Shop Downtown Opportunities

The City of Greenville has two exciting opportunities for Downtown Merchants through the holiday season! The first is a digital gift card that allows shoppers to use at any downtown business that opts in. The second is an Instagram giveaway that will be used to promote participating downtown merchants. Fill out this form to participate!

Shop Downtown Gift Card

The Shop Downtown Gift Card is being launched in conjunction with Yiftee, a digital gift card company. This program will help to keep local dollars local by being redeemed at participating shops and businesses in downtown Greenville.

Multi-use paper or digital gift card that lives on your phone or can be printed out
Good for any value greater than $5
Works at any business in downtown Greenville that opts in
Available to give as gifts to family and friends via email or text
Companies can give them as employee rewards, marketing programs, survey incentives, contests, customer appreciation, etc.
Cards do not expire
Yiftee provides customers support and security

Learn more about Yiftee

Instagram Giveaway

The City will host a series of Instagram giveaways from mid-November through December to help feature local downtown merchants, as well as support our “Shop Downtown” campaign.

The Instagram Giveaways will consist of:

(3) Small Giveaways asking users to follow the City on Instagram and tag a friend in the comments below for a chance to win a Shop Downtown canvas bag filled with a few swag items (and a local downtown merchant product).

(1) Large Giveaway asking users to post a “Shop Downtown” photo tagging the City on their personal Instagram account and to follow the City (and participating downtown merchants) for a chance to win a Shop Downtown canvas bag filled with a few swag items, and several local downtown merchant products (each valued at $25 or more)

*The smaller giveaways will run every other week from the start of the campaign through mid-December with winners selected one week after each giveaway is posted.
*The larger giveaway will run from the start of the campaign through mid-December to allow participating users time to capture their Shop Downtown photos.
*Participating merchants will be tagged in the contests that include their products.
*Winners will be randomly selected.