1. Can you pay by a reversible method?
The most important check. A seller who insists on bank transfer to a personal account, cryptocurrency, or payment in other gift cards is removing your ability to dispute.
Good sign: ordinary payment methods with buyer protection.
2. Is there a real way to contact a person?
A monitored address, answered by someone who reads what you wrote. Test it before buying — ask a specific question and see what comes back.
Bad sign: a contact form that goes nowhere, or replies that do not address the question.
3. Do they ask which country the code is for?
A seller who does not ask about region is either automated to the point of carelessness or does not care whether the code works. This is the single most useful signal, because it separates people who understand the product from people moving inventory.
4. Is the price plausible?
Deep discounts on major brands are the classic sign of stolen or fraudulently obtained stock. Genuine resale margins are thin.
Rule of thumb: a large discount on a brand everyone wants is a warning, not a bargain.
5. Is what they promise physically possible?
Claims like "instant delivery of any brand, any region, any amount" describe something nobody can actually do. Regions, denominations and stock all constrain real sellers.
6. Do the terms say what happens when a code fails?
A real seller has a policy for dead codes, because it happens. No policy means no intention of handling it.
7. Is there a trail?
Order numbers, confirmation emails, a record of what was issued. Without these, a dispute is your word against silence.
8. Do they tell you things against their own interest?
The most underrated signal. A seller who explains that a card might not work for subscriptions, or that a region cannot be changed, is telling you something that costs them a sale. That is expensive honesty and it is hard to fake at scale.
Applying this to us
In the interest of not writing a checklist we would fail:
- We ask about region before issuing anything, because that is what makes codes work.
- We confirm by email and give an order number, so there is a record.
- We take no payment on this website and ask for no card details here.
- A person answers the address at the bottom of every page.
- We do not claim instant delivery of anything, because agreeing the details takes an exchange of emails.
If any of that stops being true, the checks above should tell you before we do.
When to walk away
Three failures is enough. You are not obliged to explain yourself, and a seller who argues about the checks has answered the question.