Can You Pay for Walmart+ With a Walmart Gift Card?
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A Walmart gift card cannot pay for Walmart+, so check for a credit card, debit card, or PayPal before enrolling.
No. You cannot pay for a Walmart+ membership with a standard Walmart gift card. Walmart+ is Walmart's paid membership program, and Walmart requires a credit card, debit card, or PayPal when you sign up.
That matters if you received a gift card through a giveaway or as a present and hoped to use its balance for membership fees. Keep the gift card for eligible Walmart purchases instead.
Verification note: Program terms and availability can change. This page was checked against linked sources on September 13, 2026.
What Walmart accepts for Walmart+
Walmart's Help Center says new Walmart+ members need a credit card, debit card, or PayPal to enroll. A standard Walmart gift card is not listed as an approved sign-up payment method. Walmart Help Center's billing and payments guidance This applies whether you prefer annual or monthly billing.
Walmart lists Walmart+ at $98 per year or $12.95 per month, plus applicable tax. Walmart's membership page
Can a Walmart+ membership gift card help?
No. Walmart says that Walmart+ annual membership gift cards and e-gift cards can no longer be used to purchase a Walmart+ membership. Walmart's Walmart+ gift-card redemption page So there is no separate membership-gift-card route to use in place of a credit card, debit card, or PayPal account.
Why a saved payment method matters
A payment method is not just needed at enrollment. Walmart's Walmart+ Terms of Use say members must keep at least one valid payment method on file. At renewal, Walmart may charge the saved method.
If it cannot authorize payment, the terms say Walmart may cancel the membership. Walmart+ Terms of Use
What to do with your Walmart gift card
Use the gift card toward eligible Walmart goods or services, subject to Walmart's gift-card terms. Those terms can change, and their broad allowance for eligible goods and services does not replace Walmart+'s specific enrollment requirement. You do not need to rush to spend it solely because of this limitation: Walmart says its gift cards do not expire.
Walmart Gift Card Terms and Conditions If you want Walmart+, check that you can use one of the accepted options before starting enrollment:
- A credit card
- A debit card
- PayPal
- A valid payment method you can keep on file for renewal