Amazon Top Up is an alternative way to pay using gift cards at Amazon. For a limited time only you can get a £5 free Amazon gift card when you Top Up.
Instead of just buying stuff with your debit card with Amazon, there are other ways to pay.
You might think that getting an Amazon voucher or gift card is pointless, but there are some advantages!
£10 sign-up bonus available.
Swagbucks lets you earn rewards in your spare time by answering surveys, watching videos, and playing simple games.
If you fancy giving it a go, new users can get a £10 bonus when they join.
See how Swagbucks works
First up, Amazon run offers (the last one way during Amazon Prime Day) where you get get free Amazon credit when you buy a gift card.
This is simply free money.
If you’re planning to make a purchase anyway then using Amazon Top Up is a given.
Even if there is nothing you want to buy today, perhaps there is something your planning to get on Black Friday or maybe you’re planning to get a present for Christmas?
Free Amazon gift card
For a limited time, if you top up £20 or more using Amazon Top Up you will get £5 added to your account for free.
To take advantage of this offer you have to top up in a shop that has PayPoint.
PayPoint is a way to pay for bills, transfer money, top up your mobile and even pay for parking at convenient location near you. See here for a list of all stores.
This offer is running for a limited time only and you need to Top Up in store before 11:59pm on 31 October 2017.
The free credit expires on 30 November 2017 so you must use it before that time.
You are only able to take this offer up once, so there’s no point adding £20 over a few different transactions to try to get more free money.
How does Amazon Top Up work?
It’s a very simple to top up in store with Amazon.
Take a look…
More money!
But hold up!
There is another promotion running as well :)
Bet you’re glad you kept reading!
Some people have been selected to receive £6 free Amazon credit. This could mean you get the £5 free in store and another £6 free online!
Go to this page and click “Register for the promotion”. It will then show you if you’re able to get the offer.
If you are, you can buy £30 of gift cards and get £6 added to your account for free.
You’d need to use the £6 bonus credit before 14 January 2018.
Other ways to get free Amazon gift vouchers
If you’re an avid Amazon shopper, or you just like getting things for free, you’ll be delighted to hear there are ways to get Amazon credit without paying!
Take part in activities with Swagbacks and you can cash in your bucks for Amazon vouchers.
In a similar way, Opinion Outpost is a survey site and they pay in Amazon vouchers as well (although you can choose PayPal if you’d prefer).
There are so many survey sites out there but some are clearly better than others. Take a look at the selected legitimate paid surveys UK sites we suggest.
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