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# Issue a gift card

There are two ways to populate the gift card, which approach makes sense depends on the use case.

<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Use an already setup product as a template</strong></td><td><ul><li>Useful if you want to generate a gift card with consistent settings repeatedly.</li><li>Allow your Glu users to retain control over the gift card settings via the admin dashboard.</li></ul></td><td><a href="/docs/use-cases/issue-a-gift-card/using-a-product-as-a-template-for-the-gift-card.md">Using a product as a template for the gift card</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Provide all the detail with each request</strong></td><td></td><td><a href="/docs/use-cases/issue-a-gift-card/provide-the-full-gift-card-in-each-request.md">Provide the full gift card in each request</a></td></tr></tbody></table>