cares.net

Issue vouchers limited by department, dollar amount, quantity and date. The register enforces those limits at checkout, and balances update as they are spent.

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What it does

Five ways a voucher reaches the person who needs it.

Shopping list

A printed list of issued items and balances, including a barcode that can be scanned to automatically apply them at checkout.

Voucher Cards

Printed cards carrying a barcode and a QR code. They ship pre-activated and are assigned to a named recipient at the moment they're handed over.

Electronic cards

Every card has its own webpage. Scan the QR code or open the link sent via text message to see balances, limits and expiry dates.

New

Cares Wallet

Several cards, one barcode. Cardholders keep every voucher in one place, and the register loads all of them in a single scan.

New

API

Issue, assign, look up and redeem vouchers programmatically — for organisations running their own intake system.

How it works

Issue, assign, redeem.

Step one

Issue

Select departments, set the limits, and choose how long until it expires. Or order pre-activated cards with values already set.

Step two

Assign

Scan the card and enter the recipient's name. From that moment the card belongs to that person, and the register can verify it.

Step three

Redeem

At checkout the barcode loads only what that person is allowed to buy, at that group's stores, within the limits set. Balances update as they spend.

What holds

The restrictions are the product.

Anyone can print a piece of paper that says $50 for clothing. These are the limits cares.net enforces at the register, every time.

DepartmentsA voucher covers only the departments it was issued for.

Dollar and quantity limitsBoth, independently — $40 and no more than four items.

ExpirationA fixed date, or a number of days counted from handover.

Store scopingVouchers work only at the stores belonging to their group.

Named cardholderThe recipient's name shows at the till, so cards can't be passed on or sold.

Check digitsEvery card carries them, so a code can't simply be guessed.

Live balancesSpending updates immediately, and the cardholder can see it.

Recipients and historyWho received what, and when — kept alongside the vouchers.

API

Running your own intake?

Issue and query vouchers from your own system. cares.net handles the cards, the limits and the register.

IssueCreate vouchers with items, limits and expiry.

AssignAttach a card to a named person.

Look upFetch balances and limits for a card or a wallet.

RedeemApply spending and get the updated balance back.

"people": [
  {
    "name": "Bob Roberts",
    "cards": ["B999971"],
    "vouchers": [
      {
        "item": "Jewelry",
        "amt":  "5.00",
        "qty":  2,
        "exp":  "2026-09-14"
      }
    ]
  }
]