Next Big ThingOver the years, I've received various gift cards. Some of them I have not used and some I have lost. And I'm not alone. Keep in mind that there is an estimated $30 billion in unredeemed gift cards. But...

Plastic Jungle, a marketplace for gift cards, has secured $7.4 million in Series B funding, led by Redpoint Ventures with Shasta Ventures Bay Partners, First Round Capital and other investors participating. This brings the compan...

Plastic Jungle, a site where you can sell unwanted gift cards or buy those cards at a discount, has raised $7.4 million in a second round of funding. I actually wrote about new site with a similar idea called CardPool just a few hou...

CardPool, a new startup incubated by Y Combinator, helps users get money for gift cards that they don’t want. Now it’s also offering a financial incentive for those users to recruit their friends. The concept behind San Francisco-ba...

If you admire the professional type designs on the titles of books and magazine covers, gift cards, product packages, and posters, and you wanted to learn how it’s done, well you might try learning some of the tools in the Character...

You may have noticed a new advertiser on our little sidebar called Whigby. If you click on their ad you will find a myriad of fun paper products including witty cards, adorable gift wrap, art posters and other goodies. The company w...

You don’t have to wait until Daylight Savings Time begins March 14 to clean up on great spring hotel deals. Hotels.com announced a Spring Sale with savings up to 30% off, a $30 gift card or both, but I found even bigger savings ther...

Our Pick: Kenneth Cole clothing at ideeli Bid on 90% off Gilt Groupe gift cards, Gucci, Chanel, Louis Vuitton at OohILove The Final Sale: Act 1 at Rue La La Charlotte Ronson, Tart, StyleNaturale, Verikira Naturals at Billion Doll...

Want to own a piece of Baltimore history, a bit of gaming that helped unseat a mayor of the east coast city? The city is auctioning off an Xbox 360 that prosecutors say then-mayor Sheila Dixon purchased with gift cards meant for th...

Editor’s pick: Betsey Johnson at Editors’ Closet Bid on 90% off Gilt Groupe Gift Cards, Gucci, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs at OohILove Cynthia Rowley, Gerard Yosca, Melissa, Daryl K, Riedel at Gilt Groupe American Retro at G...

Photo by (afm) In case you missed it from the Examiner this morning: DDOT's expenditures during February's blizzards included $73,380 worth of McDonald's gift cards for the city's 750-strong snow plow crew, plus nearly $300,000 ...

Here they are, making their Weddingbee premiere… (personal photo) Some of you may have seen my previous post about cards I made. I DO plan to hand-make thank you cards and gift card holders for our bridal party and helpers. However...

The gift card business has nearly quintupled from $20 billion in 1999 to $100 billion in 2010. Along with the growth has come a unique problem: nearly $5 billion worth of cards go unclaimed every year. Cardpool, a San Francisco-base...

Since our Forums launched 3 weeks ago, we have given away over $1,500 in prizes, such as iSkin gear, a bundle of promo codes for some awesome Apps ‘n Games and more. So what do we have in store now for our next (grand) giveaway? An ...

North America, Hotels and AccommodationsWestin Hotels & Resorts have teamed up with Amazon to deliver the first hotel branded storefront for the popular online retailer. Westin started selling its own merchandise ten y...

Who needs TARP to bail out financial institutions? Your local supermarket carries a retail version at the checkout counter. We know the program as "gift cards."

Great news: this weekend, get gift cards to one of our favorite sample sale sites, Editors’ Closet, for less than what they’re worth. Get $30 cards for $27,  $50 gift cards for $45, $100 gift cards for $88, and $200 gift cards for j...

Earn a $100 Amazon gift card after every two Westin Hotel stays arriving Sunday – Thursday from February 22 through May 13, 2010. This offer applies only to Westin Hotels in the USA and Canada. Member may earn maximum 3 gift cards. ...

Gift cards can be a double edged sword. I recently got married and received a number of gift cards to stores where I never shop. But at the same time, I don't want the value of the card to go to waste. There have been a number of ...

PlaySpan’s Ultimate Game Card has expanded the world over. Sold in retail stores, the prepaid card lets players who don’t have credit cards sign up for online games. They can use cash to buy the cards and, as with an iTunes gift car...