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Sell your Trader Joe's gift card for cash

We buy unused Trader Joe's gift cards outright at 80% of the balance — $10 to $2,000 per card, paid by PayPal or Cash App within 24 hours.

Everyday-spend cards like Trader Joe's rarely get lost so much as forgotten. They get used for one shop, put back in a wallet with $18.40 on them, and never come out again.

You get 80% of the balance in cash. That is $20.00 on a $25.00 card and $400.00 on a $500.00 one, and the number you are shown before you commit is the number that arrives. We buy Trader Joe's cards from $10 up to $2,000 on a single card. If yours is above that ceiling, split it across two submissions rather than trying to force one through.

We are buying, not brokering. There is no listing, no buyer to wait for and no chance of a chargeback three weeks later — we take the card off your hands and absorb whatever happens next. That is what the discount pays for. We verify the balance before paying, which for a card that has been part-spent is the part people worry about. If it reads lower than you entered, you get shown the new number and decide again.

The card keeps its full value until you do something with it — and it keeps doing nothing until then too.

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.

Trader Joe's payout table

What we pay for a Trader Joe's 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 Trader Joe's balance

Check it on Trader Joe's'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 Trader Joe's 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 Trader Joe's gift card: common questions

80% of the balance we verify with Trader Joe's. 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 Trader Joe's 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 Trader Joe's 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 grocery cards we buy

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