How To Redeem An Amazon Gift Card (And Use Your Gift Card Balance To Buy Stuff) - YouTube

Today I'm going to show you how to redeem  an Amazon gift card on your account  

and to use it to order things  from Amazon. Let's unbox that.  

Now, there are three types of amazon gift cards:  the regular physical cards, print at home cards,  

and e-gift cards. Physical gift cards and print  at home gift cards are redeemed the same way,  

you have to manually redeem them on your account,  while e-gift cards are sent to your email or phone  

and you redeem them simply by clicking the link  in the email or text. So let me show you how to  

redeem a physical gift card. Step one. If  you didn't already know Amazon gift cards  

look like plastic credit cards and you can buy  them on Amazon and ship them to someone, or you  

can buy them from various physical stores. So if  you've got one of those store-bought cards that  

looks like this, just remember to open this paper  packaging to find the actual gift card inside.  

Some people mistake this packaging for the card.  Step two. The front of the card will usually show  

the value of the card, but to redeem it  what you're looking for is the claim code  

on the back of the card. So look for where it says  something like "to redeem enter this claim code".  

The code may be hidden by either a peel away or  scratch off covering, so gently peel off or use  

a coin to scratch off this covering to reveal the  code. The claim code will be a 14 or 15 character  

long combination of numbers and letters. Step 3.  Now you'll need to go to the gift card balance  

page on your Amazon account. I'll put a link that  takes you to this page in the description below,  

or watch until the end if you want me to show  you how to get to go there yourself. Anyway,  

before you get to this page you might be asked  to sign in to your amazon account if you're not  

signed in already. Before you do that here are two  important things to keep in mind. First, Amazon  

gift cards are site specific. In other words an  Amazon.com gift card only works on Amazon.com,  

while an Amazon.ca card only works on Amazon.ca  etc. So if you've got an Amazon.co.uk card,  

for example, then don't try to redeem it on  Amazon.com. It won't work. You can only redeem  

it on Amazon.com. So make sure you go to the right  Amazon website and sign in there to redeem your  

card. The second thing to keep in mind is if you  have more than one Amazon account make sure you  

sign in to the right account and redeem your gift  card on that account. For example, you might have  

one account for your regular physical shopping and  another account for your Kindle devices, ebooks,  

movies and other digital orders. So if you intend  to use the gift card to buy Kindle books then make  

sure you sign into that account where your Kindle  devices are registered and not the other one.  

Remember, once you redeem a card onto the wrong  account it can't be unredeemed. Step four. When  

you get to the gift card balance page click on  "redeem a gift card" here or here. Now on the next  

page simply enter your claim code in the space  provided. You just need to type in the numbers  

and letters, so leave out the dashes or spaces.  When you're done click on "apply to your balance".  

You should then get a confirmation message  saying that the gift card amount has been  

added to your gift card balance, and below that  you'll see what your new gift card balance is.  

You're now ready to go shopping. Now when it  comes to using your gift card when placing an  

order you actually don't have to do anything more.  It's already added to your gift card balance.  

So if you go through the checkout and  get to the "select payment method page"  

you might notice a section about gift cards. Don't  worry about this, you don't have to add your gift  

card again. You only need to click on "enter a  gift card" if you didn't already redeem your card  

like i just showed you, and by the way, if you  don't want to use your gift card balance for this  

particular order then there'll be an option to  unselect it as a payment method. Anyway, on this  

page just select your credit card or debit card  and proceed through the checkout until you get to  

the last page where you review your order. You'll  notice there's an option again to add a gift card  

or voucher. Once again you can ignore this. If you  look at the order summary on the right hand side  

you should see your gift card balance  automatically subtracted from the order total  

to give you a reduced payment total. That is the  amount that will be charged to your credit card.  

In other words, if the order total is a hundred  dollars and you have a thirty dollar gift card  

balance then the payment total will be seventy  dollars, which will be charged to your credit  

card, or to give you another example, if the  order total is twenty dollars and you have a  

thirty dollar gift card balance then twenty  dollars will come off your gift card balance  

and the payment total will be zero. In other  words, your credit card won't be charged. Then  

once you complete the order your new gift  card balance will be ten dollars: that is,  

thirty dollars minus twenty dollars. Just remember  Amazon automatically takes the order amount from  

your gift card balance first and then they take  any remaining balance from your credit card.  

Okay, so as promised let me show you how to  get to the "your gift card balance" page. On  

the Amazon website hover your mouse over "hello,  accounts and lists" and then from the drop down  

menu click on "account" or just click directly  on "hello, accounts and lists". On the next page  

simply click on "gift cards" and that takes you  to the "gift card balance" page. If you have any  

questions about redeeming your gift card or any  problems doing that then leave a comment below so  

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