If i set up family sharing will my family loose the balance of their iTunes gift cards?

If I set up family sharing, will my other family members loose the balance of their iTunes gift cards on their devices?

They shouldn't lose the balance on their account (the balance is linked to the account, not the device), and when they buy something it should automatically be used : Family purchases and payments - Apple Support
After you set up your family, any time a family member initiates a new purchase it will be billed directly to your account unless that family member has gift or store credit. First, their store credit will be used to pay the partial or total bill. The remainder will bill to the family organizer's card.

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- You can't create subaccounts.
- You can create new account(s). The media on the iPod is still usable. It does create more work when updating apps since yo have to sign into the account that purchased them to update them. If you have apps purchased from more than one account that need update you have to update them one at a time until the remaining apps were purchased with one account.
- To change accounts for purchasing go to Settings> Store (or Settings.iTunes and App store depending upon the iOS) and sign out and sign in with different account.

Family Sharing and iTunes Gift Cards

My question is this: I know that if the Organizer adds an iTunes Gift Card to his/her account, all purchases will first deduct from that until it is depleted and will revert back to the credit/debit card on file. However, what happens if one of the family members on the account adds an iTunes Gift Card to their account? Is it basically a wasted gift card, or will iTunes know that it should deduct from that card first? Or, if they go to add an iTunes Gift Card to their account, will it automatically add it to the Organizer's account instead?

The charge will first be deducted from any iTunes store credit in the iTunes store account of the family member making the purchase. From Family purchases and payments - Apple Support:
“After you set up your family, any time a family member initiates a new purchase it will be billed directly to your account unless that family member has gift or store credit. First, their store credit will be used to pay the partial or total bill.”

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Can I use iTunes gift cards to set up cellular data

No cellular data depends on The carrier, not Apple. Gift cards are only for iTunes and AppStore purchases and in app purchases.

Can iTunes Gift cards and iTunes Gifts be used as a payment method when setting up family sharing as an organizer ?

i want to set up family sharing and i will be the organizer when setting up family sharing i am asked to use a valid payment method and i don't want to use any credit or debit cars so can i use iTunes Gift cards and iTunes Gifts as a payment method ?
Thanks in advance

Have you worked through the guidance on Family Sharing given in:Family Sharing

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As I said in subject I cannot to set family sharing for my family. When i open to iCloud section in settings it says "There's no family information". Why ?

Yes, to clarify - we get a message that says "(he) is already a member of the Family"... but on my iPhone, it still shows that he is not, ie. that the invitation is still pending acceptance.
A bit more detail - when I enter his name (or even .me email address) at the 'Add Family Member' screen on the iPhone, the system will not accept it. ie. I enter his credentials, hit 'Next', and it does not progress to the next screen...
Bizzare. And he's the one who really needs to be enrolled, not so much my wife - who is successfully signed up!
Hope there's some solution to this...
Help Apple!!!!

If I register as the "organiser" for family sharing will I be asked to pay for in app purchases by other members e.g. Candy crush etc?

if i register as the "organiser" for family sharing will I be liable for all in app purchases by other family members e.g candy crush etc?

Yes. Or at least the payment method you choose will be.
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I am trying to set up family sharing and do not have the setup option when logged in, help!

Hello Carney10,
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
When you say you do not have the setup option for Family Sharing, that seems like you log into the iCloud System Preference but the "Set Up Family" button is not there.
Is your Mac updated to Yosemite?
Family Sharing - Apple Support
iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite are required to set up or join a Family Sharing group and are recommended for full functionality.
Where in the setup are the options not available or working?
OS X Yosemite: Set up Family Sharing
Best regards,
Nubz

Family Sharing plan will not allow purchase by iTunes gift card.

We are on the Family Sharing plan. All family members have iTunes gift card balances on their accounts. iTunes store is only allowing purchases by credit card. According to all FAQ's on Apple site, it should access gift card first. How do we fix this?

Doerr6,
You are correct about how it is supposed to work.
However, many people are reporting the same problem that you are seeing. The only way to get it resolved is to contact iTunes Customer Service.

How can I use family sharing, but allow my daughter to purchase with her iTunes allowance without asking permission?

I love the idea of iTunes family sharing, but I don't think it currently supports my situation.
My daughter's iTunes account gets a monthly allowance (plus occasional gift cards), and does not have a credit card tied to it. That way, she can buy whatever she wants, but only with her existing account balance.
I'd like to tie her account to mine via family sharing, but want to keep her spending limited to just her allowance balance. Also, I don't need to grant permission each time she wants to buy something when using her balance. Ideally, she would be permitted to buy exactly as she does now (no permission necessary, no credit card on the account, and only using allowance funds), but also be tied my family account to listen to music I've already bought.
It appears that my 3 options are:
Do not do family sharing and keep the accounts separate.
Tie the accounts together, put "ask to buy" on her account, and then get bugged for permission each time she wants to get something (as well as keep track myself of her going over her allowance and dipping into my credit card).
Tie the accounts together, don't use "ask to buy", and keep my fingers crossed that she doesn't spend more than her allowance amount (because iTunes would permit spending more than that and charge my card).
Options 2 and 3 don't work for me, and option 1 doesn't take advantage of family sharing.
Can I have a family sharing account that *doesn't* charge to my credit card?

Hello jeffchr,
Thanks for the question. Based on what you stated, it seems like you don't want to be billed for a family members purchases. I would recommend that you read these articles, they explain the features options.
Family Sharing
All new iTunes, iBooks, and App Store purchases initiated by family members will be billed to the family organizer’s account.
Family purchases and payments
Making purchases
After you set up your family, any time a family member initiates a new purchase it will be billed directly to your account unless that family member has gift or store credit. First, their store credit will be used to pay the partial or total bill. The remainder will bill to the family organizer's card.
How iTunes Store purchases are billed
Which payment methods will be used first?
When you make a purchase, content credits are used first, followed by Gift Certificate, iTunes Card, or Allowance Account credits. Your credit card or PayPal account is then charged for any remaining balance.
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Mario

ITunes Family Sharing - Ask to Buy - I, the pay source, want the option to be asked regardless of age!

Ask to Buy in Family Sharing does not require a person over 18 to at least ask the payer to provide approval when purchasing. Not even the option to turn it on/off ???
How Lame is this… are you telling me that kids/young adults/even grown adults over 18 are responsible enough (or naturally mature enough) to NOT have to seek their parents/payer's approval for spending their money on "entertainment" for themselves? Give me the DANG option as the OWNER and pay source to turn them off if/when I want to. Its like keys to the car. Irresponsibility or disregard to responsibility will get you grounded and the key taken away. I see this PRIVILEGE no different and thus MUST be revokable (at the payer's discretion at any time).
If I am paying for it.. I want to know about it.. no matter how old the person is I am sharing my library with. Its a check and balance / courtsey thing… not a trust thing.
GIVE ME THE 'ASK TO BUY' OPTION FOR FAMILY MEMBERS 18 or older. Or Apple can build roles other than child(less then 18) or adult (18 or more) that I can place them in that role myself with the desired permissions (like a College Student)!
I DO NOT think is it safe or secure to assume that the Ask to Buy option can be disabled permanently for anyone 18 or over. What if the device is left unattended or stolen and somehow accessed without permission .. that's way to easy for a dishonest person to empty you out!
I will not be using this feature until this is an option. I love the idea and it would be very helpful/useful if this only this option existed.
I'm the parent, I decide this type of thing in my household, not Apple!
Steve

Thank you Ms. SJ!!!!
I was having this problem with my youngest daughters account. Your post about establishing the payment history apart from family sharing made a lot of sense. My oldest daughter has had an account for some time that she had been adding iTunes gift cards to, so her account was "established" before it was added to our family sharing group. I had no trouble approving her purchases.
I had set up an account for my youngest daughter a long time ago, but used it only for email and iMessage on her iPod. My ID was used for purchases on the device. After Family sharing was launched and she got an iPad for Christmas, I decided to set up her ID as the primary account on her new iPad and added her to family sharing.
The first problem I ran into with Family Sharing was enabling the "Ask to Buy" function because since I set up accounts for my daughters a long time ago they were both showing as adults. I learned from another post that the fix for this was to change their birthdates to January 1, 2001. I did this and it has them listed as Age 14 on their family sharing profiles - fine.
I then ran into the same problem with Ask to Buy that David Wilkie described above. My fix was a little different from yours and less intensive.
Removed my youngest daughter from family sharing
Purchased an app using her account alone (with an iTunes gift card attached) to establish a purchase history.
I then re-added her to our family sharing group.
I had her purchase a song using "Ask to Buy" and it worked as expected.
Thanks for going through the legwork with support to find this fix and share it. I hope my experience can be helpful as well.

My daughter purchased a movie that I approved (Family Sharing) however, it is not showing up in my iTunes account so that we all may watch it on TV?

My daughter purchased a movie that I approved (Family Sharing), however, it is not showing up in my iTunes account so that we all may watch it on TV?

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What do I do with iTunes gift cards if I am using Family sharing?

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Thank you for your response, but the gift card has been redeemed already on my account. I am the family organizer with a gift card balance already.
and only YOU can use that gift card balance...
However, as the family organizer with a gift card balance, my daughter made a purchase and it was processed against my credit card, instead of my gift card balance. I think it's a glitch with family share. I see that I am not the only one with this problem.
This is how FamilySharing with Gift Cards is supposed to work.
Using gift cards in Family Sharing will charge against a gift card ONLY for purchases against that specific account.
You redeemed the gift card you you account so only purchases YOU make will go against that gift card.
If your daughter redeems a gift card, any purchases she makes will go against that gift card.
-> How iTunes Store purchases are billed - Apple Support
"How are Family Sharing purchases billed?
When you initiate a new purchase, it will be billed directly to the family organizer's account, unless you have gift or store credit. First, your store credit will be used to pay the partial or total bill. The remainder will bill to the family organizer. iTunes Store credit on your account isn't shared with other family members. So if the family organizer has a $50 credit on their account and another family member initiates a purchase, it won't deduct from the organizer's iTunes Store credit, but will bill the organizer's credit or debit card."

How do you add an iTunes Gift Card so that all purchases of any members of a Family Sharing Group can use the credit?

How can all family members of a Family Sharing Group use a gift card that has been been applied to the iTunes master account? I added a gift card to our master iTunes account for my grandson, and even though he's a family sharing group member, none of the purchases I have approved from his requests have used the gift card credit. A search of the iTunes support site failed to turn up anything that even remotely addresses this topic. It would seem reasonable to assume that any purchase made by any family member should be able to use the gift card credit since all purchases go through the master account, but this does not appear to be the case.

Regarding your statement about the gift card balance being used if redeemed to the organizers account - http://www.apple.com/feedback.
Regarding redeeming the gift card to the child's account, it is the same as redeeming to yours. You have to be signed in to the iTunes store using the child's apple ID, then redeem the gift card there. If you already redeemed the card on your ID, you won't be able to redeem it again.
Redeem and use iTunes Gift Cards and content codes - Apple Support

Why can't we use iTunes gift cards with family sharing? After Christmas, we now have lots of account credit we can't use. Very frustrating.

Why can't we use iTunes gift cards with family sharing? After Christmas, we now have lots of account credit we can't use. Very frustrating. There is no option found for using account credit.

I just logged out of my daughter's account and back in, and now it works. Deducted from gift card account balance. So I hope this is resolved.

If i set up family sharing will my family loose the balance of their iTunes gift cards?

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