A system and method for supplying communication service value is
disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes distributing indicia of
an identifier to a merchant for distribution to a customer having a
customer account. The identifier has an associated service value that is
redeemable with a plurality of carriers. The method further includes
activating the identifier upon distribution of the indicia to the
customer, receiving a request from the customer to add the associated
service value to the customer account, and adding the associated service
value to the customer account is disclosed. In a further embodiment, the
request includes identifier input and customer account input, and
receiving a request from the customer to add the associated service value
of the identifier to the customer account further includes verifying the
identifier input and verifying the customer account input.