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Sell your IKEA gift card for cash

Sell your IKEA gift card for 80% of the balance. $10 to $2,000 per card, paid by PayPal or Cash App within 24 hours.

IKEA credit is furnishing money, and furnishing happens in bursts. Someone moves, buys everything at once, and whatever is left on the card has no follow-up purchase attached to it. Until the next move — which might be years away — the balance has nothing to do.

The store network is also the sparsest of any major retailer on this list relative to its brand recognition. Large parts of the country are a long drive from an IKEA, and while the online business covers some of that, delivery costs on flat-pack furniture change the maths considerably. A card for a store you would need to make a day of visiting is a card that waits.

IKEA is also unusually common as a housewarming and wedding gift, which puts credit in the hands of people at their busiest and least likely to sit down and browse. And IKEA refund cards — issued for returns — look similar but are a separate instrument; check which one you have.

We pay 80% of the verified balance, flat, on cards from $10 to $2,000. A $250 card pays $200. Partial balances are welcome and priced identically per dollar.

IKEA gift cards do not expire and can be used in store, online, and in the restaurants and Swedish food market inside the stores. The restaurant is the most underrated way to use up an awkward remainder if you are visiting anyway. IKEA also issues refund cards for returns, which look similar but are a different instrument — check which one you hold before assuming it is sellable.

If a move, a first flat or a nursery is coming, keep the card: IKEA is where that money goes furthest. Sell when the opposite is true — the house is furnished, the nearest store is a full day out, and the balance has been sitting since a housewarming several addresses ago.

Checking an IKEA balance requires an IKEA account and the card number plus the four-digit PIN from under the scratch panel, or the redemption code for a digital card. IKEA has moved its balance tooling around more than most brands, so if a saved link fails, start from the customer service section rather than assuming the card is dead.

We verify before paying. A confirmed balance lower than what you entered produces a corrected offer at the same rate, shown to you before anything moves, with no charge if you decline.

Your cash offer
$0.00
80% of the balance · $10–$2,000 per card

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

IKEA payout table

What we pay for a IKEA 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 IKEA balance

IKEA does not have a stable public balance-check page we can link straight to, so the reliable route is to search for it and use the result on IKEA's own domain. You will need the card number and the PIN from the back of the card. Never enter those on a third-party site.

Search for the IKEA balance checker

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 IKEA gift card: common questions

80% of the balance we verify with IKEA. 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 IKEA card is $2,000.00; 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 IKEA 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 home and furniture cards we buy

Same process, same payout timing. See all home and furniture brands.