As recorded at collection: ChatGPT US-region gift card, Alipay top-up

This is an example of successfully topping up a US-region gift card through Pockyt to pay for a ChatGPT subscription. The existing Fiat24 card could not be used for payment, so a US-region gift card was chosen. The aim was to top it up using their own payment method rather than relying on cards of unknown origin sold on Taobao.

Changing the region on the first screen of the Alipay (支付宝) app to San Francisco makes a Pockyt store entry point appear near the bottom of the screen. Entering through it completed the payment without an intermediate redirection screen. Earlier, they had purchased 100 dollars and 5 dollars from a Taobao store, then topped up an additional 20 dollars through Pockyt to bring the balance close to 225 dollars.

When paying directly on the Pockyt website, the Alipay cross-border payment was blocked for 3 hours after triggering risk control. WeChat Pay was rejected because proxy access was suspected while using a 5G connection, and the credit card payment could not proceed because it redirected to Alipay's real-name verification screen. An earlier $100 payment had also failed once, resulting in a 48-hour restriction. Failed payments may lead to restrictions for a certain period, so the advice is to use the store entry point within the Alipay app rather than repeat the same attempt several times. The existing $20/month Pro subscription has been canceled, and the plan is to subscribe to Plus for $20 on 8월 2일, upgrade, and receive a $20 refund. The company's yuan reimbursement is processed with payroll and taxed, and the payment process was also quite cumbersome.