{"id":2993,"date":"2021-11-10T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=2993"},"modified":"2023-04-18T12:09:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T18:09:40","slug":"gift-card-reselling-rates-go-plaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/10\/gift-card-reselling-rates-go-plaid\/","title":{"rendered":"Gift Card Reselling: Rates Go Plaid"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>State of the Union<\/h4>\n<p>I\u2019m not burying the lead this time: gift card reselling <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mk7VWcuVOf0\">has gone plaid<\/a> in the last week. A few vitals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BestBuy $500 card rates crept <strong>above<\/strong> 99% for a day, and held at or above 98% for most of the week<\/li>\n<li>Kroger Fuel Points spot prices are higher than I\u2019ve ever seen, reaching north of $18 per 1,000 points<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gcgalore.com\/kroger-online-buy-57-50-giving-good-gift-cards-for-50-home-depot-lowes-macys-more\/\">There<\/a> <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gcgalore.com\/egifter-buy-110-home-depot-gift-cards-for-100-with-promo-code-hd1121\/\">have<\/a> <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doctorofcredit.com\/targeted-kroger-10-off-egiftcards\/\">been<\/a> <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doctorofcredit.com\/mygiftcardsplus-save-on-giftcards-for-panera-athleta-ocharleys-aeropostale-cinemark\/\">more<\/a> <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gcgalore.com\/kroger-online-earn-4x-fuel-points-on-3rd-party-gift-cards-nov-1-7-online-only\/\">profitable<\/a> non-BestBuy gift card reselling deals in the last two weeks than there were all summer long<\/li>\n<li>Bulk gift card buyer demand seems to be larger this year than it was last year (or the year before)<\/li>\n<li>More brands are becoming profitable when combined with grocery rewards: Apple, Home Depot, Nike, and Marshalls to name a few. More diversity means more opportunity <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Honestly, The last week was so good that I knocked out a few big-spend sign-up bonuses on new credit cards using nothing but third party gift card resale deals over the past weekend.<\/p>\n<h4>Where to Start<\/h4>\n<p>The number one question I get lately is \u201cWhere do I find resale rates like these? I checked <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.raise.com\">Raise<\/a> and <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.giftcardwiki.com\">GiftCardWiki<\/a>, and the gift card rates aren\u2019t anywhere near what you post.\u201d Well, I\u2019ll share three for the moment (two for beginners and one once you\u2019ve done a little bit of volume):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thecardbay.com\/\">TheCardBay<\/a> (great for beginners)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/alignedincentiv.es\">AlignedIncentiv.es<\/a> (also good for beginners)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#89fafcf9f9e6fbfdc9faeae6eeeaa7eae6e4b6fafcebe3eceafdb4c3c6c0c7a9dbecf8fcecfafd\">SCO GC<\/a> (great for intermediates who want more bulk volume)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are others too, but I think to use them effectively you should cut your teeth with the above. As you get bigger volume and better at the processes, you\u2019ll get better rates and ultimately probably network your way into advanced aggregators and ultimately private buyers who will pay the highest rates. My best suggestion is to walk before you run on this one!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-editorskit-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2994\" height=\"350\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/medium_swap109.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/medium_swap109.jpg 408w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/medium_swap109-300x257.jpg 300w\" width=\"408\"\/><figcaption>I know this isn\u2019t what people mean when they say \u201ccutting your teeth\u201d, but it\u2019s where my mind goes. Also, it\u2019s probably where yours will go now too. Sorry, not sorry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State of the Union I\u2019m not burying the lead this time: gift card reselling has gone plaid in the last week. A few vitals: BestBuy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gift-cards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2993"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7166,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2993\/revisions\/7166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}