[kriro]

I'll have to agree with this. Don't get me wrong PayPal is not great and the horror stories are well horrifying BUT it has a pretty global adoption and customers are fairly likely to know it. In fact in Germany (which I think is one of the most "anti credit card" countries) I know many people that will only buy stuff online if they can pay via bank transfer or PayPal because PayPal is simple and has a recognizable brand name. I own a CC but there have been times where I had checked out stuff and didn't buy in the end because it was CC only.

Amazon has that same brand name advantage if it's easy to use for customers they have a good shot imo.

Stripe is still in private beta or non existent in many countries. I'm rooting for them but there are already clones coming out in countries where they are not available which might not be great for them long term.