Buy Gift Cards at a Discount

How can gift cards cost less than face value?

Well, plenty of reasons! Most often, someone receives a gift card as a present to a store they don't shop at—let's face it, if someone gifts a gift card, it's often because they don't know exactly what the recipient likes or where they shop. Rather than let that card sit unused (or get lost, or expire where applicable), people can sell it and turn it into money they will actually use.

Unwanted cards become discounted inventory

Checkout Saver provides a valuable service where people can sell gift cards at a discounted price. For many sellers, cash, PayPal, or crypto is simply more worthwhile than a card they were never going to spend. Smart shoppers sell those discounted gift cards to us, and we buy them up at fair rates so shoppers who do want that store can buy the same cards below face value—at retailers like Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and more.

Another reason sellers are incentivized to sell to us: we pay competitive rates. That does come with something of a trade-off—we hold cards in inventory for a verification period. That pause helps eliminate a lot of the classic gift-card headaches, especially cards that turn out to have the wrong balance when someone tries to use them.

Why the verification period helps buyers

When you buy a discounted gift card here, you're not buying a random code from a stranger. Cards go through our verification process before they reach you, and the balance is guaranteed when we send the code. That is a big part of how discounted gift cards can be both cheaper than face value and safer to shop with.

Stack savings the smart way

Buying below face value is only the first win. On many orders you can still combine a discount gift card with coupons and Checkout Saver cashback (where available), so the card discount stacks with the rest of your checkout strategy.

A lean, self-funded marketplace

Checkout Saver is a small startup with lean overhead. We aren't sitting on venture-funded burn—we're focused on paying sellers fairly and passing strong deals to buyers. That is how gift cards can cost less than face value without feeling like a gimmick: unwanted cards find a home, sellers get paid, and shoppers save.