Payment Methods - Amazon Pay
1. Information
| Facts | |
|---|---|
| Category | Wallet payments |
| Market | 100+ countries |
| Share | 33 million Amazon Pay accounts |
| Currency | 10+ different currencies |
| Payment | Not guaranteed, chargeback is possible |
| Refund | Multiple refunds per transaction possible up to 100% of the order amount |
| Clearing | via Amazon Pay |
| Status | Active |
| Expiration date | 4 hours |
| Payment option ID | 1903 |
| Package | Available in the Professional , Business , and Corporate packages |
| Surcharging | Not allowed |
Amazon Pay is a payment system from Amazon.com. It allows Amazon to offer its users the ability to order on external websites using their Amazon account. Amazon Pay works in a way that closely resembles PayPal.
Amazon Pay is only available for digital services, not for physical goods.
2. Payout
PAY. plays a distributing role in the transaction process. You receive the funds via Amazon Pay. The costs for the financial processing are deducted from this.
Payout Speed
Curious about your payout speed? You can easily check this via Merchant » Rates.
Amazon Pay account
To use the Amazon Pay payment method you need to have an Amazon Pay account.
3. Refunds
You can process multiple refunds per transaction. The maximum amount that can be refunded to an end user is 100% of the original order amount.
External Refund
From the Professional package it is also possible to create an external refund. This is not linked to the original transaction but appears as a separate refund in the Admin Panel. Naturally, you do need to have the IBAN number and the name of the account holder.
4. Categories
You can only use the Amazon Pay payment option if your webshop / sales location provides digital services and falls within one of the categories below.
| ID | Name |
|---|---|
| 20 | Subscriptions (member service) |
| 6 | Books, Magazines & DVDs |
| 49 | Gift cards, vouchers, call credit |
| 52 | Consumer purchases (average order value) |
| 85 | Deal websites (daily offers and specials) |
| 10 | Digital entertainment (gaming & mediums) |
| 55 | Digital products (software, downloads) |
| 32 | Education & Training |
| 46 | Only on the advice of PAY: Special consumer products |
| 25 | Food & Drink |
| 24 | Health |
| 28 | Charities (ANBI status) |
| 31 | Music, Movies & Games |
| 76 | Parking including reservation |
| 35 | Sports & Leisure |
| 7 | Admission tickets (ticketing) |
| 9 | Business services |
5. Images
If you want to display the Amazon Pay logo on your page, you can use the images below.
6. Video
Amazon Pay: How Does It Work?
Instructional video about the Amazon Pay transaction process.
