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How do I buy and send a digital gift card through PayPal?

The Digital Gift Card store allows you to purchase gift cards from a variety of merchants and pay with PayPal. You can then redeem the cards at the merchant's online store.

For more information, please visit our Virtual Cards page.

To buy a gift card:

  1. Visit our store where you can see the range of gift cards we sell.
  2. Select the gift card you'd like to buy, and the value loaded onto it.
  3. If you're buying the gift card for someone else, enter the recipient's email address, your name, and a short message to send with your gift.
  4. You can then log into PayPal to complete your purchase.

For more information visit our user agreement.

Do you sometimes receive gift cards that you don't really need? Now you can exchange unwanted gift cards for cash in your PayPal balance via CardCash.

Here's how to exchange your gift card:

  1. Go to CardCash.
  2. Enter the merchant's name and the balance amount on your gift card and click GET OFFER. If an offer is available, you'll see the amount of PayPal balance you can exchange with this gift card.
  3. To add another gift card, just enter the information below and click ADD CARD.
  4. If you agree to the exchange offer, click Continue.
  5. Enter your gift card number and PIN and click Connect with PayPal.
  6. Log in to your PayPal account.
  7. Fill in the required fields and click Get my PayPal balance.

For more information visit our user agreement

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