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by Throlkim 5792 days ago
I've yet to use it myself, and I'm not sure if it's entirely been released yet, but Amazon has a payments system in the works: http://aws.amazon.com/fps/
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awad 5792 days ago
It seems to have been out for a while. Does anyone have any experience with FPS? I'm launching a new project soon and the one thing left is payment processing. I'm scared to be tied to just PayPal and am looking into Google Checkout and Amazon as well.

I know, I know, just get a merchant account. And I will. But this is not really a startup or company and much more of just a small idea I'd like to test out. Ideally, if it picks up steam, I'll switch over to a real merchant account.

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ido 5792 days ago
isn't merchant account US only?

Seems like a pretty significant disadvantage for an internet business.

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awad 5792 days ago
Not necessarily. There are international providers. Authorize.net, for example, allows for international payments.
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klous 5792 days ago
I believe buyers need an Amazon account or Amazon FPS account to use Amazon FPS. How about an alternative to just accept CC# like Paypal's Website Payments Pro? (without needing a separate internet merchant account)
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