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How to generate gift cards and voucher codes?

Introduction

When issuing gift cards or vouchers, incorporating a unique identification code is essential for managing their validity and preventing misuse. Such a code serves as a security feature that enables systems or vendors to verify whether a voucher is active, expired, or already redeemed.

To maximize effectiveness, the code should strike a balance between brevity and randomness. Short codes-typically between 8 and 12 characters-are ideal because they can be quickly typed, spoken, or printed without increasing the chance of human error. This is particularly important in customer service scenarios where codes may need to be dictated over the phone or manually entered at a point of sale.

Randomness is equally critical. The code must be unpredictable to prevent brute-force attacks or simple guesswork that could compromise unused vouchers. A purely sequential or overly simple pattern can make the system vulnerable to exploitation. Therefore, generating codes using cryptographically secure random methods or robust algorithms is strongly recommended.

Additionally, uniqueness must be guaranteed to avoid collisions-no two vouchers should share the same code. Once a code is redeemed, it must be invalidated immediately to prevent reuse. Altogether, a well-designed voucher code system enhances both user experience and operational security.

Example codes

Below you will find 10 examples of gift cards and voucher codes.

153-NMW-886634-CYT-761737-WYO-518619-UAF-506773-WSM-792657-DCS-494227-XVR-101252-SKO-666024-CDH-642212-UOX-854

Generator configuration

Our free gift cards and voucher codes generator needs the appropriate settings to generate a file with data in the right format. Below is the exact configuration that should be set to get the effect as in the example above.

Generator mode Expert
Prefix Leave empty
Suffix Leave empty
Allow duplicated codes? No
Allowed characters at the specified position of the generated code
  1. \d
  2. \d
  3. \d
  4. -
  5. \L
  6. \L
  7. \L
  8. -
  9. \d
  10. \d
  11. \d

Open generator using this configuration

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