What is Gift Card? Gift Card Review, Features

Gift Card is abbreviated as GC, which is a gift card of Amazon in the United States, that is, a shopping card/voucher issued by foreign merchants. There are also many such cards in China, such as shopping cards issued by Walmart and Hualian. Gift Card of Amazon in the United States can be used to shop on Amazon, which is equivalent to cash, and has no expiration date. It can be used regardless of self-operation or third-party, and even for shipping.

About Gift Card

When shopping on Amazon with a GC card, choose to pay with a GC card when checking out, and then enter the GC card password. Amazon will first deduct the amount on the GC. If the amount on the GC is not enough to pay for the order, enter the credit card to continue paying for the remaining amount of the order. If the amount on the GC is greater than the order amount, the excess amount will not be deducted and can remain in your account for continued use next time. It is as convenient as using cash and will never expire.

For overseas shoppers, they usually use credit cards to place orders, and it seems that gift cards are not very useful. But sometimes they are also of some practical value. For example, friends who do not have dual-currency credit cards or whose credit card limits are too low can use gift cards to buy the items they need on Amazon, and can also buy them as gifts for friends and relatives. Not only that, even if you have a credit card, you can also cleverly use gift cards to improve your overseas shopping advantages.

Advantages of Gift Cards

1. Some friends are more enthusiastic and directly lend their credit cards to others. For the security of credit card information, such behavior is not recommended. However, there is no need to worry about such security issues when giving gift cards. When you give the gift card you bought to others, they only see the card password, which has nothing to do with your credit card information.

2. When you buy gift cards on Amazon, the real-time exchange rate is used. Buy gift cards when the exchange rate is low and recharge them into your Amazon account. When the exchange rate becomes higher, you will make a profit.

How to buy and use Gift Cards

1. Log in to your US Amazon account

First, you need to have a registered account on Amazon in the United States. After logging in to your account, enter the gifts cards purchase page. There are three types of gift cards available for purchase.

2. Purchase virtual gift cards via email

Gift cards can be purchased through two channels (Instant Delivery and Free One-Day Shipping). We chose to send them via email. Because other methods of receiving physical cards have an extra transfer link and a longer period, so they are relatively less practical. Then click on the E-mail under Digital, which means that the gift card you purchased will be sent directly to your email. After receiving the gift card password in the email, enter it into your Amazon account and you can use it, just like we recharge our mobile phones. Moreover, the amount in the account has no expiration date, and you can get change when shopping.

3. Fill in purchase information

Select a gift card, the amount ranges from $0.5 to $2,000. First, select the style of the electronic gift card. You can use Amazon's ready-made card pictures: "use our designs"; Amazon has many beautiful card pictures, choose one according to your preferences or at random, and click "select" below the picture; enter the information about the gift card.

4. Pay for the purchase, receive the gifts card via email, and recharge the account

The email address of the recipient must be accurate. After payment, go to the recipient's mailbox to receive the email, copy the gift card code in the email content; enter your Amazon Account, look at the Payment column, select "Apply a Gift Card to Your Account"; enter the gift card code in the box, and then click the yellow button. Next time you shop, you can use the gift card to automatically check out. If your gift cards are for others, just email them directly to the person you are sending them to, and don't recharge your own account. After your friend receives your gifts card, click the redeem me button to recharge it to his or her Amazon account.

Precautions

1. Amazon stipulates that gift cards cannot be sold, so if you plan to buy them as gifts for others, please do not buy them in large quantities in a short period of time, so as to avoid Amazon mistakenly thinking that you are buying a large number of gift cards for sales.

2. Gift cards cannot be used to purchase S&S products or to try out Amazon PRIME membership features. Unless your account has been bound to a credit card before, then it can be used.

3. For some very popular products with purchase limits, you cannot buy too many at once. Amazon may think that you are reselling products and block your account.

4. Amazon gift cards in the United States cannot be redeemed to purchase products from Amazon in other countries. Amazon gift cards in different countries can only be used on the corresponding websites and cannot be used universally. In addition to direct purchases, Amazon gift cards can also be redeemed.