Buying gift cards for gamertag change

Yes, exactly. Can I use the balance in my microsoft account to buy the change of the gamertag or do I have to use a debit or credit card? If the second option is the only one available, can I take the money out of the microsoft balance and back to a gift card? (because you can use a gift card as a payment method)

Thank you for the response can i buy a US xbox live gift card 10$ and pay with that instead to change my gamertag ? Since i can change my Microsoft account region to US to get it to work maybe?

Hi,

you have to redeem the points for a gift card first. It will be credited directly to your account. Afterwards you can pay the gamertag change with it.

Before you pay make sure that the new gamertag is written right and has no suffix like #1234 at the end (if you don't want a suffix). A suffix means that somebody else is already using this gamertag.

A change can't be reversed or refunded !

thanks for your answer - but where do i find a site so i can put my points and get a gift card?

on the microsoft rewards site there isnt any option to buy a gift card for XBOX.

can you show me how to do it?

Hello, when you change the Gamertag, you have no choice. It is best to add a credit card to Xbox and change the name. I'm not sure but it should work despite the Gift Card currency.

The problem is a lot of people run scripts from their computers to grab a gamertag that someone has free'd up. At the end of the day it's just a risk that someone will not have done a script on the gamertag you wish to use in question. The quickest thing
I can suggest that has worked as I have done it myself as well.

Step 1.

buy a $10/£10 gift card and put it on the first account

buy a$10/£10 gift card and put it on the second account

We'll call the gamertag to get rid of as Gamertag 1, and the gamertag you want to swap Gamertag 1 with is called Gamertag 2

Step 3. Sign in to Gamertag 2 on the Xbox 360 console

Step 4. Press Guide Button > navigate to the Settings > Profile > Edit Profile > Gamertag

Step 5. Change Gamertag 2 to gamertag 3

Step 6. Quickly sign in to Gamertag 1 on the Xbox 360

Step 7. Press Guide Button > navigate to the Settings > Profile > Edit Profile > Gamertag

Step 8. Quickly change your gamertag from Gamertag 1 to Gamertag 2.

This is just an example obviously where as if it's Deno you want on the other account you would first change Deno, then on the new account change it to Deno. I do advise the quicker this process is done the better, thoroughly read these steps and ensure
the gift cards have been successfully redeemed on both accounts prior to doing this.

Let me know how you get on!

Regards,

Daniel