What is an Amazon gift card?
It is a digital or physical gift card that can be redeemed on Amazon.com for millions of items.
An Amazon gift card contains a code that you can redeem through the official redemption page on Amazon.com for any item of your choice. There are several ways to get free Amazon one of these cards:
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Sign up for promotional emails.
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Participate in online surveys.
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Trade-in used items.
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Buy discounted gift cards from resellers.
Many people think getting these cards means working hard to get them, but in some cases, it’s the opposite. You get it by simply entering your email address on the Amazon website and clicking the “Get My Gift Card Now.” From there, you will receive your Free Amazon Code right away!
Do Amazon gift cards expire or have fees?
Amazon Gift Cards have no fees and no expiration dates. They work across the entire Amazon ecosystem and can be a smart way to budget your spending or take advantage of promotional periods.
Can I return items bought with discounts or promo codes?
Yes, Amazon's 30-day return policy applies to discounted items. You can return, exchange, or replace eligible items through Your Orders. Refunds are processed to your original payment method.
Here’s something I discovered a while back. I was poking around my Amazon orders and stumbled across some old Amazon egift cards I’d sent. To my surprise, one of the egift cards I’d emailed / printed for a birthday still showed "Ready to print" / "Not Yet Redeemed."
Because the recipients never claimed them and Amazon gift cards never expire.... the money was just sitting in limbo. I grabbed the egift card codes, applied them to my own account.
I then combed through every Amazon gift card order more than a year old. By the time I finished searching, I’d recovered over $500 which I was happy to apply back into my account. It feels a little shady, but I’m really just reclaiming cash that was lost in someone else’s inbox or junk drawer.
I give people at least a year to use the card; after that, fair game. Worst-case scenario, a friend finds the card later(after a year) and asks what happened, at which point I’ll happily send them a fresh one and blame Amazon.