ITunes Without Gift Card?

Question

Is there any way to buy a certain amount of credit on the iTunes Store without having to actually purchase a gift card? I mean, is there a way to plunk down $25 or $50 in my iTunes account online, without the whole hassle of redeeming a physical card, or having them debit my credit card for each and every purchase? I just want a cache of "funny money" in my account to make impulsive iTunes purchases, not break out my credit card every time I want to buy a 99¢ song or run to Walmart to buy a gift card.

Answer 1

Thanks for the suggestion. The only thing is, I don't want a monthly recurring thing, I just want to plunk down an amount and do it again when I eventually burn through the funds. I do see there are printable gift certificates, which would probably do the trick. I'd just go through the purchase, then input the gift cert's numbers and have a little stash of funny money. However, I see, in big bold letters, "Gift Certificates can only be redeemed in the store in which they were created." What does that mean? Is the App section of the iTunes Store a different store than the Music section? What store are they referring to?