How do I buy Platinum for a friend?

[Deathlok]

I got one of the 75% off rewards, which is set to expire soon. I'd like to buy platinum for one of the kids, but I don't know how to do this.

Help?

[4everblue]

I don't think you can buy platinum as a gift, what you might be able to do is buy it then trade it to them? I don't really know.

[Quackers]

Originally posted by TheVeiledBrothers:

I don't think you can buy platinum as a gift, what you might be able to do is buy it then trade it to them? I don't really know.

Yep

[Deathlok]

When you try to trade it, the other player gets hit with a HUGE tax.

[4everblue]

Originally posted by Deathlok:

When you try to trade it, the other player gets hit with a HUGE tax.

In that case, sorry.

[niko]

Originally posted by Deathlok:

When you try to trade it, the other player gets hit with a HUGE tax.

Just buy stuff from the game and click on to send as a gift instead. That's the only other way/

[4everblue]

Originally posted by Dio:

Originally posted by Deathlok:

When you try to trade it, the other player gets hit with a HUGE tax.

Just buy stuff from the game and click on to send as a gift instead. That's the only other way/

[Deathlok]

So it runs me through the regular Steam purchase route? I can give Platinum as a gift to my kid?

Ugh. My discount has expired. Guess I'll have to wait to see if it works some other time.

[Watermelons]

No, it isn't a Steam purchase, unless you're buying one of those packs that are counted as "DLC", which is extremely unadvisable. You buy platinum directly from the Warframe website. It's recommended to get a discount, which are at random from the login rewards, before buying.

As people said, there is a credits tax on trading absolutely anything, and in platinum's case it's 500 credits per plat. What you could do is send your kid stuff from the Market as a gift. This works if it's any cosmetic, Warframe, or weapons ( which is also unadvisable, buying weapons and Warframes with platinum ), or you can farm some credits, find a random person on the Recruiting chat to host their dojo for you, and trade platinum with each other there.

[Monarch]

Just ask what the kids would like in game, and send them those as gifts instead.

Zero wasted platinum.

[Air]

Originally posted by A Plethora of Watermelons:

No, it isn't a Steam purchase, unless you're buying one of those packs that are counted as "DLC", which is extremely unadvisable. You buy platinum directly from the Warframe website. It's recommended to get a discount, which are at random from the login rewards, before buying.

Actually, if playing from Steam, buying platinum from the in-game overlay will take from your Steam wallet balance. So, yeah, it can be a Steam purchase under that condition.