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80% of the balance

Sell your First Watch gift card for cash

80% of your First Watch balance, in cash, usually the next day. Cards from $10 to $500, bought outright — there is nothing to list.

Restaurant credit is the most commonly regifted and least commonly redeemed kind of gift card. A First Watch card assumes you will be at a First Watch table, and plenty of them never are.

The reason the rate is not 100% is simple: once we buy the card, the risk is ours. We pay you before we have resold anything, and some cards come back drained or dead. That gap covers the losses, the balance checks and the payment fees. Verification happens before payment, not after. If a First Watch card has less on it than expected, the offer is recalculated at the same 80% rate and you choose whether to go ahead.

Our First Watch rate is 80%, applied to the balance we confirm with the brand. There is no tiering and no negotiation — a $200.00 card is $160.00 whoever is selling it. $10 is the minimum and $500 is the per-card maximum. Enter the balance to the cent; rounding up does not help you, because we pay on what the brand confirms.

Nothing here is binding until you submit. Type the balance, look at the number, and decide.

Your cash offer
$0.00
80% of the balance · $10–$500 per card

Nothing is final until you submit. You can still back out at review.

First Watch payout table

What we pay for a First Watch card at 80%
Card balanceYou get
$25.00$20.00
$50.00$40.00
$100.00$80.00
$250.00$200.00
$500.00$400.00

How to check your First Watch balance

Check it on First Watch's own site before you sell. You will need the full card number and the PIN — usually under a scratch-off strip on the back, or in the confirmation email for a digital card. Enter the balance here exactly as it reads.

Check your First Watch balance

When you get paid

Three ways out, no fees on any of them. There is no bank transfer option — we removed it deliberately.

  • PayPal Initiated within 24 hoursUsually the same afternoon once the balance is confirmed.
  • Cash App Initiated within 24 hoursSent to your $Cashtag. Same timing as PayPal.
  • Paper check 5–7 business daysPosted to you. Slower, because the mail is the mail.
  • Card data encrypted and admin-onlyThe full number and PIN are visible to the verification admin and nobody else — not other sellers, not support staff.
  • No fees, everNo listing fee, no commission, no payout fee. The number you accept is the number that arrives.
  • We buy it outrightThere is nothing to list and no buyer to wait on. Once we own the card, the resale risk is ours, not yours.

Selling a First Watch gift card: common questions

80% of the balance we verify with First Watch. A $100.00 card pays $80.00 and a $250.00 card pays $200.00. The rate is flat — it does not improve with larger balances and it does not drop for smaller ones.

$10.00. Below that the payment processing costs more than the trade is worth to either of us. The most we take on a single First Watch card is $500.00; if yours is larger, submit it as two cards.

PayPal and Cash App payments are initiated within 24 hours of you submitting the card, and often the same afternoon. A paper check takes 5 to 7 business days because it goes through the mail. The only thing standing between you and the money is the balance check.

We recalculate at the same 80% rate and show you the corrected offer before any money moves. If the new number does not work for you, say no and keep the card. People misremember balances constantly and it is not held against you.

Yes, and most of what we buy is partially used. A First Watch card with $37.18 left is worth the same per dollar as a full one. Enter the exact remaining balance, down to the cents, as long as it is at least $10.00.

Other restaurant cards we buy

Same process, same payout timing. See all restaurant brands.