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Sell your Michaels gift card for cash

Sell an unused Michaels gift card for 80% of the balance. $10 to $2,000 per card, with payment initiated within 24 hours.

Craft store credit is project money in the same way hardware store credit is, and it behaves the same way: it arrives attached to an intention, and when the intention fades the balance stays. A card given to support a hobby someone has since stopped doing is one of the most common unspent cards there is.

Michaels has an additional wrinkle in the form of its coupon culture. Shoppers are trained to wait for a percentage-off offer before buying anything, and stacking a gift card behind a coupon is a small planning exercise. Small planning exercises are exactly what gets postponed.

With JOANN's closure removing a major competitor, some crafters have shifted stores, and cards for one chain do not move to another. If you are holding Michaels credit but have changed where you shop, there is no route to transfer it.

We pay 80% of the verified balance, flat, on cards from $10 up to $2,000. A $100 card pays $80. Partial balances are welcome and are priced identically per dollar.

Michaels cards do not expire and can be used in store, online, and for framing services and classes at participating locations. Custom framing is by far the most efficient way to use a larger balance — a single frame absorbs credit that would take a dozen small craft purchases to clear.

Sell when the hobby has ended or moved online. Craft supply buying has shifted substantially to specialist online sellers, and a card for a physical chain does not follow you there. If the project the card was given for is finished and there is no next one, the balance has no purpose left.

Michaels also sells a lot of seasonal decor, and that is the easiest category in the store to spend a balance on without any particular skill or project in mind. If you want the card gone rather than converted, a holiday decorating run will clear it. If you would rather have the money, the balance keeps its full value until you decide either way.

Check the balance on Michaels' own gift card page with the card number and PIN before submitting, and enter the exact figure rather than the amount it was loaded with.

We confirm the balance before paying anything out. If it comes back lower, the offer is recalculated at the same 80% rate and shown to you before money moves.

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.

Michaels payout table

What we pay for a Michaels 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 Michaels balance

Check it on Michaels'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 Michaels 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 Michaels gift card: common questions

80% of the balance we verify with Michaels. 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 Michaels 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 Michaels 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 toy, craft and hobby cards we buy

Same process, same payout timing. See all toy, craft and hobby brands.