FAQ: How To Use A Vanilla Visa Gift Card Online?

Your Vanilla eGift Card can be used to pay with digital wallets: Apply Pay, Samsung Pay and Google Pay.

1. Make sure the balance of the Vanilla Gift Card is more than the entire cost of the purchase, including taxes.
2. Select ‘Credit’ or ‘Debit’ as the payment method (Do not select ‘Gift Card’).

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How do I Activate my vanilla Visa card?

• Vanilla Visa Gift Card Activation by Online Open the Vanilla Visa Gift Card official web portal to activate the card at www.myvanillacard.com. After that, enter your Vanilla account User ID and Password in order to start the activation process of Vanilla Gift Card.

Can you use a vanilla gift card online?

Visa eGift Cards (Also known as Vanilla Gift Virtual Account) can be used with any United States-based online, phone, or mail-order merchants wherever Visa debit cards are accepted. Your Virtual Account cannot be used for transactions requiring a physical card.

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.

Can you use a Visa gift card for online purchases?

Can I use my Visa Gift card for online or phone purchases? Yes. Your Visa Gift card is intended for use anywhere Visa cards are accepted. To make an online or phone purchase, you will need to register your card.

How do you use a Visa Vanilla Gift Card?

How do I use my Vanilla Gift Card? Simply present your Card at the time of payment. Press “credit” on the keypad and sign the receipt. As you use your Card, the balance is reduced by the full amount of each purchase including taxes, charges, and other fees, if any.

How do I use a vanilla gift card on Amazon online?

How To Use A Visa Gift Card On Amazon

1. Go to Amazon’s ‘Reload Your Balance’ page.
2. Enter the amount on your Visa gift card.
3. Sign in to your account; this step is required even if you’re already logged into your Amazon account.
4. Click on ‘Edit’ in the payment method box; you’ll then be redirected to a new page where you’ll click ‘Add a card ‘

How can I get cash from a vanilla gift card?

How to convert Visa gift cards to cash

1. Use your Visa gift card to buy other merchants’ gift cards.
2. Add it to your PayPal wallet.
3. Add it to your Venmo account.
4. Pay your bills with your Visa gift card.
5. Go to a Gift Card Exchange Kiosk to trade it in.
6. Sell your Visa gift card through an app.
7. Convert your Visa gift card to cash by selling it to a website.

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.

How long do I have to wait to use my Vanilla gift card?

Vanilla Visa prepaid debit cards will sometimes reject PIN-based transactions shortly after cards are purchased, even if they’ve been properly activated. Wait 24 hours and they’ll be fair game.

How do I know if my visa gift card is activated?

Visit the activation link listed on the sticker on front of your card. If you don’t feel like making a phone call, you can usually activate your gift card online. There should be an activation link listed either on back of your card or on the sticker on the front of your card.

What name do I put for a visa gift card?

Use Real Name and Current Address. When registering the gift card, enter your first and last name, just as you would on a credit card. Enter current address information as well.

How do you use a prepaid gift card online?

Just enter the card information as you normally do with a debit or credit card during checkout. For the billing address, you can enter your home or shipping address. As long as the prepaid gift card you selected has enough balance to cover the total amount, you are good to go!

What is the activation fee for a visa gift card?

Here’s a breakdown of general purpose gift cards and their fees:

Gift card	Activation fee	Inactivity fee
American Express	$3.95	$2.95
Visa	$2.95 – $6.95	$2.95
MasterCard	$2.95 – $6.95	$2.95

What does vanilla mean on a Visa gift card?

What Is a Vanilla Visa Card? A Vanilla Visa card is a prepaid card, which means that you load money onto it when you purchase it. It is sold as a gift card, though there are several types of these Vanilla cards, and some work like reloadable debit cards as well.

Can you transfer vanilla visa to bank?

Yes, you can transfer money from most prepaid gift cards to your bank account using a service called CardCash. Unlike most prepaid cards, gift cards are disposable and can only be used until the balance reaches zero while most prepaid cards are reloadable and can be used indefinitely.

Do vanilla gift cards have PIN numbers?

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.