How to add a prepaid gift card to your PayPal account to use as a payment method

 

One of the obvious perks of the holiday season is gift cards galore.

Prepaid gift cards sold by credit card companies are a particularly great gift, because you can put the balance toward just about anything — including your PayPal account.

And adding a gift card balance to your PayPal account might be a good idea if you often use PayPal. 

It's also a great way to eliminate the possibility of forfeiting your funds before you've even had a chance to splurge — a lot of us are prone to losing physical copies of things. 

Here's how to add a prepaid gift card from Visa, American Express, MasterCard, or Discover to your PayPal account.