Method of assigning value codes

A method for distributing value codes configured to be cashed in to obtain credit for services subject to charges, comprising the steps of:

• a customer ordering a value code by transmitting order data via an order channel to a value code issuer, the order data containing at least one monetary amount value;
• the value code issuer receiving the order data from the order channel and transmitting a delivery number to the customer via a delivery channel;
• the customer receiving the transmitted delivery number and confirming the receipt thereof by transmitting at least part of the delivery number via a confirmation channel to the value code issuer;
• the value code issuer receiving the customer confirmation from the confirmation channel and transmitting the value code to the customer via the delivery channel, the transmitted value code being linked in a database with the monetary amount value by the value code issuer;
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• charging a monetary amount value corresponding to at least the monetary amount value linked to the confirmed value code to the customer.