Provider at a glance
- Category
- Crypto Gift Cards
- Entity
- Not verified
- Official website
- coincards.com
Independent rankingchecked How it works
Details
Scored 72 out of 100 under methodology 2026.10.18, from the evidence read in September 2026.
Coincards
Crypto gift card store
Crypto Gift Cards
#2 Overall
Ranked #2 of 8 crypto gift cards in the published ranking
72
ChainChoice Score
The ChainChoice Score, shown against 100: published scores run from 41 to 99.- High evidence confidence
Is Coincards right for you?
Right for you if these matter most
- What a $100 Amazon card actually costs you9/10, the category best
- Can you see the number before you commit9/10, the category best
Look elsewhere if these come first
- Reach and identity cost7/10 here; CryptoRefills scores 9
- What happens when the code will not redeem2/10 here; Bitrefill scores 7
Not yet tested for your country. Markets it lists: United States, Canada, Europe, Australia.
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The rank above is the published one, the same for every reader. Find my best crypto gift card service shows where it lands for you.
What will Coincards cost you?
Not priced on this basis
- Payments per month
- 500
- Average payment
- $100
How safe is Coincards?
- Evidence: verified4 of 4 criteria rest on quoted, sourced receipts. Read September 2026.
- LicenceMiCA (EU): no register record on file here.
Alternatives to Coincards
Compare all 4- 1Bitrefill9 points above · stronger on failure recourse (7 against 2)81
- 3CryptoRefills1 point below · stronger on failure recourse (5 against 2)71
- 4Coinsbee10 points below · stronger on failure recourse (5 against 2)62
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Find out if Coincards fits you
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Why this rank
Why Coincards ranks #2
Each strength is read from evidence on a 0–10 ladder and weighted as the published methodology states. The 32 objective points these produce (24.2 here) sit inside the score; availability, friction, trust record and measured data add the rest. Best in this ranking on 2 of 4.
4 published criteria · Σ weight 100
CriterionWeightStrength · 0–10ScoreContrib.MedianBestRankEvidence
409+11.523.59#1/8Loading evidence…
259+7.205.09#1/8Loading evidence…
207+4.487.59#5/8Loading evidence…
152+0.964.57#6/8Loading evidence…
Hairline = best in this ranking · tick = its median · a missing bar is "not scored", never zero
Margin−9behind Bitrefill, #1
RobustnessOne point from changingacross a one-point change to each of its 4 criterion scores, the re-run scores 70–75 and ranks #2–#3
Evidence4 of 4 scored4 quoted, 4 with a source link
What would move the rank
Each line is the ranking run again with one of Coincards’s criterion scores changed and every other value held: the smallest whole-point change on that criterion that moves its rank, and where the re-run puts it. Up to 4 climbs and 3 falls are listed, smallest change first. Nothing here is a forecast.
What a $100 Amazon card actually costs you 9 → 8 on its ladder · CryptoRefills passes it−170#2 → #3
Can you see the number before you commit 9 → 7 on its ladder · CryptoRefills passes it−269#2 → #3
Reach and identity cost 7 → 5 on its ladder · CryptoRefills passes it−270#2 → #3
Strengths
2 from the score dataWhere it leads
Best for readers who weight
- What a $100 Amazon card actually costs you — 9/10, the category best
- Can you see the number before you commit — 9/10, the category best
Tradeoffs
2 from the score dataWhere it trails
Not for readers who put first
- Reach and identity cost — 7/10 against a category best of 9/10
- What happens when the code will not redeem — 2/10 against a category best of 7/10
Record watch-outs
- The only vendor here that sells the anchor card at face value is also the one that refuses refunds most absolutely: refunds exist only while an order is still awaiting confirmations, and "No refunds are issued on Processed Orders under ANY circumstances." You save the entire 2-5% spread and give up every remedy after delivery. Note also the page's own warning that this merchant "requires whole dollar purchase amounts", and that the operating entity behind the terms is Stuff Technologies, arbitrating in Canada.
Competitive position
Where Coincards leads and where it trails
Rank on every objective dimension among the rows scored on it. A criterion in the top third of its pool is listed as a lead, the bottom third as a trail; the middle is neither. Popularity, size and commercial terms are not dimensions.
Availability#7 / 812.0 of 20 · best 14.0
Published criteria#2 / 818.1 of 30 · best 19.4
Friction#1 / 82.7 of 10 · constant here
Trust record#1 / 83.2 of 8 · constant here
Measured data#1 / 88.3 of 18 · constant here
Where Coincards leads
- What a $100 Amazon card actually costs you#1 / 8
- Can you see the number before you commit#1 / 8
Where it trails
- What happens when the code will not redeem#6 / 8
Closest alternatives
The 3 nearest rows by score
Nearest by published score in either direction. Each card states the criteria on which the two rows differ and the cost difference under the same scenario inputs; the compare arithmetic below shows why the higher one ranks higher.
CryptoRefills#3 of 8 · score 71 · 1.0 point behind
Coincards leads on
- What a $100 Amazon card actually costs you9 vs 6
- Can you see the number before you commit9 vs 6
CryptoRefills leads on
- Reach and identity cost9 vs 7
- What happens when the code will not redeem5 vs 2
Largest single reason Coincards is ahead: published criteria (+6.8 display points).Scenario cost: CryptoRefills has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Bitrefill#1 of 8 · score 81 · 9.0 points ahead
Coincards leads on
- What a $100 Amazon card actually costs you9 vs 8
Bitrefill leads on
- Reach and identity cost8 vs 7
- What happens when the code will not redeem7 vs 2
Largest single reason Bitrefill is ahead: availability (+5.2 display points).Scenario cost: Bitrefill has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Coinsbee#4 of 8 · score 62 · 10.0 points behind
Coincards leads on
- What a $100 Amazon card actually costs you9 vs 4
- Can you see the number before you commit9 vs 4
Coinsbee leads on
- Reach and identity cost8 vs 7
- What happens when the code will not redeem5 vs 2
Largest single reason Coincards is ahead: published criteria (+16.1 display points).Scenario cost: Coinsbee has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Against the leader
81 vs 72 · gap 9.0Why Bitrefill ranks above Coincards
The compare workspace's arithmetic applied to these two rows. Each dimension's share of the gap is its weight × the difference, on the displayed scale — it reproduces the displayed gap of 9.0 to within rounding.
DimensionThisBitrefillGap share
Availability · 23% weight12.014.0−5.2, worse
Published criteria · 35% weight18.119.4−3.4, worse
Friction · 12% weight · constant here2.72.7same
Trust record · 9% weight · constant here3.23.2same
Measured data · 21% weight · constant here8.38.3same
Published criterionThisBitrefillPoints
What a $100 Amazon card actually costs you · w4098+1.28, better
Reach and identity cost · w2078−0.64, worse
What happens when the code will not redeem · w1527−2.40, worse
Net7281−9.0
Your scenario
Coincards is not priced for this scenario
Percentage and fixed legs on each payment, for a year. Excludes chargebacks, FX markup and settlement fees priced separately. Change an input and every figure recomputes from the published rate; the published rank does not move.
your cost/yr · default scenario — set your own
Payments per month · your input500
Average payment · your input$100
Rate read from the provider’s published pricing ↗ on 24 September 2026.
your cost/yrCost is stated as your cost/yr in USD; it is never a yield, never annualised, and it does not enter the score.
Not priced on this basis
Under the default inputs · USDCategory medianNot priced0 of 8 rows priced
Cheapest pricedNone pricedDifference not stated · availability not applied — set your country to filter
8 of 8 rows in this ranking have no verified rate for this scenario and are absent from the median, not counted as free.
Evidence
Evidence read 24 September 2026
One row per published criterion: the page each strength was read from, its source type by domain, the reading date and whether the file and the published table agree. Open a row for the quote and the receipt.
4 of 4 cells scored
Score evidenceVerified4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from receipts
4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from a quoted, sourced receipt equal to the published strength.Public receiptsReading…4 quoted with a source URL
The receipt file has not been read yet.Evidence confidenceHighcoverage and corroboration, never freshness
4/4 criteria scored, with 4 dated sources quoted.RobustnessOne point from changingrank #2 to #3 across one-point re-runs
Whether the position holds when one criterion score is changed by one point and the ranking is run again. It is always a re-run of the ranking, never an estimate.The newest evidence read on the platform is 3 November 2026; this category's reading is older. The scores stand as read on 24 September 2026.
Reading the evidence ledger…
CriterionSourceTypeReadFreshnessStatusReceipt
What a $100 Amazon card actually costs youstrength 9 · weight 40Report an error—24 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.Can you see the number before you commitstrength 9 · weight 25Report an error—24 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.Reach and identity coststrength 7 · weight 20Report an error—24 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.What happens when the code will not redeemstrength 2 · weight 15Report an error—24 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Execution failure (Coincards 2/10): you get a worse price, later, or nothing.Scored by What happens when the code will not redeem · 15%
Not assessed by this ranking: Control failure, Liveness failure, Custody failure, Insolvency failure, Regulatory failure, Exit failure, Information failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means. Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: What a $100 Amazon card actually costs you (40%), Can you see the number before you commit (25%), Reach and identity cost (20%).
Facts
facts, not scoresWhat the record publishes
- Pricing
- "$100.00" — the price attached to the 100-00 variation of the Amazon.com Online Gift Card (Electronic Delivery) product, fetched 24 September 2026. The page's WooCommerce variation data carries {"attribute_pa_gift-card-value":"100-00"} with "display_price":100 and a price_html rendering "$100.00"; the six variations are 25, 50, 75, 100, 150 and 200 USD, each priced at exactly its face value and each "is_in_stock":true. Page text: "Gift Card Value Choose an option $25.00 $50.00 $75.00 $100.00 $150.00 $200.00" and "* This merchant requires whole dollar purchase amounts." The August "Price range: $25.00 USD through $200.00 USD" line and the " USD" suffix on prices are no longer rendered on the page; the figures are unchanged.Coincards — official pricing page ↗ · 24 September 2026
- Prices published in
- USDCoincards — official pricing page ↗ · 24 September 2026
- Licences held
- Not published
- Compliance level
- partial
- Regulatory note
- Not published
- Supported chains
- Multi-chain
- Markets served
- us, ca, europe, au
- Primary markets
- Not published
- Restricted markets
- Not published
- Operating limits
- Not published
- Availability note
- Not published
No confirmed legal entity is on file for this record. Nothing is inferred from the brand name.
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How this page is reviewed
Reviewed means this product in this category was read against its sources on or after that date; every ranked category is re-read at least every 45 days. Models research, extract and parse. A deterministic engine ranks. Every quote passes an adversarial refute pass.
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History
What the record carries
Changes to published ranks are recorded in a ledger; every step and its cause is listed on the rank-history page. The entries below begin with the current verified snapshot, then the methodology versions whose changes applied to this category, newest first.
11 methodology entries
- 24 September 2026Current verified snapshot · methodology 2026.10.18Score 72, #2 of 8. 4 of 4 criteria scored. History starts here; earlier values are not interpolated.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.8When nothing serves your country, the list shown for reference is the published ranking · platform-wide- fixed The reference list shown when nothing serves your country is the published order with the published scores, and a build check now fails any such list out of that order or with a score the ranking does not publish.
- fixed The explorer prints an overall rank only for a row the published ranking holds; a country entrant such as Coinbase Commerce for US merchants shows no overall rank.
- changed Published orders do not move. Country results change only where nothing serves the country: in India bill pay keeps Bitcoin Well first and now shows Strike second, as published; 35 such runs across all categories and countries now match the published list exactly.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.7Forty-one more products are offered only where their own quoted terms serve- fixed 141 country exclusions on 31 rows, each the name of a country the row's own quoted terms exclude: for example Mercuryo Hungary, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Chile, Colombia and Morocco; Gemini Custody the United Kingdom, Australia and the EU after its wind-down; Backed xStocks the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, Nigeria, the Philippines and Venezuela.
- changed Thirteen rows list the only countries their terms serve: Coins.ph the Philippines, Spritz bill pay, Brex, Unchained, WisdomTree, Franklin BENJI and AnchorWatch the United States (with its territories for AnchorWatch), PRYPCO Mint the UAE, N26 crypto seven EU countries, Gemini Tokenized Stocks the EU, XNET the US, Canada and the UK, Coldbit Steel and MetaMask Card the countries they list.
- changed Published (no-country) orders do not move. Country results change: in India six categories each lose one row (bill pay, cards, off-ramps, P2P, seed backup, tokenised real estate), and bill pay there has no row confirmed available, so it shows the published order marked as such; country pages list 23 fewer rows (24,357 to 24,334). The grounding test now matches full country names in any case, which shows seven earlier exclusions were quoted all along: the named debt of unquoted exclusions falls from 40 to 33 pairs.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.6A criterion you require re-scores the rows that meet it · platform-wide- changed The explorer sends each criterion you require, at any band, as fit_required with your other answers; region, licence, chain and fact filters stay filters. On /best, a required criterion joins For you as a marked preference does, which needs your country; Overall stays the published ranking, filtered.
- added Every published criterion has a golden case as the explorer sends it (require:<criterion>), so the order a requirement gives is replayed and gated as the published order is, and a change to it needs an entry here.
Methodology 2026.10.18, the same published run every visitor sees · receipt gift_cards:coincards:2026.10.18:d03318491f8f
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