Policy overview
This includes things like the number of gift cards you can offer at a time, the maximum dollar amount of the gift card, and the type of cards you can list. For more details, review our guidelines below.
Make sure your listing follows these guidelines. If it doesn't, it may be removed, and you may be subject to a range of other actions, including restrictions of your buying and selling privileges and suspension of your account.
What are the guidelines?
Allowed
- Gift cards for a travel agency (For gift cards for travel services like airline tickets, see the guidelines in the Restricted section below.)
- Paper-based gift certificates
- Phone cards for minutes (For cards with a dollar amount, see the gift card guidelines in the Restricted section below.)
Restricted
- Collectible gift cards with no redemption value can be listed, as long as sellers specify in the listing that there's no dollar amount on the card.
- For stores or companies going through bankruptcy or going out of business, you can list their gift card only if it's still being accepted as a form of payment. If there's an expiration date, be sure to specify it in your listing.
- Gift cards can be listed as long as you meet all of the following requirements:
- The card’s dollar amount is $500 or less.
- You have the card in hand at the time you list it.
- You offer only one gift card per listing.
- You have only one gift card listing at a time, even if you have more than one eBay account.
At our discretion, eBay may approve authorized resellers or direct suppliers to list gift cards without these restrictions.
- Gift cards for travel services (such as airline tickets, lodging, and so on) have to be listed in the Travel > Other category. For more details, see our travel policy.
Not allowed
- Gift card codes or electronically delivered gift cards
- Prepaid credit cards (or money cards) from American Express, Discover, MasterCard, or Visa. For details, see our credit and debit cards policy.
- Store or merchandise credit in the form of a receipt