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Costco Membership Discount: Get a $50 Costco Shop Card When You Join!

Published June 16, 2025 | Updated June 16, 2025 | by Laura | 2 Comments

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This Costco membership discount helps you save on a future purchase by gifting you a $50 Digital Costco Shop Card just for signing up!

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If you’re not already a Costco member, and you’ve been thinking about trying it, NOW is your chance to join and get a BIG bonus just for signing up!

The BEST deal we’re currently seeing is this one: get a $50 Digital Costco Shop Card when you purchase a Gold Star OR an Executive Membership Package.

That means that if you buy a Costco Gold Star membership, you’ll pay $65 and get $50 to spend on a gift card, basically like paying $15!

The $50 gift card will be emailed within two weeks of sign-up and is valid in-store and online.

In addition, you’ll receive a promo code that gets you a $200 Digital Costco Shop Card if you book a Mexico or Caribbean vacation package of $3500 or more through Costco Travel.

If you opt for the Executive Membership ($130), you’ll receive the $50 Digital Costco Shop Card AND an extra perk: $100 off a Costco.com order of $200+! So you’ll pay $130 and get $50 to spend on a gift card, basically like paying $80! (Not to mention, the other perks.)

Other Costco Membership Deals

If the deals mentioned above are no longer valid, here are some other Costco membership deals you can check out:

When you purchase a NEW Gold Star membership, you will receive: 

  • A membership card for the Primary Cardholder and one additional Household Card for anyone living at the same address, over the age of 16
  • A $20 Digital Costco Shop Card (valid at Costco locations and Costco.com)

Once you use the $20 Digital Costco Shop Card, you can think of your membership costing you $45!

Once you purchase a NEW Gold Star membership, allow up to two hours to receive a confirmation email. Bring the confirmation email information to a Costco near you to receive your physical card and start saving!

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As many offers are offered for a limited time, if this offer is no longer available, try other offers we have posted about in the past.

If you join as a new Executive member HERE you’ll receive a $40 Digital Costco Shop Card!

Please note that this offer is valid for new memberships only, which means you haven’t had a membership in the last 18 months.

Get your free Costco Shop Card when you sign up HERE!

Details:

Valid for NEW MEMBERS ONLY or for members whose memberships have been expired for more than 18 months.

*To receive a Digital Costco Shop Card, you must provide a valid email address and set up auto-renewal of your Costco membership on a Visa® card at the time of sign-up. If you elect not to provide a valid email address and sign up for auto-renewal, a Digital Costco Shop Card will not be emailed.

Valid only for non members for their first year of membership. Not valid for renewal or upgrade of an existing membership. To qualify as a new member, a Costco membership must be expired at least 18 months or more. Limit one promotion/incentive per household.

Promotion is non-transferable and may not be combined with any other promotion. Digital Costco Shop Card is not redeemable for cash, except as required by law. New members will receive their Digital Costco Shop Card by email within 2 weeks of sign-up.

Costco is not liable for incentives not received due to entry of an invalid address during sign-up. Digital Costco Shop Cards are not accepted at Gas Stations, Car Washes or Food Court Kiosk. Use the provided single-use Promo Code when entering your payment information. A Costco membership is $65 a year. An Executive Membership is an additional $60 upgrade fee a year.

Each membership includes one free Household Card. May be subject to sales tax. Costco accepts all Visa cards, as well as cash, checks, debit/ATM cards, EBT and Costco Shop Cards. Departments and product selection may vary.

PS – Check out our post on 5 Ways to Pay Less for Gas in Minnesota – Costco is one of the ways you can do that!

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Laura is a kindergarten teacher and a busy mom of six who loves finding smart ways to save. She balances teaching and family life while always hunting for deals that make life more affordable and fun.

Originally from southern Minnesota, Laura has called the Twin Cities home for over fifteen years. In her rare free moments, she enjoys reading, spending time with loved ones, and savoring a hot cup of coffee.

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  1. Joy Reese says

    November 27, 2024 at 2:34 pm

    We bought a Costco membership from Thrifty Minnesota on Oct. 29th and we have not received the 45 dollar gift card yet. We did go to Costco and received our membership cards, but they couldn’t help us with the gift card. We used Pay PAL to buy the membership on Oct 29th Can you helps? We were not told how the gift card would arrive.Thanks!

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    • Chrysa says

      November 30, 2024 at 6:28 pm

      Hi, Joy – If you click through on the original offer it has details about how and when you should receive it to your email. If you haven’t seen it come through it may be in your email spam. Do a search on the email address costco@digitalshopcard.costco.com to help locate it. You can also try the Costco customer service number at 800-774-2678.

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