HOW AMAZON PAY WORKS
From solutions to support to a checkout experience recognised by hundreds of millions of Amazon shoppers around the globe, Amazon Pay offers businesses more than just a payment solution.
SOLUTIONS
Let shoppers pay their way
Web
Amazon Pay is an online payment service that works seamlessly with your site.
Amazon Pay is optimised for mobile checkout, so shoppers can buy right from their device.
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The benefits of Amazon Pay
37% percent of customers abandon a site because they’re asked to create an account3 With Amazon Pay, there’s no need to create a new account or enter new information on your site.
The Amazon brand is a proven winner of customer trust.4 Our advanced fraud protection is the same technology used on Amazon.com.
Benefit from Amazon’s ecommerce innovations, enable features like recurring payments, and much more.
TRANSACTION TYPES
One solution for many business models

Immediate charge

Description: Immediately charge the customer after they have placed their order
Example: Purchase of item that is shipped on the same day, delivery of a digital good that can be downloaded

Deferred payments

Description: Capture payment from the customer when a specific milestone is met
Example: Pre-order, backorder, order online pick up in store

Split payment

Description: Spread the total payment amount for the order across multiple individual payments
Example: Built-to-order items requiring a partial payment upfront; An order to be sent in multiple shipments

Recurring payments

Description: Handle repeating payments with the flexibility to charge a fixed or variable amount as often as needed by your business
Example: Monthly membership, subscription with variable amounts or varied frequency, pay per use

One-off purchase with subscription

Description: Initiate a one-time payment along with a subscription
Example: Sell a product with a subscription for re-fills

Refund

Description: Issue full or partial refunds against previously captured funds
Example: Voided transaction, return of goods/services, partial order fulfilment

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2OptiFashion (Blickers) reported increasing conversion by 50%.

3 Soak&Sleep reported reducing cart abandonment by 67%.