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Amazon PayPhrase - Easy-to-Remember Shortcut to Paying Quickly across the Web and on Amazon.com

Now all you need is a phrase and a PIN to purchase products on the web with the preferred payment and shipping methods you already have on file at Amazon — no signing in with a username and password, and no more sharing sensitive payment information with multiple websites.

With Amazon PayPhrase, online shoppers simply choose their own customized phrase — such as “Knick Knack,” “Home Sweet Home,” or “Jake’s Allowance” — and then enter that phrase along with a PIN to quickly preview their order and complete their purchase.

PayPhrase allows Amazon.com customers to checkout across the web with their preferred payment and shipping methods stored at Amazon.com, but without having to share sensitive payment information with multiple websites.

All websites accepting Checkout by Amazon, including DKNY, Jockey, Patagonia, Buy.com, J&R Electronics, and Car Toys, will be offering PayPhrase as a checkout option. Amazon.com customers can create their PayPhrase and start using it today by visiting www.amazon.com/payphrase.

Amazon.com customers can use their PayPhrase for express checkout wherever they see the PayPhrase button — on sites across the web and on Amazon.com. Customers on Amazon.com simply find the item they want, type their PayPhrase into the PayPhrase button on the product’s page, and click to instantly preview the total cost of their order, including shipping and tax. No need to “Add to cart,” “Proceed to checkout,” sign in, or type in credit card information. If the customer is satisfied with their order, they enter their PIN to complete the order. With participating websites that accept Amazon PayPhrase, Amazon.com customers do not need to register or create a new account in order to make a purchase.

Merchants who accept Amazon PayPhrase offer their customers a convenient and secure way to shop while Amazon Payments takes care of processing the payment transactions. Merchants can accept PayPhrase orders right away simply by using Checkout by Amazon, which automatically supports PayPhrase. By offering Amazon PayPhrase, merchants can benefit from the familiar Amazon.com checkout experience. PayPhrase is available through all Checkout by Amazon merchant websites starting today, and on additional websites as new merchants join Checkout by Amazon.

“PayPhrase solves the headache of trying to keep track of all the different usernames and passwords people use to shop on various sites across the web. With PayPhrase all you need is one phrase and one PIN to pay online,” said Matt Williams, General Manager, Amazon PayPhrase (Matt’s PayPhrase is “good to go”). “We think customers will enjoy the simplicity that Amazon PayPhrase offers, and we hope they’ll have some fun choosing their own personal phrases.”

Amazon PayPhrase also makes it easy for parents to set up an online allowance and monitor their teens’ purchases. By creating a PayPhrase for their teenager or student away at college, parents can set monthly spending limits and monitor or approve purchases. With PayPhrase, parents have the flexibility to preview every order placed, including the ability to approve or decline each order via e-mail or mobile phone text alerts.

Find out more about Amazon PayPhrase and claim yours today:

Introducing Flexible Ship Options from Checkout by Amazon

Checkout by Amazon now enables you to create your own shipping option descriptions instead of the standard names used by Checkout by Amazon such as "Standard”, "Expedited”, "One-Day”, or "Two-Day."  This means that your customers will see names such as "Free Ground Shipping,", “FedEx Overnight”, etc. and the shipping charges will be calculated using the shipping rates you assigned to each custom name.

By using Flexible Ship Options, you can set up to 20 custom shipping names per single shipping destination and assign them separate shipping service levels and shipping rates:

• Assign up to seven different names to the Standard and Expedited service levels.
• Assign up to five different names to the One-Day and Two-Day service levels.
• Create custom shipping names that are up to 100 characters long.

You can create these custom shipping names for each distinct shipping region, with up to 20 custom names for shipping within the Continental U.S. and another 20 custom shipping names for shipping outside the U.S.

Here is an example of how a customer will see the custom shipping options on the order summary page. As you can see, this merchant has renamed the existing Checkout by Amazon shipping options:
 
Learn more about how you can use Flexible Shipping Options on your site.

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In this free webinar, we will discuss how you can grow your business by enabling millions of Amazon.com customers to buy from your site using the information stored in their Amazon.com accounts.

If you’ve registered for Checkout by Amazon, but have not yet added the button to your shopping cart, attend this webinar to learn more about how Checkout by Amazon can help grow your business.

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