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title: Create a Gift Card with a Specific Value
description: "How to create a gift card with a specific value in Acadia POS, 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. 2. Click \"Items\" on the sidebar ![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-09/900b38b9-669a-4ce1-8406-6f9004fac124/user_cropped_screenshot.webp?w=780&ssl=1) 3.…"
url: "https://acadiapos.com/doc/create-a-gift-card-with-a-specific-value/"
updated: "2025-12-29"
category: Apps / AcadiaPOS
---

# Create a Gift Card with a Specific Value

How to create a gift card with a specific value in Acadia POS, 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.

2. Click "Items" on the sidebar

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3. Click "New Item"

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-09/f787a384-32e0-4063-a7c6-ff298dd4d3eb/user_cropped_screenshot.webp?w=780&ssl=1)

4. Step 1. Enter the name of the gift card value EXAMPLE Gift Card $25

Step 2. Choose Gift Card as your category

Step 3. Choose No Tax

Step 4. Enter Price

Step 5. Type giftcard_ into SKU field and the value of the card after the "_" (underscore)

example for a $25 gift card, type giftcard_25

example for a $50 gift card, type giftcard_50

Step 6. Click Save at the bottom

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5. Example of how it reflects in the MobilePOS/Register

Click "Gift Cards" category

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-09/98a92a1d-33b6-4b12-a20f-5db95981f08d/user_cropped_screenshot.webp?w=780&ssl=1)

6. Click on the gift card of your choice

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-09/ae2fdcdf-4f92-449e-aaa7-21a75b59cb59/user_cropped_screenshot.webp?w=780&ssl=1)

7. Choose a payment method

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8. Now hit confirm if its cash, or hit "Start Transaction" if its a card.

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9. Example of $25 gift card bought with cash

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-09/92e6a972-91af-4b37-aa34-b96dfaa10417/user_cropped_screenshot.webp?w=780&ssl=1)

10. On the Acadia APP, this is what it will look like. Its essentially the exact same thing.

Click on the Gift Cards category

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-09/ae0ef356-dd0c-4981-bb78-647e283bce88/user_cropped_screenshot.webp?w=780&ssl=1)

11. Choose the Gift card

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12. Enter the gift card number, or create your own unique ID system

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-09/eddaf320-6095-41b9-8193-62e915f626ed/user_cropped_screenshot.webp?w=780&ssl=1)

13. Choose a payment method, if cash click on the amount and click confirm.

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

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-09/9bc0af34-5228-4910-86b9-e26b9378a72c/user_cropped_screenshot.webp?w=780&ssl=1)

14. Example of receipt

![](https://i0.wp.com/colony-recorder.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2025-12-09/632809af-bb9a-4462-84f1-70e75ffb28e2/user_cropped_screenshot.webp?w=780&ssl=1)