Using Apple Account for Purchases at Apple.com

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Yes, you can use your Apple Account balance to purchase products and accessories on Apple.com, in the Apple Store app or at an Apple Store. When you are ready to check out, simply choose the amount you want to apply from your balance.

What You Can Buy:

In addition to hardware and accessories, your Apple Account balance can be used for:

• Apps, games and in-app purchases from the App Store
• Music, movies, and books from the iTunes Store, Apple TV app or Apple Books
• Subscriptions like Apple Music, Apple Arcade and iCloud+

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This article broadly outlines what you can buy with your Apple Account [Apple ID] balance --> What you can buy with your Apple Gift Card or Apple Account balance - Apple Support

• In countries and regions where Apple Gift Card is available, you can use your Apple Gift Card or Apple Account balance to buy products and accessories at apple.com, an Apple Store, or in the Apple Store app. In these countries and regions, your Apple Account balance includes the balance from any Apple Gift Cards or App Store & iTunes Gift Cards that you have redeemed.

• Buy apps, games, or in-app purchases from the App Store.

• Buy music, movies, and more from the iTunes Store, Apple TV app, or Apple Books.

• Pay for subscriptions like Apple Music, Apple Arcade, and Apple TV. Or pay for subscriptions to apps from the App Store.

• Pay for iCloud+, Apple's premium cloud subscription.

If you are seeing a request to enter a payment method, “Some purchases might require that you have a credit card on file, even if you use your Apple Account balance to make the purchase." In that case read this article about payment methods that you can use with your Apple Account --> Payment methods that you can use with your Apple Account - Apple Support then see this article about how to add a payment method to your Apple Account --> Add a payment method to your Apple Account - Apple Support

There are some exceptions, from: How apps, content, and subscriptions from Apple are billed - Apple Support

Apple Gift Card and Apple Account balance can't be used for some purchases:

• You can't use your Apple Account balance to send gifts or gift cards.

• For some recurring charges, like AppleCare+, you can't start a subscription with Apple Account balance. But as long as you keep another valid payment method on file and your Apple Account balance would cover an entire charge, a recurring charge will pull from your Apple Account balance. In some countries and regions, Apple Account balance can’t be used for some subscriptions like AppleCare+.

• Some subscriptions might not be charged to your Apple Account balance.

• If you use Family Sharing, your family members can't spend your Apple Account balance. Funds that you add to your Apple Account balance are available only to you. Learn more about how purchases bill to your Apple Account balance.

Yes of course you can.

While NOT “required” …

… you’ll find the whole shopping experience VERY streamlined and efficient if you install and shop using the Apple Store app.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-store/id375380948

Hello~ You absolutely can. Enjoy shopping!!

~Katana-San~

Chattanoogan wrote:

… you’ll find the whole shopping experience VERY streamlined and efficient if you install and shop using the Apple Store app.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-store/id375380948

But the OP lists a computer as hardware and that link is to an iOS app.

On a Mac the App Store application is automatically included in the Apps folder.