Although it has its perks, one of which is gifting a relative or friend a specific amount of money, it also has the hassles of having to let go of a few bucks because you forgot to use it and not being able to combine the gift card with your credit card to get products online. With the gloomy expiry date drawing near, you might want to figure out how you can use up to the very last cents on your visa gift card.
Firstly, you need to activate your visa gift card for online use and find out the balance left. You can do this on the gift card company website.
Visit your amazon account and click on the “payment option” icon.
Add your visa gift card by inputting the card details.
Visit the e-Gift card page on your amazon account and enter the amount left on your visa gift card.
6, click on “E – mail” as the delivery method, fill in your email address, and input the delivery date as “Now”.
Click on “add to cart” and check out. Under “payment method”, click on the gift card you want to convert.
Click on “place order” and check your email inbox for your amazon gift card. It usually takes not up to 10 minutes before it gets delivered.
Other Things You Can Do With An Unwanted Visa Gift Card
1. Add your visa gift card to your amazon wallet
If you want to use your visa card to purchase something on amazon for yourself, you could add the gift card to your amazon wallet as a payment method, rather than going through the long route of converting it to an amazon gift card. This is useful when the price of the product you are buying does not exceed the funds on your visa gift card. You can do this by following steps 1 to step 3 above.
2. Sell your gift card Online
There are gift card exchange websites and apps where you can sell your unwanted visa gift cards into amazon gift card for a specific fee and get paid in cash, or you could exchange your visa gift card with other types of gift cards. These include Gift card granny, card cash, and eBay, which offers fantastic consumer protection services and a 90% cash back policy.
3. Transfer the balance on your visa gift card to your Paypal account
If you want to cash out the balance on your visa gift card with little to no charges, then pay pal is your guy. Here are the steps to doing so below:
Log in to your Paypal account and, click on “tools” under the tools section, click on “invoicing”.
Click on “create invoices”, and under the “bill to” section, type in your email address and put in the amount you want to be transferred in the amount section.
Access the invoice via your mail and use the visa gift card to pay.
Note: you could transfer all the funds on your gift card to your Paypal account or just add your gift card to your Paypal account as a payment option. It takes 5 business working days to transfer the funds.
4. Donate or regift your gift card
Generally, Gift cards can be really handy if you look to give to a friend or relative without necessarily spending much. Although, you mustn’t forget to remove any form of identification that traces you as the original gift owner. Some charity organizations also allow for gift card donations. So, there you have it, a list of ways you can get rid of those pesky gift cards. If you are not satisfied with the methods above or they seem not to work out for you, you could use the gift card to purchase an item and then resell or gift the item away. This works best not just with the visa gift card but also with gift cards from stores whose products you do not use.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, you can do this with an Ammex gift card, or Discover card.
No, it doesn’t have an expiry date. That is one of the perks that makes it different from a visa gift card.
