Use GCash to buy Prepaid Load for Smart and Sun

During our trip to Berlin, Germany last week for IFA, I accidentally discovered that my GCash account had an option to buy load for other networks such as Sun or Smart. I totally forgot about it until today when I had to quickly reload my other Smart prepaid number.

So I fired up the GCash app on my HTC One and could not find the feature. When I tried it on *143# and chose GCash, the option re-appeared. It was buried deep into the options under GCash but you definitely notice it included Smart and Sun.

Here’s how it looks like when you go thru the settings via *143#:

Not really sure if it was there from the start or has only been added recently. Been asking around some people who frequently use GCash i they’ve seen it and no one has ever spotted it.

Load denominations starts at Php15USD 0.26INR 22EUR 0.24CNY 2 and goes up to Php200USD 3INR 289EUR 3CNY 25. You can also subscribe to All Text 20, Lahat Text 20 and Lahat Text 30.

I’ve tried it several times on my prepaid phone and even on the Smart LTE I use to test once in a while and it worked just fine. There’s no additional transaction cost on the part of GCash so this is almost the same as if you reloaded in any of the retail stores.

This is a bit of a surprise to see Globe enabling GCash reloading of prepaid credits to Smart and Sun, and very convenient if I might add. Now we’re checking if we can do the same with Smart Money.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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20 Comments

Ernesto says:

11 years ago

I just hate Globe so much right now. I really hope Ernest Cu is reading your blog. Globe, your customer service sucks! You’re forcing me to switch to Smart.
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Rolly says:

11 years ago

I thought ako palang nakakakita. You spotted it narin pala sir Abe. It’s a cool albeit weird feature, since pwede ka nang bumili ng load/service for competitors.
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M.O. says:

11 years ago

Grabe mang pera ang Globe. Had problems with my iPhone bill for the past 5 months, literal na bill shock palagi (from 5-10k/month). When I go to the globe store in Glorietta, may mali pala system nila. This happened until last month. So kung di ako magrereklamo, tatanggapin niyo lang bayad ko every month??? WTF
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Neosankyo says:

11 years ago

Parang ginagaya nila yung loadxtreme or vmobile with GGcash-Sosyo: http://gcash.globe.com.ph/promo/gcash-sosyo

Sa kanila kasi commission via multi-level networking.
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Daniel Escasa says:

11 years ago

Yeah, I got it on *143# accidentally some months ago when I wanted to buy load for my own Globe number. Might also be in the SIM Toolkit but I’m not so sure now.
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benchmark says:

11 years ago

I notice this way back last month pa, but I think that time, hinde pa nagana kasi I have been using Gcash since they introduce it. Anyway, last month I tried loading Smart…but it didn’t work pa. Siguro now it is working na.

Happy to know they can load other network provider. I even suggested that one way back years ago kasi I have been using Gcash for a small loading business heheheheh
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WOOHOO says:

11 years ago

Wow, that’s pretty convenient for Gcash users. Too bad I stopped using Gcash. I lost my phone (along with my Globe sim that holds my Gcash account) almost a year ago. They still haven’t resolved my problem until now. Talk about bad customer service..
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Arnold says:

11 years ago

I honestly think I can use this for business.
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Jesus says:

11 years ago

Good na good lalo na sa probinsya, pag gabi wala nang nakabukas para mabilhan.
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Sarjonin says:

11 years ago

pwede rin pala magamit ang gcash amex na pambili ng apps sa iphone saka sa google play store? nice!!
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vince says:

11 years ago

tapos naba ang promo ng Gcash Sosyo?
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reymar guevarra says:

11 years ago

mag epinoyload kayo oni sim load all network ,cignal, pldt like loadxtreme
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Ads says:

10 years ago

The difference between GCash and Smart Money when using both payment systems in buying load using cellphone is that, GCash does not need to have airtime in order to buy load like if you are out of Globe airtime use can still use your phone to buy load. Smart Money is different, you need to have at least 2.50 load to go through your internet txns, that means if you want to reload your BUddy or TNT phone using your Smart Money which is 0 balance, you have to go to a E-Load store to buy load.
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Gian says:

10 years ago

You can also do this in the Gcash app. Just type the number and it will show the correct denominations available for smart users. Even All Text/Lahat Text option is shown.
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