Can I transfer money from my paypal account to a prepaid visa or a walmart gift card?

Question

I want to buy something on walmart.com

Answer 1

Maybe on a prepaid visa, but not on a gift card.

If the visa has an option for direct deposit, then it should have a routing and account number which you should be able to give to the visa issuer.

Answer 2

No.  You can apply for a PayPal MasterCard though, which lets you spend your PayPal balance at any place that accepts MasterCard.

Answer 3

No, but depending on what browser you are using Paypal has an official plugin that allows you to generate one time use credit cards to use on sites that don't take paypal.  I use it all the time to order stuff on Amazon, Newegg, etc.  Whenever you make a payment with one of these virtual cards it simply pulls the funds from your paypal, or bank account.

Here is the link... https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr... ... once you click the learn more button you will have to log in, and it will then give more info about the plugin.

If you are running Firefox 3 then it won't be compatible unless you use this add-on (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox... and then tell it to force install.

Answer 4

Absolutely.  But dump the Walmart card. Too expensive.

I've researched these prepaid debit cards a lot.  There are number of them, all charging a lot of fees with exception to one - Bank Freedom prepaid Mastercard http://www.bankfreedom.com

They have no activation fee (more others have $10) and the card is free of monthly service cost with direct deposit.  It works anywhere Mastercard works.  I have one and no problems.  

When using Paypal, simply get the routing number and account number from the direct deposit form on the Bank Freedom site when you receive your card.  Follow the instructions on the Paypoal site for setting up a linked account.

Hope this helps.

RC