Amazon Payments

A set of payment and checkout solutions that enables tens of millions of Amazon customers to complete purchases on your website using the same information in their Amazon.com account.

Checkout by Amazon

Checkout by Amazon™ is a complete e-commerce checkout solution that provides your customers with the same secure and trusted checkout experience available on Amazon.com today. It offers unique features including Amazon's 1-Click® and tools for businesses to manage shipping charges, sales tax, promotions, and post-sale activities including refunds, cancellations, and chargebacks.

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Key Benefits to You

Increased conversion: Amazon's familiar checkout experience, 1-Click ordering, A-to-z Guarantee, and tens of millions of customers who can checkout without re-entering information helps you optimize conversion on your website.
Reduced bad debt: Amazon's proven fraud detection capabilities, chargeback controls, and risk management processes reduce bad debt.
Easy integration: Simple-to-implement copy and paste code makes it easy to integrate Checkout by Amazon into your website.
Cart up-sell: Checkout by Amazon enables you to up-sell your products within the checkout pipeline. At your option, you can also earn Amazon.com Associate commissions for up-selling Amazon products during checkout.
Works seamlessly with Fulfillment by Amazon: Checkout by Amazon combined with Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) enables you to outsource both transaction processing and fulfillment. **

Key Benefits to Your Customers

Convenience: Customers can use the information in their Amazon.com account to complete purchases on your website without having to re-enter their shipping address or payment information. Customers can also place orders instantly using Amazon's patented 1-Click feature.
Trusted checkout experience: The secure and familiar checkout experience customers enjoy at Amazon.com is now available on your website.
Purchase protection for your customers: Your customers will feel more confident buying from your site knowing that they have the same protection under the Amazon A-to-z Guarantee that they have when they shop on Amazon.com.

Key Features of Checkout by Amazon

Low friction for Amazon customers: Customers can use the information from their Amazon.com account and other websites powered by Amazon.com to complete purchases on your website without having to re-enter their shipping address or payment information.
Familiar checkout experience: Checkout by Amazon provides the familiar checkout experience available on Amazon.com today on your website.
1-Click ordering: Checkout by Amazon can identify Amazon.com customers shopping on your website and offer them Amazon's 1-Click experience. This allows customers to place orders instantly without leaving your website.
Cart up-sell: Checkout by Amazon enables you to up-sell your products within the checkout pipeline. At your option, you can also earn Amazon.com Associate commissions for up-selling Amazon products during checkout.
Reduced bad debt: Amazon's proven fraud detection capabilities, chargeback controls, and risk management processes reduce bad debt.
Shipping rates and Sales tax: Checkout by Amazon provides real-time shipping and sales tax calculation when customers place orders. It provides tools to easily configure the shipping and sales tax rates.
Promotions: Checkout by Amazon provides tools to create and offer customized promotions to your customers.
Purchase protection for your customers: Your customers will feel more confident buying from your site knowing that they have the same protection under the Amazon A-to-z Guarantee that they have when they shop on Amazon.com.
Order management: Checkout by Amazon provides tools to view, edit, settle, and cancel orders, search orders by date, download orders in a text file, and print shipping labels and packing slips.
Works seamlessly with Fulfillment by Amazon: Checkout by Amazon combined with Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) enables you to outsource both transaction processing and fulfillment. **
Co-branded payment pages: You can co-brand the checkout pipeline hosted by Amazon Payments with your own logo.

To learn more about how Checkout by Amazon works, visit What Your Customers See and How Checkout by Amazon Works for You.

NEW!

Cart Up-sell now available:
There are no start-up charges, monthly charges, hidden fees, or long-term contracts when using Checkout by Amazon.

Pricing

There are no start-up charges, monthly charges, hidden fees, or long-term contracts when using Checkout by Amazon.

Fees are assessed on a per-transaction basis and vary depending on the transaction amount. They are based on a percentage of the transaction amount plus a per transaction fee.

For transactions >= $10:

2.9% + $0.30 for all transactions (click here for information on volume pricing)

For transactions < $10:

5.0%+ $0.05 for all transactions

Getting Started

The best way to learn about using Checkout by Amazon is to read the Getting Started Guide. It provides a step-by-step overview of what you'll need to do to incorporate Checkout by Amazon into your website.

The Integration Guide provides additional detail regarding different options to integrate Checkout by Amazon. It contains step-by-step tutorials and multiple code samples to help you get integrated quickly.

The Resource Center is a comprehensive directory of all the tools available to help you use Checkout by Amazon. It contains links to all Guides, FAQs, forums, and the Checkout by Amazon Sandbox to help you get started quickly!

Have questions about Checkout by Amazon? Contact Us and our sales and business development teams will follow up with you shortly.

Terms and Conditions:

This promotional offer (“Offer”) is limited to any eligible payment account using Checkout by Amazon or any Amazon Simple Pay payment service offered by Amazon Payments. The payment services may be used in combination or across multiple websites.
The Offer is valid for a limited time only. Offer is made by Amazon Payments, Inc. Participants must register for a payment account by no later than September 30, 2009. Accounts that have submitted transactions prior to April 28, 2009 are not eligible.
For transactions processed using a qualifying account after April 28, 2009, Amazon Payments will waive its processing fees through September 30, 2009 or until the total volume of transactions processed through the account reaches $2 million, whichever is earlier. Thereafter, normal processing fees will apply.
Amazon Payments reserves the right to terminate any account’s participation in the Offer if the average transaction value, during any week, is less than $5.
Participants must register and maintain an account in good standing with Amazon Payments, Inc. Participants must be located within the United States to accept payments with Amazon Payments. Use of Checkout by Amazon and Amazon Simple Pay and the submission of transactions are subject to the Amazon Payments User Agreement.
Offer may not be used in conjunction with any other promotional or incentive offer from Amazon Payments.
Offer is not for resale and is not redeemable for cash.
Offer is void in the event of fraud, mistake or any failure to satisfy any terms of the Offer.
Amazon Payments reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate or modify this Offer at any time.