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Amazon Payments
Type	Subsidiary of Amazon.com
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington USA
Parent	Amazon.com
Website	payments.amazon.com
Registration	Free
Available in	English
Current status	active

Amazon Payments, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com ^[1] that provides a safe means to process transactions online. Launched in 2006, Amazon Payments leverages the massive consumer base of Amazon.com and focuses on giving users the same secure and trusted checkout experience available on Amazon.com.

Amazon Payments has several products for consumers, businesses, and developers.

[edit] Consumers

[edit] Online Purchases

Amazon Payments is a simple and trusted way to purchase goods and services on websites across the internet. At participating vendors, which include Patagonia and Jockey, users may choose to check out using their Amazon account information, without having to re-enter credit card numbers or shipping addresses. Users may also check out with Amazon's 1 Click.

[edit] Amazon Payments other consumer products include

Amazon TextBuyIt is a SMS based service that allows users to find items, check prices, or purchase simply by sending a text message. Users can text searches to '262966' (AMAZON) and get search results and prices in seconds.

Amazon WebPay is a free service to send or receive money using an email address or mobile telephone number.

Amazon TextPayMe is a service that is similar to WebPay, except users may use SMS messages to complete the transaction. The premise behind the service was to allow users to pay each other instantly and securely, without having to carry change or remember IOUs.

[edit] Businesses

[edit] Checkout by Amazon

Checkout by Amazon (CBA) is a complete e-commerce solution that allows web merchants to accept Amazon account information and use Amazon for payment processing. CBA can manage several aspects of the transaction including order processing, promotions, shipping rates, sales tax, and up-selling. CBA also claims to reduce bad debt because of Amazon's advanced fraud detection capabilities.

[edit] Amazon Simple Pay

Amazon Simple Pay (ASP) is a set of payment-only products that allows web merchants to accept Amazon account information and use Amazon for payment processing. ASP differs from CBA in that ASP does not handle the additional capabilities such as order processing, promotions, tax & shipping, etc.

[edit] Amazon Payphrase

Amazon Payphrase is a recent (As of Nov 2009) addition to Amazon Payments that allows a person to checkout by simply typing in their phrase and their PIN, without having to put in any shipping or credit card information. As of now, this is accepted at certain retailers, including Buy.com and J&R Music and Computers. Payphrase's claim of being additionally secure is controversial.

[edit] Developers

[edit] Flexible Payments Service

Main article: Amazon Flexible Payments Service

Flexible Payments Service (FPS), part of Amazon Web Services, enables developers to use Amazon's scalable payment infrastructure to accept payments using the customer's Amazon account information. FPS includes several lightweight APIs that are designed to enable developers to get up and running quickly and easily.

[edit] References

^ "Amazon Payments Website". Amazon Payments. 2009-07-22. http://payments.amazon.com.

[edit] External links

Official website
Everyone Send Me $5 TechCrunch, February 15, 2006.

[launch-0] "Amazon Payments Website". Amazon Payments. 2009-07-22. http://payments.amazon.com.

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