Cross-border Shopping: which virtual cards work
These retailers refuse cards issued outside their own country, or run an address check that a mismatched card fails. In this group 36 ranges are documented across 15 checkouts, each one structured from the issuer's published terms. Below are all 15 checkouts in this set, with the ranges that pass and the ones that do not.
What this group is actually made of
Counted over the 36 ranges documented for this group, straight from each issuer's published terms. Every figure is a count over those 36 ranges — none of them is an estimate or a model output.
| Measure | What the group shows | Why it decides your result |
|---|---|---|
| Networks | Mastercard 19 · Visa 15 · Discover 1 · Amex 1 | A range on a network the gateway does not route is declined before the issuer is asked anything. |
| KYC at signup | ID + proof 25 · No KYC 7 · ID only 3 · Minimal KYC 1 | The tier is what you upload before the card exists, and it does not loosen afterwards. |
| Issuing countries | United States 11 · Multi-region 7 · EEA (Europe) 6 | The billing country attached to the range is what a merchant compares against your address. |
| Composite scores | median 84/100 · 3 ranges at 90 or above | A structure rating built from published fees and documented coverage, not a checkout result. |
VCard is the one we would start with in this group: free to open, No KYC at signup. Our second pick is SwissBorg Card, which we keep for the checkouts where VCard gets a range block, not because it is cheaper. The remaining rows cover cases this one does not, rather than padding the list.
Merchants in this group include Amazon US · eBay · Walmart.
The ranges that lean most toward this group
Six ranges whose documented coverage leans most toward cross-border shopping specifically: each one is matched to a larger share of these 15 checkouts than of the 105 tracked site-wide. The last column sets that share side by side, so the reason it sits on this page is visible.
| Range | Network | Issuer | KYC | Score | Why it is in this group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 529631 | Mastercard | Novo | ID + proof | 88/100 | 5 of 15 checkouts in this group · site average 11 of 105 |
| 407486 | Visa | Klarna Card | ID + proof | 88/100 | 5 of 15 checkouts in this group · site average 12 of 105 |
| 426888 | Visa | Genome | ID + proof | 84/100 | 6 of 15 checkouts in this group · site average 21 of 105 |
| 233517 | Mastercard | VCard | No KYC | 93/100 | 10 of 15 checkouts in this group · site average 53 of 105 |
| 518504 | Mastercard | Zebec Carbon | No KYC | 89/100 | 8 of 15 checkouts in this group · site average 39 of 105 |
| 400012 | Visa | Chime | ID + proof | 83/100 | 5 of 15 checkouts in this group · site average 18 of 105 |
Checkouts covered in this group
Each entry names the mechanism that trips a card up at that merchant, then links to the full notes. Each figure traces back to the issuer's published terms, with the evidence tier spelled out on the methodology page.
Other categories
Fees, limits and terms quoted on this page are as published by the issuer and can change at any time — verify with the issuer before applying.