To use a Visa gift card on Amazon, you essentially have to trick the site into thinking you’re simply adding another credit or debit card onto your account, and not using as gift card at all. So before you add the card’s balance to your account, you need to make sure the Visa is ready for action.
Contents
- 1 How do I use a prepaid visa on Amazon?
- 2 Why can’t I use my Vanilla Visa gift card online?
- 3 Why is my Visa gift card not working on Amazon?
- 4 How do you use a Visa Vanilla Gift Card?
- 5 How do you use a Visa gift card for online purchases?
- 6 Do I need a pin for my vanilla Visa gift card?
- 7 Do vanilla gift cards need to be activated?
- 8 Why is my vanilla gift card being declined?
- 9 Why is my Visa card being declined?
- 10 How do you use a prepaid card online?
- 11 What does vanilla mean on a Visa gift card?
How do I use a prepaid visa on Amazon?
How to add a Prepaid Visa Card to your Amazon account
- Log into your Amazon Account (amazon.com or amazon.ca – works for both).
- In the search box choose: e-gift card.
- Then, (as shown below) enter your card amount (yes, even $4.76 works).
- Add it to your cart.
- Check out.
- Use your Prepaid Visa Card as payment.
Why can’t I use my Vanilla Visa gift card online?
If you have a problem using your gift card for online or telephone purchases, the most likely reason is that the merchant’s fraud screening process is matching the billing information entered at checkout with the billing information on your gift card account. If the addresses don’t match, the card may decline.
Why is my Visa gift card not working on Amazon?
You can use a prepaid Visa gift card to make purchases on Amazon, but you have to work around the system to make it happen. Amazon will not allow split payments between gift cards loaded onto an account and other payment methods, so you have to line up the price of your purchases with your gift card balance.
How do you use a Visa Vanilla Gift Card?
Swipe your Card and select Credit on the keypad or enter a 4-digit number as your PIN. Your Vanilla eGift Card can be used to pay with digital wallets: Apply Pay, Samsung Pay and Google Pay. How do I use my Vanilla Gift Card to shop online?
How do you use a Visa gift card for online purchases?
How do I use my Visa Gift Card online? You can use your card for online purchases by entering the card number, expiry date and the 3 digit code (CVV) found on the back of the card. Occasionally websites will ask for the name on the card, in these instances simply insert “Gift Card” in the field provided.
Do I need a pin for my vanilla Visa gift card?
Vanilla Visa gift cards do have a PIN that you’ll need to use to make online purchases. These PIN numbers are not located on the cards themselves. Instead, you’ll need to call the number presented on the back of your gift card and enter your gift card number — a sixteen-digit number — to set up your PIN.
Do vanilla gift cards need to be activated?
Vanilla also offers prepaid gift cards, which you or people you buy them for can use anywhere that Visa cards are accepted. Vanilla gift cards don’t expire and aren’t credit cards, so no credit check is required. The gift cards don’t need to be activated once they’re purchased.
Why is my vanilla gift card being declined?
There are a number of possible reasons why a purchase could be declined: You don’t have enough money left on your card. You haven’t activated or registered your card. The address you gave to make an online or phone purchase is different from the address you have on file with your prepaid card provider.
Why is my Visa card being declined?
Your card can be declined if you’ve hit the card’s credit limit, or the upper threshold of charges you can put on the card. Maxing out your credit card hinders your ability to make purchases, but it’s also not good for your credit score and can lead to long-term debt.
How do you use a prepaid card online?
When you get to the online payment processing portion of checkout, enter the gift card number, expiration date and Card Verification Number (CVN) into the fields you typically use for debit and credit card payments. Do not enter a Visa gift card number into the “gift card” field.
What does vanilla mean on a Visa gift card?
Vanilla Visa gift cards have no name or address associated with them, therefore they are rejected by sites like Amazon. A gift card looks just like a credit card and is used to purchase gifts and other items by means of a preloaded amount on the card.