Canonical URL: https://giftcard.news/industry-deals/virtual-incentives-integrates-gift-card-rewards-into-alida-sparq-10d88849c489/ --- description: The completed integration adds Virtual Incentives to the Sparq App Center, allowing brands to reward research-community participation with virtual gift cards. title: Virtual Incentives integrates gift card rewards into Alida Sparq image: https://giftcard.news/images/social/v1/virtual-incentives-integrates-gift-card-rewards-into-alida-sparq-c7ce1902704680d9fee0dae59a24bceb.jpg --- 1. [Home](https://giftcard.news/) 2. [Industry Deals](https://giftcard.news/industry-deals/) # Virtual Incentives integrates gift card rewards into Alida Sparq The completed integration adds Virtual Incentives to the Sparq App Center, allowing brands to reward research-community participation with virtual gift cards. By [Daniel Brooks](https://giftcard.news/author/daniel-brooks/) October 15, 2020 1 min read Share [ ](https://x.com/intent/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Findustry-deals%2Fvirtual-incentives-integrates-gift-card-rewards-into-alida-sparq-10d88849c489%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dx%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&text=Virtual%20Incentives%20integrates%20gift%20card%20rewards%20into%20Alida%20Sparq "X") [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Findustry-deals%2Fvirtual-incentives-integrates-gift-card-rewards-into-alida-sparq-10d88849c489%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dlinkedin%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial "LinkedIn") [ ](https://wa.me/?text=Virtual%20Incentives%20integrates%20gift%20card%20rewards%20into%20Alida%20Sparq%20https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Findustry-deals%2Fvirtual-incentives-integrates-gift-card-rewards-into-alida-sparq-10d88849c489%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dwhatsapp%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial "WhatsApp") ![Virtual Incentives integrates gift card rewards into Alida Sparq](https://giftcard.news/images/variants/v1/virtual-incentives-integrates-gift-card-rewards-into-alida-sparq-w1280.webp) Photo: Source: virtualincentives.com [Virtual Incentives](https://giftcard.news/company/virtual-incentives/) and [Alida](https://giftcard.news/company/alida/) have completed an integration that brings reward fulfillment into Alida's Sparq insights platform. The announcement carries an August 1, 2020 dateline and was published on the Virtual Incentives website on October 15, 2020. Virtual Incentives' reward platform is incorporated into the Sparq App Center. Customers can use it to deliver virtual gift cards automatically when insight-community members take part in activities such as surveys. The providers said brands could customize the reward options for their audiences. Alida product president [Riaz Raihan](https://giftcard.news/person/riaz-raihan/) described the integration as a way to Your free reader account ## Continue reading for free. Create your account or sign in to get unlimited access. 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