Can I pay my final value fees with a pre-paid gift card if it's a visa or mastercard?

I Will only be selling Locally from time to time since I have 50 free listings, at the beginning to avoid most of the fees. But the final value fees. Can I pay them with a prepaid gift card does anyone know? Thanks. And sorry for any punctuation and spelling issues. This keyboard doesn't help. Not that I'm illiterate or anything.

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Re: Can I pay my final value fees with a pre-paid gift card if it's a visa or mastercard?

I'm not sure. This is what ebay says you can use to pay:

 

You can make a one-time payment using PayPal or another payment method.You can make a one-time payment using PayPal or another payment method.Or choose another payment method:  Make a pre-authorized debit payment  Pay with your credit cardOr choose another payment method: Make a pre-authorized debit payment Pay with your credit card

 

It's on your Account Activity page. I don't really know if the pre-paid credit cards are treated like regular credit cards on checkout. Another user will be able to help, I'm sure.

 

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ebay 'announced' it would accept payment via pre-paid credit cards way back in 2013 but that looks like an announcement targeted to buyers. I would expect it would include payments from sellers but maybe there is only one way to find out unless you can connect with another seller who's paid their fees this way. 

 

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Announcements/Get-what-you-really-want-use-pre-paid-gift-cards-to-pay-...

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Note the final comment on that announcement:

 

'You need to link the card with your PayPal before you can use it, since Ebay doesn't take prepaid cards on their own.'''You need to link the card with your PayPal before you can use it, since Ebay doesn't take prepaid cards on their own.''

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Re: Can I pay my final value fees with a pre-paid gift card if it's a visa or mastercard?

thanks anyway, I appreciate your effort.
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what does it mean though? if paypal accepts them. Can I make them directly via paypal without me having this account? I mean paypal account.
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Re: Can I pay my final value fees with a pre-paid gift card if it's a visa or mastercard?

I really don't know and I suspect you won't know until you try to make an one-time payment with it. Pick a small amount to test before your fees are actually due so that you have time to figure out another payment method if you need to do that. One-time doesn't mean you're only allowed to do it once, it means you're not setting it up.

 

And paypal accounts are free. 

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