value/"
updated: "2025-12-29"
category: Apps / AcadiaPOS
---

# Create a Gift Card with a Custom Value

How to create a gift card that can be customized to whatever amount you want to load on to it. With examples of the MobilePOS/AcadiaPOS point of sale Apps.

1. Navigate to [manage.acadiapos.com](https://manage.acadiapos.com/) for Retail or [rfsm.acadiapos.com](https://rfsm.acadiapos.com) for Restaurant

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2. Click "New Item"

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3. Step 1. Enter the name of the custom gift card EXAMPLE "Gift Card Custom"

Step 2. Choose Gift Card as your category

Step 3. Choose "No Tax" from the "Tax Class"

Step 4. Enter "Price" which is "0"

Step 5. Type giftcard in the "SKU" area

Step 6. Choose "Custom Price"

Step 7. Click Save.

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4. Click "Save"

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5. You now have a custom gift card option.

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6. Click Gift Cards

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7. Click "Gift Card Custom"

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8. Enter the amount, and swipe to populate

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9. Choose payment method, for cash, choose amount and click "Confirm"

For Card, click "Start Transaction"

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10. Receipt Example

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11. Acadia APP Example, its essentially the same process

Click on the gift card category

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12. Select the custom gift card

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13. Click "Pay"

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14. For Cash choose amount and click "Confirm"

For Card click "Take Payment" and wait for the card reader to light up

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15. Example of receipt

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