does the gift cards remove account limitation?

[Tywin Lannister]

will the gift cards ( the ones in the store page) unlock my friend limited account features like market and sending friend request etc? or should i use my credit card directly from his account?

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

You will need to spend at least $5.00 USD within the Steam store. Click here to view your current limited user spend.

Some examples of purchases that will grant access to these features are:

- Adding the equivalent of $5 USD or more to your Steam Wallet
- Purchasing game(s) that are equal to $5 USD or more from the Steam store
- Adding a Steam Wallet card that is equal to $5 USD or more to your Steam account
- Purchasing a Steam gift that is equal to $5 USD or more from the Steam store.
   (Receiving a Steam gift or digital gift card from a friend doesn't count) ←


The following actions will not remove limited user restrictions:

- Activating a retail game on Steam
- Playing free demos
- Adding a non-Steam game as a shortcut
- Spending funds from items you have sold on the market
- Adding/playing promotional trials like Free Weekends
- Free to Play games (Examples: Alien Swarm, free versions of Portal and Team Fortress 2)
- Activating promotional CD Keys from hardware or graphic card manufacturers

Each Steam purchase total will be tracked in USD. If your Steam store's currency isn't in USD, it will be tracked and converted to USD automatically using daily exchange rates.

Reference: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/71D3-35C2-AD96-AA3A

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Receiving gift cards do not count.

[Cathulhu]

A physical Steam wallet card will count. A digital one sent from your account will not.

[Tywin Lannister]

thanks for the help, i'll buy him wallet funds directly from his account then :)

[Cathulhu]

That is a can of worms you may not want to open.
That can get both your accounts flagged for suspicious activity.

[Tywin Lannister]

ah alright i'll buy a code from a third party site i guess

[Weimu]

Originally posted by Jaime Lannister:

ah alright i'll buy a code from a third party site i guess

you're just asking to get scammed or the account locked

[Cathulhu]

Originally posted by Jaime Lannister:

ah alright i'll buy a code from a third party site i guess

Seriously, just buy a physical Steam wallet card and stop trying to get your friend and yourself in trouble.

[Tywin Lannister]

unfortunately physical wallet cards are not available where we live so i just ended up buying him a code and it's all good

[Rex0577]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

A physical Steam wallet card will count. A digital one sent from your account will not.

So if i buy a giftcard in person does and redeem it does that count?

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by Rex0577:

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

A physical Steam wallet card will count. A digital one sent from your account will not.

So if i buy a giftcard in person does and redeem it does that count?

Yes that counts.

[Adam]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.