Who provides the data, and what formats can it be supplied in?

Your point-of-sale software (POS), credit card processor or gift card software provider will provide you with either:

• The data/encoding instructions (e.g. number of digits, type of barcode, track on the magstripe); Plastic Resource will create the numbering sequence and save it for future order purposes.
• Or, a file with the card numbers in text (.txt), Excel (.xls or .xlsx) or Comma Separated Values (.csv) format.