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10 Amazing Amazon Gift Card Hacks You Should Know

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By Duncan MwangiPublished 3 years ago 6 min read
10 Amazing Amazon Gift Card Hacks You Should Know
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You’ve probably heard that Amazon gift cards are great last-minute gifts. But are they really? Sure, Amazon gift cards can be bought online and they don’t have an expiration date. But you can get all of those things with just about any other type of gift card. What makes an Amazon gift card special is its versatility. Want to give the recipient a specific amount of money so they can buy exactly what they want? Get them an Amazon gift card. Here are ten ways to hack that boring ol’ Amazon gift card and make it even more useful:

1. Buy An Amazon Gift Card With An Amazon Gift Card

This might sound counterintuitive, but it works. Let’s say you want to buy an Amazon gift card for $50 for your nephew. You know he has an Amazon account but you don’t know what amount of money is in his account. You don’t have to worry about that because you can just buy the gift card using one of your own Amazon gift cards! Just head to Amazon.com and click on “Gift cards” at the top of the page. You won’t find “Gift cards” under the “Grocery & household” heading, so keep an eye out. You can either buy a gift card online with your credit card or at the store using cash. When you go to the store, make sure you buy the physical gift card and not a digital one that you need to redeem online.

2. Check The Balance On An Amazon Gift Card Before You Buy It

Some people think that Amazon gift cards are like cash and that their value can’t be checked or verified. That’s not true. The value of the gift card is clearly listed on the front of the card. This is important to know in case someone gives you an Amazon gift card and you want to know exactly how much it is worth. If you want to check the card’s balance before you buy it (say you want to buy it online and you’re not sure if it’s a $25 gift card or a $50 gift card), you can do that online. On the Amazon gift card website, you can click on “Help” in the upper-right corner and then click on “Gift card help.” You’ll see a “Check gift card balance” option near the top of the page. You can enter the card’s number and PIN and then see its current balance.

3. Get A Free Month Of Amazon Prime With Your Amazon Gift Card

Amazon Prime is the $119 annual membership that gives you free two-day shipping on millions of items, free same-day delivery on millions of items, unlimited access to streaming movies and TV shows, ad-free music streaming and a whole lot more. If you’ve been thinking about getting Amazon Prime but you’re not sure if you’ll use all of its features, you can get a free month of Amazon Prime when you buy a $50 Amazon gift card. You’ll find this offer on the gift card page at Amazon.com. Click on “$50 Gift Card” and then click on “Redeem now” to activate this offer. You’ll then be taken to Amazon.com where you can either buy a physical gift card or redeem the gift card number online.

4. Turn An Amazon Gift Card Into A Shopping Discount

Have you ever seen those “Buy X, Get Y Free” deals at stores? You know, you buy one thing and get another thing free? Amazon has a similar deal where you can turn your Amazon gift card into a shopping discount. On the Amazon gift card page, click on “Add promotional code” and then enter the code “GC2YOU” to turn your gift card into a 5% discount towards other products sold by Amazon. This is a pretty cool hack that lets you get something extra just for owning an Amazon gift card. Keep in mind that the discounted item must be an item that’s sold directly by Amazon.

5. Give The Gift Of Music With An Amazon Music Gift Card

Amazon Music is one of the best streaming music services out there. It has millions of songs in its library and it’s included with Amazon Prime. If the person you’re buying the gift card for doesn’t have Amazon Prime, they’ll get a free three-month trial when they sign up for Amazon Music Unlimited. An Amazon Music gift card costs $25, but you can actually get two of them for $50. That means you can give the gift of unlimited music to two people for the price of one gift card! On the gift card page, click on “$50 Gift Card” and then click on “Buy two”. You can then add the two gift cards to your cart and checkout as usual.

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6. Trade In Your Old Electronics For an Amazon Gift Card

This is one of our favorite Amazon gift card hacks. You can trade in your old electronics and get an Amazon gift card in exchange. Things like old iPhones, iPads, iPods, Samsung phones and tablets, Kindles, gaming consoles (like Nintendo Switches and PS4s) and more can be traded in for Amazon gift cards. You can either go to one of Amazon’s trade-in sites to ship your stuff in or you can visit your nearest Amazon warehouse to trade your stuff in. When you go to the Amazon gift card page, click on “Trade In Your Used Electronic Devices” under the “Help” section. You’ll be able to see all of Amazon’s trade-in programs on the page.

7. Save 20% On Everything With An iOS Or Android App

The Amazon app for iOS and Android lets you take advantage of Amazon’s “savings for all” promotion. Simply go to the “Savings for all” section in the app and you’ll see the “Tap to apply code” button. Tap that button and you’ll see a 20% off discount code. You can apply that code to all products sold by Amazon, including gift cards and Prime memberships. With this app, you can also get special coupons and deals, track your Amazon orders and more.

8. Give The gift of unlimited reading with a Kindle Unlimited Gift Membership

If you’re buying a gift for someone who loves to read, the Kindle Unlimited gift membership is perfect. Kindle Unlimited lets you read as many books as you want each month from a library of more than 1 million titles. You can get this gift membership for yourself or you can get it as a gift to someone else. Just buy the gift membership and send it to the Kindle email address of the person you want to receive it. Kindle Unlimited also has audiobooks, magazines, short stories and more. The gift membership costs $79 per year.

9. Give The gift of gaming with an Xbox Or Playstation Gift Card

If you’re buying a gift for a gamer, you can get them an Xbox gift card or a Playstation gift card. These gift cards will let the recipient buy whatever they want from either console’s online store, including games, controllers, headsets, accessories, memberships and more. You can buy these gift cards on Amazon in $25, $50, $100 or $200 denominations. Because these gift cards are sold by Amazon, you can get same-day delivery if you order them during the day.

10. Summing Up

Amazon gift cards are great gifts and they let you buy exactly what you want as a gift. But you can get even more out of your Amazon gift card if you use these hacks. You can get a free month of Amazon Prime if you buy a $50 gift card, turn your gift card into a shopping discount, get the gift of music, save 20% on everything with an app, give the gift of unlimited reading, save money on video games, or get free in-game items when you buy an Amazon gift card.

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