Amazon Payments Blog

Upcoming Webinar: "Checkout by Amazon" – Tuesday, November 3rd – 10AM PDT

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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Announcing Alternative Payment Method from Checkout by Amazon

With Checkout by Amazon, customers have multiple options when it comes to using the information stored in their Amazon.com accounts to buy on your site. In addition to the existing method of selecting Checkout by Amazon on your shopping cart page, we have added an alternative method that enables customers to select Amazon Payments on the payments page of your standard checkout.

1. Existing Method: Your customers can select Checkout by Amazon on your shopping cart page, login and use either 1-click or standard checkout without leaving your site:

 

2. NEW - Alternative Payment Method: Once customers are done shopping, they can proceed from the shopping cart to your payments page and then select Amazon Payments as a payment option. In this option, customers briefly leave your site to go to a co-branded Amazon Payments page where they select their payment method from those saved in their Amazon.com accounts. After the transaction, customers are returned to a confirmation page on your site.

  By offering your customers both the ways, you can facilitate Amazon customers both at the beginning and at the end of the checkout experience and thus get more value out of Checkout by Amazon integration. Learn more.

Checkout by Amazon Shopping Cart Integration

Checkout by Amazon includes an optional shopping cart solution, making it easy for merchants to begin accepting Amazon Payments. Your customers can easily add, view and change items in the Checkout by Amazon Shopping Cart, and complete purchases using the information stored in their Amazon.com accounts. The cart is available as a feature of Checkout by Amazon at no additional cost. Learn more. Online children's retailer GoGo Giggle recently integrated the Amazon Shopping cart onto their website. See Checkout by Amazon Shopping Cart in action on GoGo Giggle. “We got our first order only minutes after going live! The cart is simple, intuitive, and performing well. We look forward to working with Amazon Payments as our business grows and develops!” – Ed Higgins, GoGo Giggle Web Designer

 

Checkout by Amazon osCommerce plug-in V.2.2 released

    Integration of Checkout by Amazon with your osCommerce store is now quicker and easier with the osCommerce plug-in V.2.2. We have added the following enhancements to the Checkout By Amazon plug-in:

• Easily integrate Checkout by Amazon with your internal order processing systems with Instant Order Payment Notification (IOPN).
• Inventory updates immediately after the order is placed by the buyer.
• Separate order management page specifically for managing Checkout by Amazon orders.
• Ability to search Orders by Amazon Payments Order Id.
• Support for merchants to send Custom information that is stored with the order and which is passed back with notifications.
• Simplified installation and integration.

Find the latest add-on for RC2 here and the latest add-on for MS2 and RC1 here.

*Please note that if you are already integrated with Checkout By Amazon Plug-in V2.0 or V2.1, we have included upgrade scripts which will help migrate your data.

Meet the Amazon Payments Team at 2009 Shop.org Annual Summit

Amazon Payments is an official sponsor of the Shop.org Annual Summit, September 21-23, 2009 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. For a limited time, save $100 off conference registration with the discount code INV100. Please designate 'Amazon Payments' as the exhibitor name.
Stop by Booth #313 or the Amazon Payments roundtable to meet members of our team and get all your burning questions answered about Checkout by Amazon, Amazon Shopping Cart and other seller solutions. Amazon Payments is the official sponsor of Shop.org’s blog and Twitter activity during the Summit. Check out the Amazon Payments Blog, where we will post periodic updates before, during and after the show. Follow us on Twitter to learn about our fantastic book giveaway and keep an eye out for our coverage of the event.