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On-Site NC Purchase Updates

UPDATE, 2:50 PM NST: TNT has posted an update outlining these changes, along with news of a special promotion.

If you purchase Neocash direct through Neopets between today, March 3rd, and Sunday, March 9th, you will receive a code to redeem for "an NP item", which can apparently include a Baby Paint Brush, Ghost Petpet Paint Brush, or Snow Petpet Paint Brush if you're lucky. Otherwise, it will be for some other undisclosed Neopoint item. Only one code per person, so no need to split up your NC purchases.

To celebrate these updates, NC purchase from 3 March 2025 – 9 March 2025 (PST) will get you a chance to win a unique Paint Brush including Baby Paint Brush, Ghost Petpet Paint Brush and Snow Petpet Paint Brush. If you don’t win any of these, you will still receive a free NP item. Consider it a little cherry on top of treating yourself to some well-deserved NC!

Note: Check your email in the last week of March to claim it! Multiple purchases per account will only earn one redemption code.



Today, TNT has made some updates to the on-site Neocash purchase options.

None of the actual NC purchase amounts (500, 1000, 2200, etc.) or costs have changed, but it appears that now mystery capsules and gift boxes are included with purchase. Previously, bonus gift boxes were only available when redeeming NC Cards purchased off-site from other retailers, and it's been that way since gift boxes were introduced in 2008!


Notably, Basic Gift Boxes are included, alongside a new Trendsetter Gift Box. If you purchase enough NC, a new Trendsetter Mystery Capsule is also included.


Here's what we've confirmed so far:

  • 500 NC ($5) - no bonus
  • 1000 NC ($10) - 2x Basic Gift Boxes
  • 2000 NC ($20) - +200 NC, 2x Basic Gift Boxes, 2x Trendsetter Gift Boxes, and 1x Trendsetter Mystery Capsule
  • 5000 NC ($50) - +1,000 NC, 2x Basic Gift Boxes, 3x Trendsetter Gift Boxes, and 2x Trendsetter Mystery Capsule
  • 10000 NC ($100) - +4,000 NC, 4x Basic Gift Boxes, 4x Trendsetter Gift Boxes, and 3x Trendsetter Mystery Capsule

As a warning, purchasing Neocash on-site with PayPal is buggy, and we recommend using the card option if you're so inclined to purchase. (If you do go with PayPal, you will encounter an error message, but eventually you will receive the Neocash credited to your account.)

There are 35 comments below. Add yours!

I'm glad I don't like most of the items from these capsules, I am still going to buy my NC off site.
by purplebin on March 3, 2025 11:07 AM NST
The day after I spent $100 to buy 10,000
by the_bagel_killer on March 3, 2025 11:08 AM NST
Awesome change but still not inclined to purchase on site, not until they fix it so its not coming out of japan which my bank has blocked. Will continue to purchase offsite.
by dolchay on March 3, 2025 11:12 AM NST
Do you get the same number gift boxes that you do with the same amount of NC redeemed from a card?
by amethyst43217 on March 3, 2025 11:20 AM NST
@amethyst43217: Going off some off-site sources, it seems you need to balance one of these two for, say, the $100 option:

+4,000 NC bonus + 10 gift boxes direct from Neopets
or
+1,250 NC bonus + 30 gift boxes from off-site

Seems like it'll depend on your trade volume on which you find more enticing. If you don't do much trading, then the 2,750 extra NC direct from Neopets may be better for you.

The update on Neopets' end today certainly should make some Neopians question where they get their NC from, but probably not everyone.
by dave on March 3, 2025 11:49 AM NST JN Staff
I’m sorry but this isn’t really a good deal
by sabrinatheecarpenter on March 3, 2025 11:50 AM NST
I've been looking at the bonus and gift box ratios, and since I do end up using a lot of gift boxes I'm going to stick with the cards.
by purplebin on March 3, 2025 11:57 AM NST
Wow only getting the capsule for over $20 totally sucks. That means at minimum the popular items are 10 caps worth, and let's be real, the shimmer will be worth like 20 because it's what everyone wants. I wish they'd consider NC trading way more.
by psychoash on March 3, 2025 12:20 PM NST
After thinking about it, the values may lower over time if these are permanent, but I do still think getting cards offsite is better for boxes.
by psychoash on March 3, 2025 12:23 PM NST
They really need to fix their Paypal option. No offense to TNT, but I do not trust them even slightly with my credit card info.
by dragonair23 on March 3, 2025 12:28 PM NST
5,000 NC
+ extra 1,000 NC
+ 2 Basic Gift Box
+ 3 Special Gift Box
+ 2 NC Direct Purchase Capsule
by lovesick_melody_666 on March 3, 2025 1:07 PM NST
Honestly, I'm glad they finally did this!
I never thought it was fair that purchasing NC on site didn't automatically come with gift boxes like buying a card from a store did.
It got even worse when the places I used to be able to purchase cards from (walmart, target) stopped carrying them.
That being said, I will still be buying my cards online from other sites, as right now I can get 2 gift boxes with 750, as compared to the 2 gift boxes with 1000 NC.
As someone who frequently trades NC items, I need more bang for my buck when it comes to gift boxes.
But this is definitely a step in the right direction.
by jadesage on March 3, 2025 1:08 PM NST
damn... I just bought $100 on Friday
by phersure on March 3, 2025 1:14 PM NST
I came really close to buying $100 over the weekend...
by purplebin on March 3, 2025 1:34 PM NST
Soo spend $60 on 3x $20 recharge amount and you get the same amount of gift boxes and capsules then an extra 2 trendsetter gift boxes? What's the point of spending $100 when you can just spend $60 and get more..
by demfla on March 3, 2025 1:36 PM NST
I spent 100 dollars on site last week when I learned that scratch monkeys is no longer in business. I had been purchasing cards there for the past ten years. I'm happy to be getting boxes again and on site. I did use PayPal and it did take a couple of hours for the NC to appear. I have my premium on auto renew which I should probably change since I do not get to take advantage of the sale that way.
by faellie_ridiculous on March 3, 2025 1:44 PM NST
Other things to consider:
On the $100 options: the extra 2,750 from buying direct would allow you to buy 13 Gift Box Capsules (or more, if there's a sale going on), which would give you an additional 26 (minimum) gift boxes if you opened them yourself.

The disadvantage to buying direct from the site is that it all goes to one account, and you can't split it among sides or other family members.
by dillpickles on March 3, 2025 2:27 PM NST
@dillpickles: Huh, that's another good way of thinking about it too. Really just showing how convoluted the math on all this can be.
by dave on March 3, 2025 2:46 PM NST JN Staff
I don't regularly buy NC, but finally putting gift boxes with on-site purchases is long, long overdue.
by coryldork on March 3, 2025 2:56 PM NST
10000 NC ($100) is actually only 4 Basic Gift Boxes, not 6. Just confirmed this and it's also what it tells you before you make the purchase.
by bookiiemonster on March 3, 2025 3:04 PM NST
@bookiiemonster: Hmm, someone confirmed to us earlier that it was 6x Basics, and the bonus gift boxes weren't previously listed on the buy page this morning 🤔 Wonder if that changed midday.

Updated the post!
by dave on March 3, 2025 3:25 PM NST JN Staff
So will the code get sent via email? if so - how will people with Gmail emails get the code?? as far as I can tell those are still not being received
by tawreh on March 3, 2025 3:50 PM NST
@tawreh: That's only been a problem with password reset emails and emails coming directly from Neopets servers. This code email would not likely be caught up in that.
by dave on March 3, 2025 4:41 PM NST JN Staff
i dont really buy NC onsite so i had no idea about this but i still wont, lol. i prefer cards. but anyways
the ratios for giftboxes/mystery capsules seem really off? and bad? i dont understand. the value seems to go down as the price increases which makes no sense
by cuddlytoaster on March 3, 2025 4:59 PM NST
Glad they finally updated this, but the amount of gift boxes seems really low based on observations+the little NC trading I've done. xD

Not thrilled they're giving NP items, even for a short time. They should have given out old mystery caps or something else nc instead...
by goldennightfox on March 3, 2025 5:45 PM NST
To make thing simpler, let's assume 1 gift box is about 100 NC.
If you buy off-site, the price would amount to 75 cents per 100 NC for the smallest denomination, and about 72 cents per NC for the largest denomination.

If you buy on-site, the price is 1 dollar per 100 NC for the smallest denomination (500 NC), and then reduces to 83 cents at the next tier, which is still more expensive than off-site. It starts getting interesting at the third and fourth tiers, where the price is 77 cents per 100 NC, which is more expensive than off-site but you also receive mystery capsule(s). At the last tier, the price drops to 66 cents, beating off-site pricing.

Therefore, if you only buy a small amount of NC, off-site is still a better option. If you buy a large amount, onsite gives a better deal.
by stormmonarch on March 3, 2025 7:19 PM NST
I will not buy NC from the site because gift boxes?? You don't get enough by purchasing NC from the site so, I will continue to buy NC cards off site.
by lunasmoon on March 4, 2025 2:59 AM NST
I want the free mystery cap though
by xxsinger on March 4, 2025 6:25 AM NST
Love that they're adding giftboxes and nc cap presents.

Mind the weirdness of adding random pbs, but whatev.
by nobody on March 4, 2025 6:46 AM NST
"We recommend using the card option"
I literally don't know anyone with a credit card lol I feel like that's mostly a US thing.
Thanks for the heads up, though!
by biediep on March 4, 2025 8:33 AM NST
Should I buy 20$ or 50$? Hmm
by xxsinger on March 4, 2025 2:23 PM NST
@faellie_ridiculous Thanks for letting me know, I didn't realized ScratchMonkeys closed last month!

Where does everyone else get their NC cards from? I thought the Scratch Monkey values (1 box for every $5/500 NC) matched the new $5 - $20 gift box to USD ratios, but it's been a while since I've purchased anything.
by cassine on March 4, 2025 8:36 PM NST
Since an NP item is being awarded, are we not allowed to buy NC on our side accounts while the promo is running?
by infernal_kitty on March 5, 2025 3:24 AM NST
I'm happy with this TNT and Jellyneo staff. Thanks a bunch!
by kyra514 on March 5, 2025 10:24 PM NST
Well I'm really happy that they are finally at least giving us some Gift Boxes for onsite NC purchases, because that's the only way I can buy NC, and I buy quite a bit lately (even though I should buy less, LOL). I have searched and searched and searched, I have no idea where you off site people are buying your NC cards, but I can't find a reliable place anywhere. (One time when I did try to buy some, they canceled my order cuz they thought I was a fraud for some strange reason. 0_o I gave up after that. Never had a problem buying NC on site though, except for once when the whole thing was down.)

BUT! It is still the 9th in Neo time zone, and I bought some NC, but I got no code!!!
by meer on March 9, 2025 10:35 PM NST

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