Do prepaid visa's work online?
 

Their giftcards/visa's? I know a friend who is paranoid to use his card online (don't blame him his computer is pretty infected as well), but I am wondering if I can get a relative to send one over to Australia so that he can use it online. It says that are only valid in the US, so I am wondering if some large merchants check based on IP aswell when someone tries to use one online. I could always set him up a US based proxy, but just wondering. Thanks.

debit visas work here fine, I'm not too sure about the gift ones though, havnent heard of em to be honest!

Yeah I myself have a St George debit visa. Commonwealth doesn't offer them though. Here's some info about the 'giftcards':

http://usa.visa.com/business/accepti...ift_cards.html

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The way I read that, as long as it is used to purchase from a company inside the US it will probably work if the company ships to Australia.

Ok, that is kinda what I thought on a second reading too. If that is the case it would be good though.

i think so..

Works wonderfully well........epassporte for one....

works just find.. it just like using a regular credit card> or like using cash cause they with draw the fund immediatly

They work great.. They aren't very good for retention rates though... But look on the bright side, no chargebacks :0

why not call a seller of these gift cards and find out directly rather than guessing?

yea they should work fine, i use my virtual paypal card for my mainstream hosting and never had any problems with it. I don't thinka virtual visa card would be that different.

It depends on...
Card emitter - it's the main criterion.