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Tango Card

Score9.4 out of 10

20 Reviews and Ratings

What is Tango Card?

Tango Card provides digital rewards and incentives. Users can access a global catalog that includes popular e-gift cards, digital Visa and Mastercard rewards, non-profit donations and bitcoin e-gift cards. Tango Card backs their catalog with technology and expert support. Incentives can be delivered in bulk, on-the-spot, or by API integration. The vendor’s value proposition that this provides convenience for their customers and guarantees that rewards arrive exactly at the right time to maximize impact. Tango Card also provides expert support rom program consulting, to set-up, to customer support for every reward recipient.

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Send popular incentives via API.

Great Product for Motivating Sales Teams and Rewarding Clients/Employees

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used Tango Card to help incentivize our sales team as well as reward clients. We used it in small doses but it was great to use and was really easy. Our team and clients found it very easy to use and appreciated the wide range of companies to choose from.

Pros

  • Wide range of cards
  • Easy to use platform
  • Easy to share

Cons

  • More cards would be even better, maybe more local if possible

Most Important Features

  • Ease of use
  • Scale of gift cards
  • Price

Return on Investment

  • Client retention increased
  • Sales increased
  • Overall happiness

Alternatives Considered

Tremendous

Tango Card A Great Asset For Any Business

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a loyalty program provider for businesses, Preferred

Patron Loyalty integrates Tango Card as a digital rewards option for our merchants.

Our merchants love that our Tango Card integration is seamless and allows them

to offer rewards for major brands; brands that are highly desired by their

consumers. This helps increase the overall value and effectiveness of

their Preferred Patron rewards program. Loyalty members love the instant

gratification they get when they cash in their points for instantly downloaded

Tango Cards! The Tango Card API is very reliable and works great!

Pros

  • Provide instant reward gratification
  • Provides flexibility to choose the rewards that align best with a specific type of business
  • Integration with Preferred Patron is seamless to the end user through their API

Cons

  • Need an automated process to programmatically update the available rewards beyond an email notice

Most Important Features

  • Integration
  • Complete Catalog of e-gift cards

Return on Investment

  • Allows us to onboard customers who are not suited for internal rewards

Tango Card-Please provide in local currency

Pros

  • Highly secured
  • The process of redeem is simple
  • Virtual Digital card is really a great thought

Cons

  • Redemption in local currency is impossible
  • Tech support doesn't provide detailed information of where Tango Card can be used
  • In India cannot be used in popular sites ( Amazon , flipkart)
  • Limited options to spend in India
  • The balance amount in USD can't be clubbed hence its just wasted

Most Important Features

  • One card for folks across globe
  • Digital Wallet
  • Highly encrypted

Return on Investment

  • I feel Tango Card should be available in local currency

Alternatives Considered

Antavo

Don't delay if you receive a Tango Card! Their business model is betting that you will leave them the unspent (or returned) balance!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I received an email link for money from Tango as payment from GLG for a consultation, but I did not spend the funds until a few days before the Tango expiration date. Due to a shipping issue with an on-line purchase using the Tango card credit, the funds were returned/credited to the Tango Card one day after expiration. However, since the card is now expired, I do not have any access to those funds (but the return credit link apparently works fine to take the money back!) I spoke with a customer rep the day before the return of funds, and he assured me that I could get access to those funds since Tango could modify the expiration date. Since there are no fees charged by Tamgo, it's clear that its profit is made by applying strict deadline rules and by pocketing all of the unused funds - in this case it was an easy $650 for Tango!

Also, on the last evening I tried to spend the remaining $35 when it was only 10pm in California -- apparently, the deadline is eastern or central time (even though Tango is a west coast company!)

It will be interesting to see if Tango makes any accommodation for the funds that were returned/credited back to my Tango account...

Pros

  • easy to receive by email
  • easy to track expenditures and balances

Cons

  • Strict expiration deadline does not accommodate return credits - it can happen!
  • The expiration game is very profitable for Tango!
  • My company uses gift cards ...

Most Important Features

  • It's easy to distribute the funds
  • I received a 1099 for the $800 payment -- but only spent $200 -- crap!

Return on Investment

  • Recipients of these cards are taxed (1099) even if they don't use the funds!

Other Software Used

Salesforce CPQ

Tango Card is NOT for your organization, unless you dislike your employees.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Tango Card is the chosen payment card provider for a 3rd party my organization uses for employee recognition. Employees are able to transfer all or a portion of their balance into one of many forms of recognition. One option is a virtual visa card, but Tango Card has unilaterally and arbitrarily opted to place an expiration date on these claim codes AND balances. This is not standard practice as many consumers are able to hold a gift card without expiration dates. Further, the "claim code" does not apply to Utah law as UC §67-4a-102 which means the gift card was never issued, meaning I was taxed on these funds as earnings despite Tango Card being in possession of these funds 100% of the time.

For most, this would just be a frustrating issue you can work through with customer service. However, multiple attempts to correct this issue, including having Motivosity request on my behalf to re-issue these funds, AND creating a business case with the Better Business Bureau, has been met with negative customer service responses. I am recommending my organization terminate their contract with Motivosity as a result of Tango Card's anti-consumer practices.

Cons

  • Needs better customer service
  • Needs new policies
  • Needs to return stolen funds

Return on Investment

  • Increased employee dissatisfaction with recognition program

Other Software Used

Motivosity