Buying V-Bucks for Child Account

Jerjef · Jun 23, 2019

Hey all,

My kid plays a lot of Fortnite and is asking for some V-Bucks. He's obviously restricted from making purchases, being the child account on my account, so I was wondering how I could purchase V-Bucks on his behalf.

Thanks.

:)

choppyseize

For my kid I just turn on the option in account settings to let them make a purchase. I then watch them make the purchase and then I turn the purchases off again. That may be something you want to try.

MRallamagoosa

I looked for the gifting option, but no go unfortunately. I already have money on my account, but I don't think I can transfer that to them. If I purchase the V-bucks on my account would they be accessible from his? Dumb question I know, lol.

You cannot transfer your balance to a child account, but you can add money directly to it. I'll link the support page with instructions for this since it contains other useful sublinks. I think that is your best option here.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4027024/microsoft-account-add-money-to-your-childs-account

Jerjef

I looked for the gifting option, but no go unfortunately. I already have money on my account, but I don't think I can transfer that to them. If I purchase the V-bucks on my account would they be accessible from his? Dumb question I know, lol.

Onyx Is Here

If there is an option to purchase the vbucks as a gift you can do that. Just select the package you want, choose the option to buy as a gift and then select your child's account to send it to. They'll get it as a redeemable code to their Xbox Live Message
Center.

Another option would be to add currency to their account. You can only do this if you are listed as the parent account. https://account.microsoft.com/family

Jerjef

Thanks for all the responses everyone. This has been very helpful and informative.

Buying V-Bucks for Child Account