Updated April, 2026
🐿️ Key nuggets in this article:
🌰 Amazon gift cards are region-locked, meaning a U.S. Amazon.com gift card can't be redeemed on other countries' Amazon sites.
🌰 To effectively use Amazon gift cards in international incentive programs, you'll need to find a gift card provider that offers country-specific Amazon gift cards and/or a global rewards catalog. This will ensure your recipients receive rewards they can actually use.
If you’re planning any type of global rewards program, you’ve probably asked yourself this question: can Amazon.com gift cards be used internationally? Can’t I just buy a stack of Amazon.com gift cards and call it a day?
Unfortunately, no. If you send American Amazon.com gift cards to a global audience, your recipients in other countries won’t be able to use them as intended.
But all is not lost! It’s actually incredibly easy to send rewards and incentives to international audiences, as long as you work with an international Amazon gift card distributor.
In this article, we’ll walk you through why Amazon.com gift cards can’t be used internationally. More importantly, we’ll also explain how easily you can send Amazon cards (and lots more bulk digital gift cards) all around the world. 🌐
If you’d like to use Amazon gift cards for your incentive program, kudos on the smart choice. They make reliable incentives that work for broad audiences, since they let recipients pick out exactly what they want from the Amazon store.
Whether they’re looking to stock up on some necessities, outfit their Kindle, upgrade to Amazon Prime, snag their favorite series on Prime Video, or splurge on luxury items, your global audience will likely find what they’re looking for.
That said, if you serve an international audience, you need to understand this caveat: Amazon gift cards are region-locked.
Like Amazon itself highlights, their gift cards are country-specific; a gift card purchased in one country can only be redeemed on that country's Amazon website. So an Amazon U.S. gift card won't work on Amazon France, and an Amazon UK gift card won't work in Mexico.
Good to know: As an Amazon gift card distributor, Giftbit also offers Amazon gift cards for many countries, including:
🇦🇺 Australia—Amazon.com.au
🇦🇹 Austria, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg—Amazon.de
🇧🇪 Belgium—Amazon.com.be
🇨🇦 Canada—Amazon.ca
🇫🇷 France —Amazon.fr
🇬🇧 Great Britain —Amazon.co.uk
🇮🇳 India—Amazon.in
🇮🇹 Italy —Amazon.it
🇯🇵 Japan —Amazon.co.jp
🇲🇽 Mexico —Amazon.com.mx
🇳🇱 Netherlands—Amazon.nl
🇵🇱 Poland —Amazon.pl
🇸🇬 Singapore —Amazon.sg
🇿🇦 South Africa —Amazon.co.za
🇪🇸 Spain —Amazon.es
🇸🇪 Sweden —Amazon.se
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates —Amazon.ae
🇺🇸 United States - Amazon.com
This country-specific restriction means that despite Amazon's global presence, there's no truly "international" Amazon gift card.
So, does that mean you’re out of luck if you want to use the Amazon brand to power your global incentive rewards