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Tremendous review: free bulk gift cards and payouts

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Tremendous is a free US platform that sends gift cards, prepaid cards or money in bulk to recipients in 200+ countries. It is built for research, marketing and employee rewards, and opens accounts only to businesses.

Our verdict on Tremendous

Tremendous suits a company rewarding participants, customers or affiliates with small amounts, letting each choose a gift card, a prepaid card or a PayPal payment. The platform and cards are free to send.

A solo webmaster cannot open an account, and no single payout can exceed $2,000.

Tremendous home page, a platform for sending gift cards and money
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Tremendous pricing

Platform access is free, and gift cards, prepaid cards and donations go out at face value. Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, international wallets and bank transfers cost 4% to 6%. Funding is free by US, EU or UK bank account, and 3% by credit card.

Tremendous earns through partnerships with reward brands recipients choose, such as Amazon and Visa. Above $200K a year, volume discounts may apply.

How Tremendous sends money

A business sends rewards by spreadsheet, integration or API, and each recipient picks theirs by email or SMS. The choice covers 2,500+ gift cards, prepaid cards, bank transfers, Venmo, Cash App, PayPal and 50+ charities, with local options in 200+ countries and 100 currencies.

It claims 25,000+ business clients and $2B delivered, and automates W-9 collection and 1099 prep.

Payout limits

No single payout may exceed $2,000, and no recipient may receive $10,000 or more in one day. Tremendous can change those limits at any time. It estimates that 10% of incentive budgets go to fraudsters on average, and provides free tools to spot them.

What Tremendous prohibits

Its prohibited customers list covers money services businesses, crypto businesses, internet gambling, online pharmacies, marijuana, CBD and kratom, and crowdfunding, among others.

Who runs Tremendous

Tremendous, LLC is a Wisconsin company, and only business and government entities in good standing can open an account. It claims SOC 2 Type II compliance.

Strengths and limitations of Tremendous

Strengths

  • Free platform.
  • Recipient chooses the reward.
  • Published pricing.

Limitations

  • $2,000 cap per payout.
  • 4% to 6% on money payouts.

Tremendous vs MassPay and Paxum

MassPay also pays affiliates in 180 countries, without published pricing. Paxum serves the adult industry and charges $1.00 for a business account transfer. An adult program paying affiliates looks at Paxum first, Tremendous fitting small rewards.

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