I got a great gift from my folks, an Apple iTunes gift card. Nice. And I have an iPod. What I don’t have is any clue how to redeem an iTunes gift card. Help!
Let me ask you, how are you putting music on your iPod currently? I mean, if you can figure that out, you should be good to go with an iTunes gift card. 🙂
But I’ll assume that’s a legit question and address it, okay? After all, there are probably lots of people who have these gift cards and haven’t figured out just how easy they are to redeem.
First thing you’ll need is a coin or sharp fingernail: you need to rub off the silver on the back to reveal the full gift card code. It’s going to look something like this:
Now get started by launching iTunes: that’s the application you need, and if you don’t have it yet, well, download it. You can do that from Apple.
When you look at the full iTunes window, click on “iTunes Store” on the left:
Now you should see the full iTunes Store, which includes a list of menu items:
As you might expect, click on “Redeem”. Now you’ll see:
Here’s where you enter the code you’ve got printed on the back of the iTunes gift card. Do so, then click “Redeem”.
As you can see, you need to either set up or log in to your account. Since I have one, I’ll just enter my account and password information and click “Redeem”.
If it works, you’ll now get the positive message:
Now click “Shop” and you can just cruise around the iTunes Store, find something you like and click the “Buy” button: it’ll be subtracted from your outstanding balance (you can see mine is $25.00) and downloaded.
Note also that the top right of the iTunes app shows you the current balance of your card:
Digging around, I found Orson Scott Card’s classic sci-fi novel Ender’s Game and realize I’ve never given it a proper listen:
That’s what I’ll buy. I click on “BUY BOOK” and:
Perfect. iTunes Gift Card redeemed on the store, great audio book downloaded into iTunes and the next time I sync up my iPod with iTunes, it’ll automatically be copied onto the player.
Hope that helps you!
I bought a $100 itunes gift card and can’t read the last 3 letters, who do I phone to redeem this card
i found were it says redeem but i click it and it does nothing.. please help i cant take much more of this
I can’t redeem my I tune card because I scratch the code and can’t read it. Here is the account number on the card6056737048718197 can you please enter it in my I tune account it is for $25 :00 let me know if you can do this I have been trying for hours and the site does not give the directions
I sent a friend a DVD via I tunes for his birthday.. i have the receipt he got a email to say l had sent him the DVD it asks him for the CODE??? yet he does not have one.. Q: does he need a ITUNES account in the email address l sent it in?…
Hi Dave,,,,,,,Now get started by launching iTunes: how do i do this its so confusing ??
i tried this and the little store box that has the ipple store icon in it i cannot find any where please help me ??
I’m having the same problem as Joanne….what is the solution? Anyone?
Hi Dave, love your site. I also have a problem with redeeming my gift card. I did get the message “you have successfully redeemed your gift card” and I can see the little $25 besides my name. It is not in a field format though and looks a slight gray color. When I try to buy something, itunes always kicks me back into the account information. I was trying to avoid entering my credit card information and just go with gift cards, but it appears that it wont let me do that. Will I HAVE to give my credit card info in order to redeem by gift card amount ?
thanks for your explanation,,,,,,,, but i am still confusing about how to create my own account, so i need your help to create my account ……thank for your kindness……….