Something Silver, a ten-store sterling silver jewelry retailer, joined BizX in 2004. In addition to their online store, they currently they have stores in Seattle, Portland, San Diego, Mission Viejo, Glendale, San Francisco and Anaheim in the Disneyland theme park, all of which accept the BizX card for purchases. They are known for offering the finest in silver jewelry and showcase more than 50 local and international designers.

When owner, Cheri heard about BizX she thought it posed a great opportunity to improve and grow her business and offered immediate benefits.

“I really liked the idea of being able to use it for perks for our staff, to promote our business through the marketing options and use electricians and plumbers by paying with BizX,” Cheri said. “We can basically use it to service our basic business needs and use it for growth potential.”

Always looking for ways to reward her employees, she saw one of the biggest advantages of joining BizX as the opportunity to reward employees without spending cash.

“The biggest challenge was having the cash flow to bonus our staff,” Cheri said. “They work really hard and we like to be able to run contest with incentives to drive our sales and offer great perks to our staff.”

Previously she was able to offer incentives to employees, but had to pay cash for coffee shop or mall gift cards. Now she can offer a greater selection of rewards like restaurant gift certificates.