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Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card: 3X Points with Checkout by Amazon

This holiday, Chase is offering Amazon.com Rewards Visa cardholders triple points on all purchases through Checkout by Amazon.*

Earning bonus points is easy – customers simply use the Amazon.com Rewards Card as a payment method when using Checkout by Amazon, and earn 3 points for every $1 spent.

This offer ends 12/31/2010. Start shopping today!

*See offer details and terms here.  Amazon Payments is not a sponsor of this promotion.

Amazon Payments at the Mobile Shopping Summit

The Amazon Payments team just returned from the Mobile Shopping Summit in New York, NY, where we joined leading retailers and vendors to discuss the importance of mobile as a channel and the elements of a good mobile shopping experience. Thought leaders and first movers in m-commerce shared insights from their successes with mobile and reiterated that the overriding theme for 2011 should be to embrace mobile as a channel and strive towards a customer experience that is fast and efficient.

Jeff Pandolfo of Amazon Payments presented the Checkout by Amazon mobile experience. Edward Foy, CEO, eFashion Solutions representing Baby Phat and Ian MacDonald, Vice President & General Manager, Century Novelty joined Jeff to demonstrate how retailers can offer a seamless checkout experience and improve conversion on mobile with Checkout by Amazon. Retailers going mobile can use Checkout by Amazon to offer their customers a convenient purchase experience with quick checkout features such as 1-Click and Amazon PayPhrase to seal the deal on mobile quickly.

Read more about the discussion in this article.

   

Learn more about adding Checkout by Amazon to your e-commerce and mobile website.

Looking ahead, Amazon Payments will be sponsoring the eTail West 2011, which will be held in Palm Desert, CA from February 22nd through 25th. We will discuss how the brand-conscious seller can provide a seamless shopping experience and increase sales. We encourage retailers who want to improve conversion at checkout - both online and on mobile devices - to join us for this discussion. Look forward to seeing you there.

 

Checkout by Amazon now available with Amazon WebStore

 

Checkout by Amazon is now available with Amazon WebStore, a complete product for building, managing, and operating a multichannel branded, custom online store. It provides built-in payment processing and now offers Checkout by Amazon as a pre-integrated checkout option enabling you to offer customers an additional payment alternative on your WebStore.

With Checkout by Amazon, you can offer your customers a convenient and trusted checkout option and improve conversion on your store. Your customers can use quick checkout features such as Amazon PayPhrase and get the same protection under the Amazon A-to-z Guarantee that they have when they shop on Amazon.com, while you pay lower fees on Checkout by Amazon orders. See details on pricing

If you already use Amazon WebStore for your business, you can easily add Checkout by Amazon to the cart and cart up-sell pages of your store. Simply select it when choosing checkout options while setting up your Amazon WebStore.

Learn more about how Checkout by Amazon works with Amazon WebStore

 Baris Cetinok - GM - Amazon Payments

Introducing the Next Generation of Checkout by Amazon

 

Amazon Payments has announced the availability of the next generation of Checkout by Amazon, which offers a streamlined customer experience that enables your customers to checkout without ever leaving your website.

Customers can now access their Amazon address book and payment methods directly on your website. This means fewer steps to checkout for millions of Amazon.com customers and improved conversion for you.

 

Checkout by Amazon now offers two implementation and customer experience options that enable you to provide your customers a seamless purchase experience.

Inline Checkout

Inline Checkout offers a checkout experience that can be fully integrated into your existing checkout flow. It gives you greater control over how you implement Checkout by Amazon to provide your customers a seamless checkout experience that is consistent with your brand.

Customers access their Amazon address book with shipping addresses and payment methods directly within your existing checkout flow.

 

Standard Checkout

Standard Checkout allows customers to review all order details and complete the order in a single co-branded pop-up browser window.

Click on the video below to preview these two customer experience options: 

 

Here's what The Wet Seal says about Checkout by Amazon

"When we looked at the options for alternative payments solutions, Checkout by Amazon enabled The Wet Seal to retain brand control throughout the checkout process.The brand experience combined with the ease of integration makes Checkout by Amazon a clear choice for The Wet Seal."

-Jon Kubo

CIO at The Wet Seal

Checkout by Amazon’s tighter integration with merchant sites also means substantial reduction in implementation time for you. In addition, Checkout by Amazon is fully integrated with e-commerce platform providers such as Demandware, Cardinal Commerce and more to follow.

"Checkout by Amazon makes more than just the buying experience simple. We have found that Checkout by Amazon makes integration up to 60% faster than before. Checkout by Amazon now also supports all of a merchant's promotions, tax rules and shipping settings automatically."

-Scott Todaro

Sr. Director, Product Strategy at Demandware Inc.

Merchants can register and begin integrating Checkout by Amazon today.  Merchants currently accepting Checkout by Amazon will be automatically upgraded to the new Checkout by Amazon Standard experience in the coming weeks.

Find out more about Checkout by Amazon and register at www.amazonpayments.com/cba.

“When we looked at the options for alternative payments solutions, Checkout by Amazon enabled The Wet Seal to retain brand control throughout the checkout process. The brand experience combined with the ease of integration makes Checkout by Amazon a clear choice for The Wet Seal.”

Customers Can Use Amazon Payments Balance to Shop Across the Web

 

Did you know that Amazon customers can now pay using their Amazon Payments balance on any website that accepts Checkout by Amazon? Customers with an Amazon Payments balance will see their account balance as the default payment option on the payment selection page. The Amazon Payments balance shown on the payment selection page is the available balance in the account at the time the order is placed. Customers can easily choose not to pay using their balance, or can add more funds to their balance by going to www.amazonpayments.com.  In addition to  paying for orders on websites accepting Checkout by Amazon, an Amazon Payments balance can be used for most purchases on Amazon.com.

The availability of the Amazon Payments Balance on CBA is yet another example of how we continue to make it easier for millions of Amazon customers to shop across the web.