Comments on: Some thoughts about Amazon’s Flexible Payment System http://comments.deasil.com/2007/08/08/some-thoughts-about-amazons-flexible-payment-system/ escape colon w q Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:30:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: felix http://comments.deasil.com/2007/08/08/some-thoughts-about-amazons-flexible-payment-system/#comment-3277 felix Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:10:33 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/08/08/some-thoughts-about-amazons-flexible-payment-system/#comment-3277 Mavryk - thanks for stopping by. It's true that there's ways to mitigate this - it even shows the flexibility and power of the API that these are possible to do. But for me - it still isn't a viable solution. I still lose control over first time (and thus my most delicate) users as well as a potentially offputting request to pre-authorize many purchases that they might never make. Sigh. Mavryk - thanks for stopping by. It’s true that there’s ways to mitigate this - it even shows the flexibility and power of the API that these are possible to do. But for me - it still isn’t a viable solution. I still lose control over first time (and thus my most delicate) users as well as a potentially offputting request to pre-authorize many purchases that they might never make. Sigh.

]]> By: mavryk http://comments.deasil.com/2007/08/08/some-thoughts-about-amazons-flexible-payment-system/#comment-3264 mavryk Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:10:10 +0000 http://comments.deasil.com/2007/08/08/some-thoughts-about-amazons-flexible-payment-system/#comment-3264 I think in order to avoid the extra checkout steps of getting a single-use authorization (token) from the customer on every purchase through FPS, websites can probably have their "trusting" customers provide them with a multi-use token upto a particular limit and then use that to charge them for purchases. This way the redirect to Amazon UI (and the extra steps) shall not be required every time a returning customer makes a purchase. I know this doesn't work for new customers but atleast its an option for returning (and trusting) customers. I think in order to avoid the extra checkout steps of getting a single-use authorization (token) from the customer on every purchase through FPS, websites can probably have their “trusting” customers provide them with a multi-use token upto a particular limit and then use that to charge them for purchases. This way the redirect to Amazon UI (and the extra steps) shall not be required every time a returning customer makes a purchase.

I know this doesn’t work for new customers but atleast its an option for returning (and trusting) customers.

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