1. What are the benefits of joining The Golf Wish Partner Program?
Enrolling in The Golf Wish Partner Program provides you with the following key partner benefits:
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Increased revenue through the acceptance of The Golf Wish Gift Card at your location – reach golfers who have never golfed at your course or shopped at your business and be recognized by golf fans as a place to redeem our Gift Card
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Promotion of your Golf Specials on our website – reach thousands of golfers daily to promote your offerings
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Bid on golf outing requests through our website – submit proposals to golf outing planners looking to arrange their next golfing event
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Multi-tabbed web page within our website
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ο Describe your course/business to prospective customers
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ο Post your photo gallery highlighting your facility, services, and products |
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ο Post detailed information about your facility and services to prospective customers
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Directory listing identifying your course/business as a Golf Wish Partner that accepts The Golf Wish Gift Card |
• | Map of your location with current weather conditions |
• | Ratings of your facility form the view point of your customers |
Our mission is to help foster the growth of the golf industry. Together, with our unique one-stop golf shopping experience and your promotion of your golf course or business, we reach hundreds of avid golfers daily.
2. How do The Golf Wish Gift Cards work?
Buying a Gift Card
The Golf Wish Gift Cards can be purchased from our website (www.thegolfwish.com) or through our Customer Service department. Within our website, all participating golf courses and/or golf businesses display The Golf Wish Partner seal. All Gift Card purchases are processed in U.S. dollars only. Gift Cards are shipped via FedEx Ground, unless otherwise specified for FedEx Next Day or FedEx 2-Day delivery. Standard shipping rates apply to all purchases. The Golf Wish Gift Card is not refundable and has no expiration date.
Using the Gift Card
Gift Cards are redeemable at any of The Golf Wish partner golf courses and golf businesses throughout the United States. Gift Card recipients choose the location of their choice to redeem their card. Recipients can search our online database of
golf courses and/or
golf businesses to select their desired location that accepts The Golf Wish Gift Card. Locations displaying The Golf Wish Partner Seal on their profile page within our website accept our Gift Cards.
Once the golf course or golf business of choice has been selected, the Gift Card recipient simply visits that course or business and enjoys their gift with a round of golf or some new equipment or apparel. It’s that easy!
Gift Cards can be used multiple times at multiple locations until the dollar value of the gift card is used up. At anytime, additional dollar values can be added to a Gift Card via our website or by contacting The Golf Wish Customer Service at 630.375.2009.
3. What is the process for redeeming The Golf Wish Gift Card?
To redeem a Gift Card, we offer an internet based redemption area within the partner account manager area. Simply log into your partner account through our website and from the Card Redemption screen, either swipe the Gift Card through your card reader or key enter the Gift Card number, then enter the redemption dollar amount and print the receipt.
Don’t have an internet connection at your point of sale? As an alternative redemption method, we offer The Golf Wish Gift Card Processing Terminal for partners. As a partner, you can lease the Terminal for a minimal one-time fee.
4. Is The Golf Wish Gift Card competing with my own gift card program?
The Golf Wish Gift Cards complement your current offerings and serve as a tool to drive additional business to your location and help increase your revenues. Yes, you can continue to offer the same gift card or gift certificate programs that you offer today.
5. How many Gift Cards can I expect to receive each month?
The volume of Gift Cards you can expect to receive varies. We are constantly promoting the sale of our Gift Cards and continually promoting our program through geographical target marketing which, in turn, helps increase the traffic to our partner locations. As our consumer base increases, the likelihood of increased Gift Cards in your location continues to grow.
6. How can I join The Golf Wish Partner Program?
Simply complete the partner registration form on our website. The process is simple. First, identify yourself as a golf course or golf business. Next, locate your course or business in our database and “claim” it. Once you claim it, complete the partner registration form. Once you are registered, you can begin to complete your partner profile within our website by logging into your partner account. Your partner membership will be activated within 24 hours of your registration and your website profile will be viewable publicly within our website. You can immediately begin to accept The Golf Wish Gift Card.
7. How long does it take to activate my Partner Program Membership?
Once your partner registration is processed in our online system, you can begin to setup your website profile. Activation of your membership generally takes 24 hours. Once your membership is activated, your website profile is viewable publicly. You will receive an email notifying you of your membership activation.
8. What are the terms and conditions of the Partner Agreement?
9. What commitment do I have to make to join the Partner Program?
The Golf Wish partner membership is an annual membership program. As part of your membership, you agree to accept The Golf Wish Gift Card at your location for services and goods.
10. How will The Golf Wish market its website and services?
The Golf Wish engages in a variety of marketing techniques such as community partnerships and involvement in charitable organizations and golf outings as well as advertising, mailers, and social media to gain visibility to our consumers and partner locations while employing leading edge search engine optimization technologies. Our website it fully optimized for best in class search engine results.
11. How does the golf outing bid process work?
Our Golf Outing Bid service offers both the golf outing planner and our partner golf courses and golf businesses the opportunity to connect through our golf outing bidding process. Here’s how it works:
| 1. | The golf outing planner simply completes the request for proposal questionnaire form, submits it to The Golf Wish who, in turn, matches the planner’s request to their partner courses or businesses that best fit the need. |
| 2. | Each matched partner course or business will receive a copy of the request and be asked to respond with a pricing bid back to The Golf Wish. |
| 3. | All submitted pricing bids are then given to the golf outing planner for review and selection of which partner golf course or business best meets their needs. |
| 4. | Once the planner identifies their desired partner, The Golf Wish connects the two parties to begin the event planning process. |
12. When will my course/business get reimbursed for Gift Cards that have been redeemed at my location?
Reimbursement for The Golf Wish Gift Card transactions processed at your course or business are issued twice each month with payments made on the 15th and 30th of each month. Reimbursement payments are for the total value of the transactions redeemed at your location for that time period less our marketing fee. Refer
Partner Agreement.
13. Why should I join the Partner Program?
The Golf Wish partner program is an innovative approach and exclusive program to help grow your business and generate increased revenues. We help drive more golfers to your course or business and help you attain new customers while building your sales. Our Gift Cards are a complement to your other offerings. It’s like offering your customers another form of payment to purchase the services and products you offer….same as cash!