When you need one reward card, not a whole programme

Most reward platforms are built around the assumption that you're setting up an ongoing programme — a wallet to fund, a dashboard to check, recipients to manage in bulk. That's the right tool for a company running quarterly bonuses or birthday automations. It's the wrong tool for a single, one-off thank you.

The test: will you send this again in the next month?

If the answer is yes — you know you'll be recognising people regularly, on a schedule — a programme is worth the setup time. Tools like the full RibiRewards platform exist exactly for this: CSV uploads, automated birthday and anniversary sends, dashboard tracking across hundreds of recipients.

If the answer is no — this is a single thank you, a one-time gift, a moment that doesn't repeat on a schedule — setting up a programme for one card is solving a problem you don't have yet. That's the gap a one-off order fills.

What a one-off send actually requires

• The recipient's name and email
• How much you want to fund
• A short message, if you want one attached
• Payment of a single invoice

That's the whole list. No account, no programme setup, no dashboard to learn for a single send. See the full breakdown on our how it works page.

You're not locked into one or the other

Because RewardsCard Africa runs on the same infrastructure as RibiRewards, sending a few one-off cards doesn't lock you out of moving to a full programme later. If your recipient's email matches an existing account, the balance is simply available there too. Most teams start with one or two one-off sends — a referral bonus here, a thank-you there — before deciding whether they need the full programme.