Often forgotten at the bottom of drawers, each year, 20% of the checks and gift cards received are not used. Two former students of the Edhec business school left this simple statement to launch Placedescartes.fr , a collaborative platform where you can resell your gift cards for cash or buy gift cards at a reduced price.

Resell my gift cards on Placedescartes.fr : how does it work?

In just a few clicks on Placedescartes.fr , you can sell unused gift cards with more than 200 brands for cash .
- First , we inform the characteristics of the gift card that we wish to resell: sign, value, expiration date and type.
- We then receive a redemption proposal . If one is satisfied, one chooses its method of payment: bank transfer, check or Paypal.
- The summary of the sale that is attached to the mailing of the gift cards is printed.
- After receipt and certification by Placedescartes.fr of our gift cards, we receive its payment within 24h .

Which prices does Placedescartes.fr buy back our gift cards? The site redeems € 71 for a 3 Suisses gift card worth € 100, € 33 for a Castorama gift card valued at € 40 and € 85 for a Fnac gift card valued at € 120 . We are certainly a little loser, but practical when we need cash right away ...

We also buy discounted gift cards at Placedescartes

The cards and gift certificates recovered by Placedescartes.fr are then resold at advantageous rates on the site.

We can find the gift card that will save us between 3% and 17% discount depending on the signs.