{"id":774,"date":"2022-09-07T07:11:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T07:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curiouscustomer.com\/?p=774"},"modified":"2022-09-07T07:17:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T07:17:18","slug":"can-you-use-amazon-gift-cards-for-kindle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/curiouscustomer.com\/can-you-use-amazon-gift-cards-for-kindle\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Use Amazon Gift Cards for Kindle? [Full Guide!]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many Amazon users would agree that its gift cards are one of the best things about Amazon. It makes gift-giving more convenient and lets you pay for a vast assortment of Amazon products on the Amazon store.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon gift cards can be used to buy Kindle Books or to make single-purchase products on Amazon. However, Amazon gift cards are not recommended to use for a Kindle Unlimited subscription or any other similar service as subscriptions usually renew monthly, and your gift card balance could run out.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rest of this article explains how you can use Amazon gift cards to purchase books on Kindle and how to gift time-capped subscriptions to friends. If this is something you\u2019re interested to learn more about, keep reading until the end of the article. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Kindle Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Non-Kindle users may be a little confused about the service. To understand how it all works, one would have to know what a Kindle is, to begin with. If you\u2019re not a Kindle user, let me bring you up to speed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simply put, a Kindle is a stand-alone e-book reader designed and marketed by Amazon that lets you take the titles on your reading list with you wherever you go. It\u2019s like having a digital library in your purse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Kindle subscription, known as Kindle Unlimited<\/a><\/strong>, gives you access to millions of titles ranging from popular, self-published, and Amazon originals for a monthly subscription fee of $9.99\/month. It works much like a library in the sense that you can \u201cborrow\u201d and \u201creturn\u201d titles.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How You Can Use Gift Cards on Kindle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Not being able to use Amazon gift cards<\/a><\/strong> to pay for Kindle Unlimited doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t use gift cards to buy a Kindle or an individual Kindle book. Your Kindle account has an abundance of e-books, apps, and other digital reading materials with various genres and titles.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can own any of these with a single purchase that will be deducted from your Amazon account or your redeemed Kindle gift card balance which will be applied to your Amazon account. Kindle gift cards can be purchased online on Amazon or in selected stores.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All you have to do is follow the steps below to start filling up your reading list with Kindles: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Get on your device and log into your Amazon account. If you\u2019ve received a gift card or bought yourself one, you\u2019ll first need to claim the code and add the balance to your account.<\/li>
  2. Go to your Amazon “Account<\/a><\/strong>” page, and click on the “Your Payments<\/a><\/strong>” option. Scroll down past your card payments until you see the “Gift card” option.<\/li>
  3. Click on the “Amazon Gift Card” option and then click on the “Redeem a Gift Card”. On the next prompt, enter the claim code and click on “Apply”.<\/li>
  4. If it\u2019s an e-card, the claim code will be included in the email it was sent through.\u00a0If it\u2019s a physical gift card, the claim code should be located on the back under the UV ink\u2014scratch off the ink to reveal the claim code.\u00a0<\/li>
  5. Next, when you\u2019ve selected your Kindle title, proceed to check it out. The purchase will be deducted from your gift card balance.\u00a0<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    One thing to note is that, sometimes, if you’ve enabled one of your credit cards as the default payment method, Amazon may charge your credit card instead of the gift card. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Suggested Read – How to Use Amazon Gift Card for Prime Videos? [Full Guide!]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A quick fix to this problem is to disable the card as the default payment method or remove your credit card as a payment method entirely until you are left with only the gift card. (Don’t worry, you can always add the credit card back).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Once you have the gift card working, you can make as many transactions as you want as long as your gift card balance covers the cost. When your gift card fund runs out, you can either reload the balance on your gift card or add another payment method for the purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    How To Gift Kindle Unlimited to Others<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    While it\u2019s unfortunate that you can\u2019t use Amazon gift cards to pay for Kindle Unlimited, you can certainly gift your friends a subscription. You don\u2019t need a gift card to be able to give the gift of a Kindle to a loved one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Kindle Unlimited is a monthly-based subscription that costs $9.99\/month. The subscription automatically renews monthly, and the fee is deducted from your Amazon account balance. However, you can gift longer Kindle Unlimited subscriptions to friends and family.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Here\u2019s how to gift Kindle Unlimited to the e-bookworms in your life:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Head over to the Kindle Unlimited Gift Subscription<\/a> page.\u00a0<\/li>
    2. On the Unlimited Gift Subscription page, you will be given available subscription options to choose from 6 months, 12 months, or 24 months.<\/li>
    3. Select the subscription option you would like to gift.\u00a0<\/li>
    4. Tick the \u2018This is a gift\u2019 box at the bottom of the page and add the subscription to your cart.\u00a0<\/li>
    5. Click \u2018Add Kindle Unlimited to Cart\u2019 to start the checkout process.<\/li>
    6. Enter the recipient\u2019s email address and the date of \u201cdelivery\u201d.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Even a six-month subscription is already quite generous. And you can always prolong the subscription should you decide to later on. You can choose what day the receiver can redeem your gift. Amazon will email redemption instructions so they can \u201cunbox\u201d their gift. This service is currently only available in the US.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      If you\u2019re wondering how much these subscriptions cost, here\u2019s a breakdown of the three gift subscription options available:<\/p>\n\n\n\n