Gift-cards
Give compute. Prepaid codes redeemable for wallet credit in the Joy console — for colleagues, communities and hackathons.
What a Joy gift card is
A Joy gift card is a prepaid code worth a fixed USD amount. The recipient enters it under Billing → Redeem gift card and the balance appears in their wallet immediately, in USD, ready to spend on any hourly or invoiced service — VPS, Windows licences, extra IPs, backup space, marketplace escrow or CDN usage. There is nothing to activate and no expiry on the credit once redeemed.
Denominations and validity
- Denominations: $5, $10, $25, $50 and $100; custom amounts on request for bulk orders.
- Codes are valid for 12 months from issue; once redeemed, the wallet credit does not expire.
- Credit is not withdrawable as cash and cannot be transferred between accounts after redemption.
- Codes are delivered by email as text and as a printable PDF with the Joy design; physical cards are available for events.
Who buys them
Hackathons and meetups
Prizes that let winners deploy the thing they built the same evening. We can print event-branded cards for orders of 25 or more.
Companies and agencies
Give each developer a fixed monthly budget for sandboxes without sharing a corporate card or an API token.
Communities
Game communities and open-source projects fund their servers with donations converted into a shared wallet.
Students and friends
A $10 card runs a Nano server for three months — a practical way to give someone their first Linux box.
How to buy
- Open a Sales ticket in the console (or use the contact form on the contact page) with the denominations and quantity.
- We issue an invoice in your currency; pay by UPI, card, net banking, PayPal or crypto. GST applies in India.
- Codes are delivered by email within one business day of payment — usually within an hour during Indian business hours.
How to redeem
- Log in to the console and open Billing.
- Choose Redeem gift card, paste the code and confirm.
- The USD amount is credited to your wallet and shown in your account currency. Hourly servers start metering from it immediately; invoices can be paid from it with one click.
Rules
- A code can be redeemed once, by one account. Attempting many invalid codes locks redemption for an hour.
- Gift cards are not refundable to the buyer once delivered, except where a code was never redeemed and the order is cancelled within 7 days.
- Gift-card credit can be used for any Joy service; where a refund is later due under the Refund policy, it is returned as wallet credit.
- Reselling codes is allowed for registered resellers only; contact Sales for reseller terms.
Frequently asked
Can the recipient use the credit for Windows or bare metal?
Does the credit show in the recipient's currency?
Can I schedule delivery for a date?
Can I get a GST invoice for gift cards?
What if a code was lost before redemption?
Redeem a gift card
Log in to your console and enter the code under Billing → Redeem gift card. The balance is credited to your wallet in USD and can be spent on any hourly or invoiced service.
Buy gift cards
Open a Sales ticket with the denominations and quantity you need. Codes are delivered by email within one business day; bulk orders for events and hackathons get an itemised invoice.