Where to buy a DoorDash gift card for less than face value
If you order from DoorDash more than a couple of times a month, this is worth more than any promo code on my DoorDash page, because it works every time, on every order, on existing accounts, and it stacks with everything else. You pay less than face value for a gift card, load it, and the app doesn't know or care.
Where to look
Warehouse clubs. Costco has sold DoorDash gift cards in multi-packs below face value, in the warehouse and online for members. Stock comes and goes, especially around holidays, and the discount changes, so check the listing rather than trusting a number from a blog post, including this one.
Discounted gift-card marketplaces (Raise, CardCash and similar). People sell unwanted gift cards here at a discount. DoorDash cards tend to go for a few percent to around ten percent off, and it varies day to day. Two rules: use the balance soon after buying, and only buy a listing that's covered by the marketplace's guarantee. Read what the guarantee actually covers and for how long before you pay.
Grocery stores with fuel points or card promotions. Some chains run multiplied fuel points on gift-card purchases and occasional money-off coupons on gift cards. Neither is a direct discount on the card, but if you'd buy fuel there anyway it works out as one.
Credit card portals. Some cards let you redeem points for DoorDash gift cards, and some run gift-card promotions in their rewards portal around the holidays. Check yours before buying anywhere else.
Where I'd skip
Random sellers on auction sites and social media. The discount looks better, and that's the tell. Cards bought with stolen credit cards get cancelled after you've loaded them, and the balance goes with them. No guarantee, no recourse. A bigger discount isn't worth the chance of a dead card.
How to use one
- Buy the card and scratch or reveal the code.
- In the DoorDash app, go to Account, then Gift Card, then Redeem, and paste the code.
- The balance sits as DoorDash credit and is used before your card on each order.
What stacks with it
Everything. The gift card is a way of paying, not a promotion, so DoorDash's own promo codes, the Offers tab, DashPass delivery savings and pickup credits all apply on top. Buy the card at a discount, then use an Offers-tab deal at checkout, and you've saved twice on one order.
The one catch
As of this writing, gift-card balance can't be used to pay for a DashPass subscription, and it may not cover every line of the order, such as the tip, so keep a card on file. Check the terms on the card itself; they change.
If you find a store running a DoorDash gift-card promotion, tell me and I'll add it here with the dates.