I have run into a pretty specific problem that requires a pretty specific solution.
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I have Japanese debit cards and credit cards.. and nothing more, and yet for the past 4 years I have used said cards on my PayPal account that isn’t Japanese, and that has been working for the American Nitendo eShop and American Steam Store.
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My problem is I made the mistake of updating the address on the card and it stopped working with my PayPal account, so I can no longer make purchases on either game stores.
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Does anyone know of any service or any workaround where I can pay for things in both stores without having to buy gift cards? Thanks in advance.
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Oh, and just in case you’re thinking the obvious “switch store countries”, I already have an account for Japan for both stores. The point is to have access to both.
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Why not gift cards?
You can’t register the credit card on the American eShop? I suppose for Steam it doesn’t really work either, right?
Maybe some prepaid credit cards could work but given all the fraud questions around this space, it might be pretty hard to do it without just going for gift cards. I’ve had luck with [PlayAsia.com](https://PlayAsia.com) for this, at least
Buy digital gift cards from gamestop
Perhaps look into using Wise, or Revolut?
I was previously able to make a purchase using my Wise card on a site that only accepted US credit cards.