diff --git a/src/app/productConfig/productConfigForm/productConfigForm.component.js b/src/app/productConfig/productConfigForm/productConfigForm.component.js
index fc4aab92b..36df92db2 100644
--- a/src/app/productConfig/productConfigForm/productConfigForm.component.js
+++ b/src/app/productConfig/productConfigForm/productConfigForm.component.js
@@ -315,6 +315,14 @@ class ProductConfigFormController {
     const data = this.omitIrrelevantData(this.itemConfig)
     const comment = data.DONATION_SERVICES_COMMENTS
     const isTestingTransaction = comment ? comment.toLowerCase().includes('test') : false
+    const transformedAmount = this.transformAmountIfNecessary(data.AMOUNT)
+    if (transformedAmount === 'error') {
+      this.submittingGift = false
+      this.errorSavingGeneric = true
+      this.onStateChange({ state: 'errorSubmitting' })
+      return
+    }
+    data.AMOUNT = transformedAmount
     this.brandedAnalyticsFactory.saveTestingTransaction(isTestingTransaction)
     this.analyticsFactory.saveTestingTransaction(this.productData, isTestingTransaction)
 
@@ -358,6 +366,19 @@ class ProductConfigFormController {
     })
   }
 
+  transformAmountIfNecessary (amount) {
+    let transformedAmount = amount
+    if (!angular.isNumber(amount)) {
+      transformedAmount = amount.replace('$', '')
+      transformedAmount = transformedAmount.replace(',', '')
+      transformedAmount = parseFloat(transformedAmount)
+      if (isNaN(transformedAmount)) {
+        return 'error'
+      }
+    }
+    return transformedAmount
+  }
+
   displayId () {
     if (!this.productData) {
       return ''
diff --git a/src/app/productConfig/productConfigForm/productConfigForm.component.spec.js b/src/app/productConfig/productConfigForm/productConfigForm.component.spec.js
index b920d2555..2819578a0 100644
--- a/src/app/productConfig/productConfigForm/productConfigForm.component.spec.js
+++ b/src/app/productConfig/productConfigForm/productConfigForm.component.spec.js
@@ -715,6 +715,30 @@ describe('product config form component', function () {
           $ctrl.saveGiftToCart()
         }
       })
+
+      it('should transform the amount', () => {
+        $ctrl.itemConfig.AMOUNT = '$85'
+        $ctrl.itemConfigForm.$dirty = true
+        $ctrl.saveGiftToCart()
+
+        expect($ctrl.submittingGift).toEqual(false)
+        expect($ctrl.cartService[operation]).toHaveBeenCalledWith(...operationArgs)
+        expect($ctrl.$scope.$emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(cartEvent)
+        expect($ctrl.onStateChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ state: 'submitted' })
+        expect($ctrl.errorAlreadyInCart).toEqual(false)
+        expect($ctrl.errorSavingGeneric).toEqual(false)
+      })
+
+      it('should fail if the amount is invalid', () => {
+        $ctrl.itemConfig.AMOUNT = 'test'
+        $ctrl.itemConfigForm.$dirty = true
+        $ctrl.saveGiftToCart()
+
+        expect($ctrl.submittingGift).toEqual(false)
+        expect($ctrl.onStateChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ state: 'errorSubmitting' })
+        expect($ctrl.errorAlreadyInCart).toEqual(false)
+        expect($ctrl.errorSavingGeneric).toEqual(true)
+      })
     }
   })
 
@@ -762,4 +786,31 @@ describe('product config form component', function () {
       expect($ctrl.$window.location).toEqual('https://example.com')
     })
   })
+
+  describe('transformAmountIfNecessary', () => {
+    it('should not change the int amount', () => {
+      const amount = '5'
+      expect($ctrl.transformAmountIfNecessary(amount)).toEqual(5)
+    })
+
+    it('should not change the float amount', () => {
+      const amount = '5.12'
+      expect($ctrl.transformAmountIfNecessary(amount)).toEqual(5.12)
+    })
+
+    it('should remove the $', () => {
+      const amount = '$50'
+      expect($ctrl.transformAmountIfNecessary(amount)).toEqual(50)
+    })
+
+    it('should remove the comma', () => {
+      const amount = '1,000'
+      expect($ctrl.transformAmountIfNecessary(amount)).toEqual(1000)
+    })
+
+    it('should return an error', () => {
+      const amount = 'test'
+      expect($ctrl.transformAmountIfNecessary(amount)).toEqual('error')
+    })
+  })
 })