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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.  

 

Checkout by Amazon now available with Demandware

  

Demandware merchants can now improve conversion and gain new customers by offering a seamless, fully-integrated checkout experience on their website with Checkout by Amazon. It is available as a pre-built payment integration in the Demandware LINK Marketplace , a library of third-party integrations between the Demandware® eCommerce Platform and third-party applications and technologies.

With this integration, Demandware offers you a quick and easy way to enable the new, streamlined Checkout by Amazon customer experience on your website. Millions of Amazon customers can access their Amazon address book and payment methods directly on your website and complete purchases quickly and conveniently.

"Checkout by Amazon makes more than just the buying experience simple," says Scott Todaro, Sr. Director, Product Strategy, Demandware, Inc. "We've found that CBA 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."

You can integrate easily with this complete e-commerce checkout and payment service using cut-and-paste, configurable JavaScript code. Download the integration from the Demandware LINK Marketplace, sign up for Checkout by Amazon and follow the instructions to add the button to your Demandware enabled website.

Contact us to learn more about how you can make it easy for millions of customers to checkout without ever leaving your website or download the integration and get started today.

Checkout by Amazon Success Story: Other World Computing

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Read what other sellers have to say about Checkout by Amazon

Amazon Payments Now Utilizes Yodlee AccountVerification™

We are proud to announce that Amazon Payments has integrated InstantAccountVerification™ technology from Yodlee, a provider of personal financial management and revenue-generating payments solutions, into www.amazonpayments.com to simplify how our customers add and verify bank accounts in their Amazon Payments accounts. Yodlee’s account verification technology verifies a person’s account information, ownership, and balance in real-time.

 “Traditional verification methods don’t take into account the customer’s expectation of speed and immediacy when they transact online,” said Baris Cetinok, director, Amazon Payments.  “Yodlee Account Verification confirms the ownership of a consumer’s bank account in real time, adding a required layer of validation without slowing down the process.  This helps Amazon Payments deliver on our commitment to a great customer experience.”            

Over the past 10 years, Yodlee has verified more than 15 million consumer accounts, reducing both abandonment and potential fraud in those online transactions, which include new account openings, funds transfers, purchases, and person-to-person (P2P) transactions.

“Our account verification fits seamlessly into the transaction and payment process to quickly verify credentials without disrupting the user flow,” said Peter Hazlehurst, SVP of Products at Yodlee.

Learn more about Yodlee at www.yodlee.com. To add and verify your bank account, visit www.amazonpayments.com.

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Mercent is a leading provider of online channel marketing technology and services for retailers. Through its award-winning Mercent Retail™ SAAS technology and Mercent Performance™ professional services, Mercent helps online merchants like Car Toys optimize online shopping channel marketing campaigns to drive customer acquisition, revenues, profits, and inventory velocity. Checkout by Amazon is supported by the Mercent Retail online channel management platform.

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