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From the manufacturer
Amazon Reload
With Amazon Reload, you can add funds quickly and easily using your credit, debit, or prepaid gift card and then use your balance toward millions of items on Amazon.
Two easy ways to add funds to your balance 
Reload
With Reload, you can add funds to your Amazon Gift Card balance with a one-time, manual reload on a date of your choice.
Auto-Reload
With Auto-Reload, you can automate fund transfers to your Amazon Gift Card balance.
Threshold adds a fixed amount to your balance when the balance gets low (e.g. when balance drops below $10, add a $100 gift card).
Frequency adds a fixed amount on a regular schedule (e.g. monthly, weekly, daily).
How does it work and how will I be charged when I sign up for Auto-Reload?
Each reload transaction adds funds to your Amazon gift card balance and you will be able to select the payment method of your choice at checkout.
Are there any maintenance fees for the funds I reload and does the balance I reload expire?
No. Amazon Does not charge any fees for you balance and there is no expiration date for the balance you reload.
What can I use my balance to shop for?
You can use your balance toward eligible items on Amazon, including physical products, digital content, and offers from third party merchants.
Can I change my Auto-Reload setting?
Yes. Go to the Your Account View Gift Card Balance page to change the amount of the Auto-Reload, the amount to trigger the Auto-Reload, or to turn off Auto-Reload.
Item model number : 1_US_Reload
Date First Available : December 1, 2014
Manufacturer : Amazon Reload
ASIN : B0CHTKNWBL
Add funds to your Amazon gift card balance, then use your balance to manage how much you spend while shopping.
Set up Auto-Reload to automatically reload your gift card balance on a particular date, week, month or when your balance gets low (below a certain amount).
Save up for a purchase by adding funds to your gift card balance.
Checkout faster when you reload to your gift card balance in advance.
Reloaded funds never expire and have no fees.
Amazon Reload purchases are not refundable or redeemable for cash, except as required by law.
Reviewer: Holly
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Gift Card Rejection
Review: This has to be one of the most finicky services on Amazon. If you have a bunch of those prepaid, non-reloadable Visa gift cards from holidays and stuff (y'know, ones with $10 or less left on them), you CAN technically load them into your Amazon account as a balance. In fact, Amazon even SUGGESTS this service to you when you're looking at your payment information! THEIR SYSTEM KNOWS your Vanilla Visa is A PREPAID CARD!!!! However, the amount of times you get declined is ridiculous, even when there's a balance on them, even when you enter everything in correctly. They decline the card, ask you to update the payment information (which you probably don't want to do because it defeats the purpose of using the remaining balance of the gift card), AND THEN they flag your account for suspicious activity (because you can't cancel the order, you have to wait for it to cancel itself after 2ish days), AND THEN there is a chance they'll lock you out of your account for 24 hours unless you can provide proof of account ownership. I had to tell them through the account reacquisition process that the charge was on an old but still active gift card, and voila the funds dropped within 5 minutes and they gave my account back. I have 4 more gift cards with less than $10 on them... Half of them bounced in the time it took to write this review. Dunno what's going on, if the problem is on their end or Visa's end, but it's frustrating. If I had enough to cover the cost of shipping on any of these gift cards, I could've easily bought what I wanted by now, the card would have gone through (because I've had no issues with making actual purchases on Amazon with these cards), and my review wouldn't exist. It's clearly an issue with the gift card reload service itself. Maybe they'll fix it. I dunno. But if you're thinking of loading your Amazon account with any leftover Vanilla Visas, it might be more trouble than it's worth at this rate.
Reviewer: Tim
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Cannot reliably buy with Visa Gift Cards; support completely inept
Review: I received several Visa gift cards from work; I was able to use one of them to purchase an Amazon gift card, but all subsequent cards failed. After a LOT of discussion with Amazon support via Chat Support, I learned that Chat Support pays no attention to information given to them, just reads off scripts, doesn't understand ANYTHING abut payment processing, and are completely inept and unprepared to help with issues using Visa gift cards... they simply don't understand the problem, and can't bump you up to a level of support that has ANY power or understanding in the matter.The gift card company in this case (myprepaidcenter.com) told me that the 1st Amazon charge went through, but for the 2nd, Amazon attempted a 0-dollar pre-charge authorization, and that myprepaidcenter ALWAYS rejects such pre-auth charges. I explained this probably 7 times to Amazon support, and they refused to understand what it meant, and kept telling me to "talk to my bank" (despite my telling them what 'myprepaidcenter' told me, and me telling them how to properly charge one of these cards, and that 'myprepaidcenter' is NOT a bank.Amazon support was 100% useless, and Amazon appears not to be motivated to empower them to be more helpful.I'll be writing to corporate complaints, perhaps I'll get some kind of response.
Reviewer: HRC
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Perfect for budgeting
Review: I use Amazon gift cards for all of my Amazon spending because itâs a great way to keep track of what Iâm spending and what Iâm spending it on; it also makes it quicker to get money from returns. I always add money in $100 increments, so I donât get why people are freaking out about raising the minimum to $5 â Iâm kind of surprised itâs that low. If I had ever thought about it, I would have guessed it was something like $15 or $25. It would never occur to me to add less than $25 â it doesnât seem worth the effort. I read the reviews when I saw the low rating the gift card got and I couldnât imagine what kind of negative reviews there could be about something so basic. It sounds like people are complaining about Amazon making it harder to use up other companiesâ gift cards. I rarely use gift cards other than Amazonâs, but it never occurred to me to add low balances to another gift card. Iâve always used them as a split payment at the grocery store or my husband uses it at the gas pump, so it doesnât seem like raising the limit is a big deal. If you want to add low gift card balances to an Amazon gift card donât spend the gift card down below $5. Amazonâs gift cards are easier to use than any others Iâve used over the years and I really appreciate how the amounts subtracted are linked to an order number. I always had a hard time tracking order amounts when I used my credit card because they would charge amounts as they shipped and orders donât normally ship all at once, so there would be a bunch of charges that didnât line up with order amounts. Using the gift card makes it a lot easier to track things. Amazon gift cards are also my only choice if Iâm gifting someone a gift card because you have so many choices of things to buy in every price range imaginable . Iâve gotten a number of gift cards over the years from employers, etc., where the amount is less than almost everything the store sells, which is annoyingâyou either have to spend your own money on something you donât really want or need or the whole gift card amount goes to waste.