Apple Gift Card

I received a $100 apple gift card. I already redeemed it on my account.

Am I able to use this to purchase products on the Apple Store?

Solution 1:

No - cards that you "redeem" are app store cards and only work in the app stores for music, books, movies, apps in the form of digital downloads or rentals.

In summer 2013, Apple has 3 names for gift cards (and many designs for the third name). Shown from http://www.apple.com/gift-cards/ is the following image:

The former is what most people buy for Apps, Books and Music and can be redeemed through an Apple ID that is paired with either the iTunes store or the Mac App Store. It's the colorful set of cards in the middle above and there are many other designs worldwide.

The left most and right most cards are the iPhone gift card and the traditional silver card with a white Apple logo. Those cards can buy almost anything from the Apple online and physical stores. You need to present that card as part of the purchase an item and it credits you the money towards the purchase as opposed to being redeemed into an account.

Logistically, you could get a store gift card and use it to buy the app store cards, but you can't go the other way and take a balance (or redeemable balance) on the app store cards and convert it back to product through Apple.