Does GOG have gift certificates available? Would love these as "stocking stuffers" for Christmas, simple birthday gifts, or as a way of telling someone, "You're not a moron like most other people." *smirk*

Why isn't this a thing yet? Seems like every other store has 'em. Why not GOG?

Nope, no gift cards or certificates.

People will argue it doesn't pay to put in a system like that, but i'd disagree: gift cards are quite popular over here in Australia. Parents & Grandparents buy their kids Steam gift cards in supermarkets and the like, especially for Christmas.

I'd say they could partner with major electronics retailers in different countries and probably advertise themselves more effectively than they're already doing.

I know I'd certainly buy more from GOG if I could buy gift cards to top up wallet funds.

EDIT: The closest thing is to buy yourself a paysafe card, but it's a bit of a niche product over here - even if you can find a place which sells it, chances are staff don't know much about it at all.

No. Feel free to vote for the community wishlist entry:
GOG Gift Card (redeem 1 or more games of 5.99/9.99/x.xx value)

The anti-fraud restrictions also make it impossible for someone who hasn't spent money here to buy a gift.

As pointed out above, check out Paysafecard. Or just give the giftee the money any other way, including cash. The widespread view is that gift cards look nicer, but I think money in a festive envelope or what have you makes for a perfectly fine gift.

This would come in handy.

How does that work? Is it an actual prepaid or rechargeable card, or is it just a code on a voucher?

I suppose that could be part of the problem.

Because there are games which are not suitable for kids, and the rating system is not universal, it would be very tricky to make sure that the person using the card is old enough to buy some game and that the correct rating system is applied.

From the customer's perspective you could argue that even today you can buy gift codes for rated games and then gift them to kids, but there is a big difference whether some adult buys a game and then gifts it to a kid, or if a kid can buy any game they choose for themselves.

I have no idea how Steam does the age and locale verification in those cases, but I can see many reasons why GOG doesn't even attempt to do it.
Of course historically speaking GOG had a catalogue that wasn't the most attractive to kids, and I suppose that's the situation even today.

Comment fonctionne paysafecard ?

Probably because attempting to do such a thing would likely cause GOG to lose massive amounts of money.

Taking up shelf space on stores isn't free. GOG would be paying way more for that than they would be taking in from sales of those same cards.

A lot of places that sell similar cards (Google Playstore cards, Apple gift cards) have them stored in a box under the counter, and have stickers in the shop window showing that they sell such cards. So they hardly take much (if any) space, which I doubt the supplier would be paying for anyway...

Or digital gift cards that don't need any space or agreement with physical stores.

A lot of different businesses also went to register-printed codes. No shelf space, no expiring physical cards, no theft concerns, just a code redeemable for products/services.

That'd be cool.

The problem already exists, with those underage to play the games still having access to credit (bank-based) cards and other payment options. Gift cards to top up funds is no different than using a credit card. Hell, you could put a terms and conditions / disclaimer on the card (or receipt) itself which states it shouldn't be purchased nor used by people under a certain age.

Gift cards aren't just for kids. I just gave an example, and "kids" isn't an indication of underage children. People buy gift cards for family members of all ages.

Unfortunately not. I've been "campaigning" (for lack of a better word) for them to release these for years now, but yeah, it's pretty unlikely. As someone who doesn't use a credit card (and can't use prepaid credit cards due to geo-restrictions), it's very hard for me to buy from GOG. I legit have to ask a relative to let me use their card and then just reimburse them next time I see them. That's insanely embarrassing and inconvenient. If they released gift cards for my GOG wallet, I'd switch 100% to GOG for my gaming purchases except in the event that a specific game isn't here... until that happens, as much as I love GOG and DRM-free, they tend to take a back seat when it comes to my purchases and I hate that because I'd love to strictly support DRM-free.

As a middle-ground, GOG could cook up "wallet redemption codes" that can be gifted for wallet funds. Printable "gift cards".

Of course, with their current stance on not allowing giftable purchases more than 1x every 2 days, for fear of fraud refunds, they may be less likely to do that.