Sell Xbox and PlayStation Gift Cards in the UK — 84% Each
Xbox and PSN cards both pay 84% at GiftCasher, cashed out to PayPal in pounds. Here is what yours is worth, and why console credit pays less than Steam.
Xbox and PlayStation gift cards both pay 84% of face value — the same rate, no favouritism. A £50 card of either kind is worth £42, paid to your PayPal in pounds.
That puts console credit third in our rate table, behind Steam and Razer Gold at 90% and Amazon at 89%. There is a reason for the gap, and it is a genuinely useful thing to understand if you have a pile of gaming cards and are wondering which to sell first.
What your card is worth
| Card | You receive |
|---|---|
| £20 | £16.80 |
| £50 | £42 |
| £100 | £84 |
| £150 | £126 |
| £250 | £210 |
Identical for Xbox and PSN. The rate does not change with the size of the card. Check any amount in the calculator.
Why Steam pays 90% and your Xbox card pays 84%
It comes down to one word: region.
Steam credit is global. A Steam wallet code works on any Steam account, anywhere in the world, forever. It does not expire, it is not locked to a country, and the person who buys it from us could be in Manchester or Manila. Enormous, liquid demand — so the price stays close to face value.
Console credit is not like that. An Xbox or PlayStation card bought in the UK credits a UK account. It cannot be redeemed on a US, German or Japanese account. That single restriction cuts the pool of possible buyers down to people in one country, and a narrower market means a lower price.
This is worth knowing when you sell:
- If you have Steam or Razer Gold, sell those first — they are worth the most.
- Xbox and PSN are still strong at 84%.
- Nintendo eShop and Google Play sit at 74%, for the same regional reason but with a smaller installed base.
- Roblox is 69%, the lowest gaming card we buy.
Rates are not arbitrary. They are the resale market telling you how portable your credit is.
Where to find the code
Xbox — a 25-character code, in the format XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX. On a physical card it is under the scratch panel on the back; on a digital one it is in the email.
PlayStation — a 12-character code, also under a scratch panel or in your confirmation email.
Scratch gently. Gouging the panel with a coin can take the last character of the code off with it, and a card with an unreadable digit is a card nobody can verify — including us.
Getting paid in sterling
A UK console card pays into a sterling balance, and PayPal pays you out in sterling. There is no conversion step and therefore no hidden spread.
Many gift card exchanges are built for the US market and run everything through dollars. Sell them a £100 card and it becomes dollars somewhere in the pipeline, usually at a rate slightly worse than the real one, and usually without being mentioned. On one card that is pennies. Across a stack of console cards it is real money.
If you would rather have crypto, that is available — but USDT, ETH and BTC settle against the US dollar, so a sterling balance is converted. We show the rate and the exact dollar figure before you confirm, so there is no surprise at the end. If you want pounds, take PayPal.
Selling one
- Check the rate in the calculator.
- Submit the code, with a photo if you have the physical card.
- Verification takes up to 24 hours. A person checks the code is valid and the balance is real.
- Withdraw to PayPal.
Minimum card £20; minimum withdrawal £50. If a card is part-used, that is fine — we pay the same 84% on the balance that is actually left, and there is no penalty for it.
Subscription cards are not the same thing
One thing that catches people out: Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus cards are subscription codes, not wallet credit. They redeem into a period of membership, not a cash balance, and they are a different product.
What we buy is wallet credit — Xbox Gift Card, PlayStation Store Gift Card. If your card says "3 Months Game Pass Ultimate" or "12 Months PS Plus", that is a subscription card, and the calculator does not cover it. Check what the card actually says before submitting it, so verification does not come back with an answer you were not expecting.
Don't sell a code to someone who messaged you
Console codes are irreversible. Once redeemed, they are gone — no chargeback, no dispute, no recovery.
That is precisely why a "buyer" who slides into your DMs offering above-market rates, and who wants the code before sending payment, is not a buyer. They will take the code and vanish, and there is nothing anyone can do. This happens constantly on Discord, on Reddit trading subs, and on Facebook Marketplace.
If you have already been caught this way, report it to Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 — and do not send a second code to "release" the first payment. That is the second half of the same scam.
Sell to a buyer that verifies, pays into an account you control, and can be found at a real address.