Where to Buy Google Play Gift Cards in Smaller Denominations?

nik592 on 26/11/2023 - 17:34
Last edited 26/11/2023 - 19:43 by 1 other user

So I swear you used to be able to buy Google Play gift cards in smaller denominations (eg. $5/$10), as I'd done a deal with my 7yo that she could trade the coins she earns on her Garmin Vivofit for digital credit. But I've been looking in the last few weeks, and can't seem to find them anywhere anymore. Entertainment Book apparently used to sell them, but no longer seem to, nor Shopback. I'm unfortunately not a member of other rewards programs that offer discounts on them, but I'd even be happy enough to just be able to buy less than $20. Has this recently changed or am I just missing something?

I realise I can just keep an eye out for supermarket deals on them, which is what I'll be doing more religiously. But when I setup the deal with my 7yo, I'm sure I checked Entertainment Book and saw them there, and went, yep, that'll work. So I've never worried too much about the supermarket deals (also I don't think the supermarkets sell the small denominations either).

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  CartoonPizza on 26/11/2023 - 17:58

  +1

  Kogan sell $5 ones here

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    nik592 on 27/11/2023 - 11:58

    Thanks for this. I'm curious that that listing says limit 1 per customer. I'm assuming that means per transaction, but surely that just means people who want more do multiple transactions? Or is it one against your account and you have to keep making sock puppets to buy more?

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  JimmyF on 26/11/2023 - 21:24

  Setup Google Family link and you can 'approve' purchases to your card for them when they request it.

  Honestly if this is a 7yo kid, you should already have this enabled ;)

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    nik592 on 27/11/2023 - 11:55

    She is in my family group, but that's only a recent change too, after I took up the discount recently offered for Play Pass. Prior to that, I had just made sure she couldn't make purchases (no payment method, purchase requires a password anyway). I'm assuming that means what you're talking about is now set up anyway, but I still don't know that I'd be using that method. Gift cards were an easier way as she can trade a certain number of coins from her Vivofit for a certain amount of credit (also encouraging her to save her coins, as she gets a better return on saving for a bigger gift card). I buy the gift card, load it to her account and she spends it as she wants. Once it's gone, it's gone, and I don't have to keep track of how much she's spent.