Amazon Payments Blog

Checkout by Amazon Launches in the UK

The next generation of checkout is now available in the UK, enabling online retailers in the UK to make it easy for millions of Amazon customers to shop without leaving their web site. With Checkout by Amazon, Amazon customers can checkout on another retailer’s website using their Amazon account credentials.

Checkout by Amazon offers a seamless checkout experience enabling customers to access their Amazon address book and payment methods directly on a retailer’s site, without leaving that site. This means fewer steps to checkout for millions of Amazon account holders and increased average order size and new customers for retailers.

MyMemory, The Watch Hut and The Jewel Hut are among the first retailers in the UK to integrate with Checkout by Amazon.

“Checkout by Amazon enables our customers to select the delivery address and the default credit card they already have on file at Amazon right on our site.  Checkout by Amazon is the only solution we’ve found that gives us the flexibility to integrate this kind of functionality directly. We believe the easier it is for customers to purchase, the more revenue we’ll see.”

-Karl Moss, CEO, MyMemory

“We see Checkout by Amazon as a natural extension of our commitment to customer service and security. Our customers trust the Amazon brand, and we trust they’ll shop more when they use Checkout by Amazon.”

-Marc Woodall, E-commerce Operations Manager,T.H.Baker

Checkout by Amazon offers a wide range of integration alternatives to make it easy for retailers to provide this new checkout option on their website. These integration options range from cut-and-paste buttons to advanced APIs that integrate with existing retailer shopping baskets and order management systems.

Retailers can register and begin integrating Checkout by Amazon today. Learn more and get started at our UK website http://payments.amazon.co.uk.  

 

Updated Amazon Payments Resources

We have recently made some changes to the resources available to sellers and developers integrating with Amazon Payments:

Checkout by Amazon Forums:

The Checkout by Amazon Seller Community Forums have been upgraded to improve usability and organization of information. Explore the discussion boards, share your experience with other sellers, or submit questions. Our support team is regularly monitoring the forums to provide answers to all your inquiries.

Amazon Payments Help:

Our new Amazon Payments Help resource provides rich content for both business and personal account holders. You can browse help topics by service (Checkout by Amazon, Amazon Simple Pay and Amazon Flexible Payments Service), or find general information on integrating, managing orders and many other topics.

We hope you find these resources helpful, and definitely send us any feedback!

New Integration Tool for Checkout by Amazon

The Merchant Error Console in Seller Central is a resource to help you as you integrate with Amazon Payments. The Console allows you to troubleshoot any errors you may encounter quickly and efficiently. You can keep track of warnings and errors generated by carts submitted by your website within the last 15 days, and see more information about how to correct problems in the carts your site submits in the future.

The Merchant Error Console can be accessed from the Integration tab in Seller Central. Learn more here.

Shop.org Webinar: "Leveraging the Power of Emerging Payment Technologies and Alternative Payments Solutions"

March 31, 2010, 1:00PM - 2:00PM EST

Amazon Payments is sponsoring the upcoming Shop.org webinar, “Leveraging the Power of Emerging Payment Technologies and Alternative Payments Solutions”.

Hear retail panelists like Jeff Wisot, VP of Marketing for Buy.com, discuss alternative payment selection and integration, barriers and successes, and performance metrics.

Register today and you'll learn how you can implement alternative payments in the most optimal manner for your business and for your customers.

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.