{"section":"tutorials","requestedLocale":"en","requestedSlug":"how-to-integrate-an-external-gift-card-provider-with-vtex","locale":"en","slug":"how-to-integrate-an-external-gift-card-provider-with-vtex","path":"docs/en/tutorials/payments/payment-settings/how-to-integrate-an-external-gift-card-provider-with-vtex.md","branch":"main","content":"At VTEX, you can use the gift card as a credit program.\n\nIn this context, there are cases of customers who already work with their own provider. This system manages your credits under a base of customers who participate in a loyalty system, for example.\n\nIf the customer wishes to integrate an external gift card solution into the VTEX system, it is necessary to use the [Giftcard Provider Protocol](https://developers.vtex.com/docs/api-reference/giftcard-provider-protocol).\n\n## Provider development\n\nThrough the [Giftcard Provider Protocol](https://developers.vtex.com/docs/api-reference/giftcard-provider-protocol), the external gift card provider must develop a [middleware](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middleware) to transmit information between your system and VTEX.\n\nFor more information about the gift card system at VTEX, visit [Giftcard Hub](https://developers.vtex.com/docs/api-reference/giftcard-hub-api).\n\n## Sending endpoint information\n\nAfter creating the middleware, the provider must open a [ticket](https://supporticket.vtex.com/support) on VTEX informing the endpoints to be used for customers to carry out payment transactions using its gift card system."}