Quest: Method to Gift Oculus Credit(That Works)

There are endless posts on Reddit regarding the inability to gift friends and family Oculus Quest and Rift games over the holidays. It seems like a horrible omission on Oculus’ part and even the use of “Visa Gift Cards” doesn’t seem to always work either. But take heart — there is a way to make this work.

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Right now, your options for “gifting” games to an Oculus Quest owner are:

• Give them cash. They need to put that cash into the account (bank or PayPal) that is attached to their Oculus.com account.
• Give them a compatible gift “credit card” — and HOPE it works (most don’t, based on the posts on r/OculusQuest regarding their use).
• Send cash to their PayPal account. IF they are using a PayPal connected to their Oculus account; but many aren’t and there could be fees involved with this if you’re not careful.