You can use a prepaid Visa gift card to shop on Amazon, but you'll have to work around Amazon's system to make it happen. Here's how to do it.

Your Amazon gift card balance can be checked via the Gift Card section of your account on the website or the app.

Whether you've received a Vanilla Gift Card as a gift or bought it yourself as a way to pay for transactions without using your personal credit or debit card, at some point you may want to use it for ...

Balances last 5 years; inactivity fees after 12 months; some states cash out small leftovers (e.g., CA <$10) Buy low, ...