Gift cards are listed as an exclusion on the Ebates website. However, if you add an item to your order that is eligible, then Ebates pays cash back on the entire order, gift cards included. Four times in the last month I've purchase $500 in ebay gift cards from Target.com and added either a 2.99 kitchen towel, a 1.99 placemat, etc., and received the 1.5% cash back on the total order. Other people have done the same with an inexpensive clothing item. Just make sure it's one of the eligible items. Ebates has a long list of items that are excluded.