Comments on: Amazon does it again: Flexible Payments Service

By: johno

johno — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:58:46 +0000

They (Amazon) are reall on the ball. This sounds great. I’m certainly considering it. I hadn’t heard about it until I came here, so thanks. I need to read all the documentation; I’m also looking to answer the question posed by Noah above re transparency/branding.

By: Fred Oliveira

Fred Oliveira — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:26:19 +0000

They’re actually cheaper than Paypal is, which on it’s own is quite impressive (and definitely a game changer if people start moving over).

By: dude

dude — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:36:57 +0000

Looks promising, but their transaction rates are pretty high for anything over $10.

By: Matt Wigham

Matt Wigham — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 04:10:01 +0000

This does look very cool. I just wish it was a behind the scenes thing, and not a co-branded UI like PayPal.

By: Fred Oliveira

Fred Oliveira — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:18:53 +0000

Nick: we haven’t considered it yet – although it is undoubtedly something to think about in the future. We definitely want to explore the possibilities, here. We’ll keep you posted.

By: Nick Dominguez

Nick Dominguez — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:40:23 +0000

So does this mean GoPlan is going to change the way they charge their customers?

By: Noah Everett

Noah Everett — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:47:26 +0000

It looks like a great service. The documentation is VERY in depth. They have basically taken a normal payment gateway and added a layer of intelligence to it to do recurring/allowances/micropayments/etc, but most of these features could be programmed into the calling app itself. I myself prefer to have the control in my applications when it comes to these sort of things, but many developers out there will find these features as a coding relief. I haven’t read the documentation completely through, but I wonder if it will require you to allow users to pay/signup with their amazon account or if amazon can be completely transparent to the user. I’d love to know.