Why am I being asked to authorise my child’s minecoin purchase when they have sufficient...

Hello Kenneth,

I forgot to mention, make sure to enable these two options on the family settings:

https://account.microsoft.com/family/settings/spending

Hi Kenneth, my name is Rodrigo. I'm an Independent Advisor and a member of the Microsoft community and I'd love to assist you today.

I am sorry to hear that.

To address the immediate issue, please, temporarily turn off the Ask to Buy option and ask your child to attempt the purchase again.

Sign in to your Family page with an adult Microsoft account.

https://account.microsoft.com/family/

Find the child's name and select More options > Spending.

Under the Ask to Buy section, switch Needs organizer approval to buy things to Off.

You can turn it back on right after.

I hope this helps.

Hi Troy,

Welcome to the Xbox forums. I'd be happy to try and help here.

So if I understand correctly, you are trying to add 10$ to your child's Microsoft Account to purchase Minecoins, is that correct? When exactly does that error occur?

I want to clarify that Minecoins are purchased in-game through the Minecraft Marketplace and are not purchasable through the Microsoft Store. You can only redeem codes for Minecoins in the Microsoft Store. What device does your child use to play Minecraft?
I'm not entirely sure what payment options they give you in-game when trying to purchase Minecoins but if you log in to a Microsoft Account when playing Minecraft, the purchases you make in-game are saved to the account.

I suggest following the steps on the following page for an alternative to add money to your child's account:

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

I hope this helps!

Hi SKIM40
In that case please proceed adding your child to a family group and try once you add them

**Before trying to purchase the minecoins disable ask to buy for their account

Hi there! It looks like there are no available Minecoins in the UK. I recommend purchasing the Minecoins in a 3rd party store and redeeming it on your child's account. Additionally, you may reach out to Mojang https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/request/new in purchasing Minecoins in your area.