Steam web money how to use guide (3000 JPY card) JAPAN CONVENIENCE CARD

[Crinkly Paper #drunk]

Hello everyone,



Today I will teach you how to redeem the STEAM 3000 JPY Convenience store WEBMONEY card.

It is convoluted and an awful system. If you don't follow these EXACT steps IN ORDER you cannot redeem the code.



HOW TO CHECK THE BALANCE ON THE CARD:

1.) Go to: webmoney site: https://portal.webmoney.jp/card/spd.jsp?tmpl=balance

NOTE: DO NOT USE THE BACK BUTTON IF YOU INCORRECTLY PUT IN THE CODE. YOU HAVE TO CLOSE THE PAGE AND OPEN IT AGAIN OR YOU WILL GET AN ERROR.

2.) Enter the code in half-width characters (ie set your language to ENG in the language bar in windows).

3.) It should say you have 3000 JPY credit on this card if successful



HOW TO REDEEM THE CARD FOR STEAM MONEY:

1.) SET UR STEAM TO JAPANESE LANGUAGE. I dont know why, but English doesnt work. Also change your country of residence to Japan if asked.

2.) Go to this page: https://store.steampowered.com/steamaccount/addfunds

3.) Click "Add ¥ 500" (adding ANY other denomination will not work! ie 2500 JPY).

4.) Click "Add funds"

5.) Under " Please select a payment method " SELECT "Steam prepaid card" (DO NOT SELECT WEBMONEY, this is if ur physical card says "STEAM" on the front).

6.) Click "continue"

7.) Click "continue to Degica"

8.) Enter the code that is on the physical card (the one under the scratch off part).

9.) If entered correctly it will successfully add the 500 JPY.

10.) Repeat from step 2 again all the steps. This time though select 2500 JPY.

11.) You should have now redeemed 3000 JPY from the card.





I know its not helpful for some, but there is ZERO help in English for people who live in japan. And honestly SHAME on steam for not providing a guide (There is not even one in Japanese!). This is sooo convoluted. If you do any of these steps out of order it will just not work (ie load 2500 JPY then 500 JPY. Or the fact that 3000 is not included as a default set despite the code being sold in increments of 3000 jpy or 5000 jpy). By the way, if you buy 3 cards (like I did), you can only redeem 6,500 JPY before being blocked. Add the remaining a few hours later.



If you come across this post from reddit or google search feel free to reply here with questions. SHAME on steam.

[Twells]

Thank you so much <3

[Speights Gold Medal Ale]

Let me just say, you are an absolute hero and you have just saved me from a massive panic.

[аdvicebanana]

Nice. Please post this in the guides section as well.

[Travis Presko]

bro, how can i redeem if im in the Philippines? It doesn't give me the 500YEN option even I change the language to Japanese

[Suisei]

Hey can uou help me to i am currently reediming a 3k yen stem gift card im from the philipines aswell

[Travis Presko]

add me bro

[Crinkly Paper #drunk]

You might need to change your billing address / region to Japan

[EchoFox56]

Tk you so damn much

I was gonna get a heart attack when I thought something was wrong.


Also,since I changed my Residence..I will have to move back to my home country to change it again right?

[Crinkly Paper #drunk]

You can change it like once every week or so I think. But changing too much I think is not good. Glad to help :)

[idotherock]

You, sir. Are a saint. I got a cold sweat when I discovered the card didn't work. What a ridiculous system. Thank you so much for the info!

[janneREPAIRS]

I wrote the prepaid card's code in notepad and then copypasted that to steam. It worked without changing the language of steam to Japanese.

[urBan †]

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[Adridle]

Thank you so much! I got very worried when it didn't work the normal way.

[Vadim]

You Ser! Are the MVP of 2019! Thank you soo much. for a minute i thought i was scammed by the convenience store in japan.....after 1hr of searching the forums i chanced upon this page. You made my day. Thank you and have a great 2020!

[Nozilla]

From the link posted above, you only have some options for redeem amounts such as 500 or 1500 yen.
But if you redeem from the Degica's website, you can actually type amount freely from 1 yen. (I know it's not translated into English either..)
https://steamprepaidcard.degica.com/
I think this link is shown if you're using Steam from Japan or in Japanese language.