Comments on: Amazon does it again: Flexible Payments Service http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/amazon-fps/ A blog on entrepreneurship, user experience, and web innovation. Published by Fred Oliveira. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:19:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: the Tea Lady http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/amazon-fps/comment-page-1/#comment-42122 the Tea Lady Tue, 10 May 2011 00:21:32 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/amazon-fps/#comment-42122 Hi, interesting although I must say one thing I have not yet read about that should be provided with every online community is a community currency feature. The little sods here at <a href="http://www.netvillage.com" rel="nofollow">social networking platform</a>Netvillage have got an amazing community currency system built all throughout their platform, it allows members to earn and spend for whatever purpose and when you get real creative, you can allow this to spill out into the real community and print your own money that you se between your online community members. Think about it for a while, isn't this just amazing, you can become your own Secretary of the Treasury, have your OWN Federal Reserve, set your own interest rates etc. Go on, give it w whirl Shirl, go and see what these little darlings have been doing at <a href="http://www.netvillage.com" rel="nofollow">social networking platform</a>Netvillage. Oh well, I have to go now, bye bye. The Tea Lady. Hi, interesting although I must say one thing I have not yet read about that should be provided with every online community is a community currency feature.

The little sods here at social networking platformNetvillage have got an amazing community currency system built all throughout their platform, it allows members to earn and spend for whatever purpose and when you get real creative, you can allow this to spill out into the real community and print your own money that you se between your online community members.

Think about it for a while, isn’t this just amazing, you can become your own Secretary of the Treasury, have your OWN Federal Reserve, set your own interest rates etc.

Go on, give it w whirl Shirl, go and see what these little darlings have been doing at social networking platformNetvillage.

Oh well, I have to go now, bye bye.

The Tea Lady.

]]> By: johno http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/amazon-fps/comment-page-1/#comment-41165 johno Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:58:46 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/amazon-fps/#comment-41165 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. 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 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/amazon-fps/comment-page-1/#comment-41142 Fred Oliveira Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:26:19 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/amazon-fps/#comment-41142 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). 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 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/amazon-fps/comment-page-1/#comment-41141 dude Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:36:57 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/amazon-fps/#comment-41141 Looks promising, but their transaction rates are pretty high for anything over $10. Looks promising, but their transaction rates are pretty high for anything over $10.

]]> By: Matt Wigham http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/amazon-fps/comment-page-1/#comment-41124 Matt Wigham Sat, 04 Aug 2007 04:10:01 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/amazon-fps/#comment-41124 This does look very cool. I just wish it was a behind the scenes thing, and not a co-branded UI like PayPal. 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 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/amazon-fps/comment-page-1/#comment-41123 Fred Oliveira Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:18:53 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/amazon-fps/#comment-41123 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. 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 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/amazon-fps/comment-page-1/#comment-41122 Nick Dominguez Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:40:23 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/amazon-fps/#comment-41122 So does this mean GoPlan is going to change the way they charge their customers? So does this mean GoPlan is going to change the way they charge their customers?

]]> By: Noah Everett http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/amazon-fps/comment-page-1/#comment-41121 Noah Everett Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:47:26 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/08/amazon-fps/#comment-41121 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. 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.

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