Introduction
In today’s world, everyone is boon with the ease of online shopping and other benefits rather roaming about from stores to stores. Amazon is multinational American online shopping company with a versatile range of products and gadgets in all your needs. Over the time, it has gained so popularity that it has incorporated with our daily needs making it a household name. It has launched Amazon pay in 2007 to give its customers flexibility to pay with their own services in their website as well as other merchant sites. Let’s know how does amazon pay work.
How to use Amazon pay
If you are going to use Amazon pay for the first time then don’t worry as it has a very simple easy-to-use procedure as following.
If you are shopping from Amazon itself then at the checkout page you should see the option Amazon pay. Click on continue which will prompt to a page where you need to sign in with your Amazon user id and password. Forget password option is also available, in case you forgot it, else you can login with mobile number. Upon verifying OTP, you will find the checkout page to complete your purchase.
If you’re using other ecommerce sites you probably won’t find the Amazon pay option. In that case, click on pay using UPI then enter your Amazon UPI id (generally ends with @apl). Prompt to the Amazon app to complete the payment, you will find the transaction is successful in that site you are ordering from.
To your surprise, Amazon pay also offers you to pay from Amazon pay Balance, provided if have sufficient balance in your account. Otherwise, you may choose to add balance from bank account and then go for payment.
How does Amazon pay work?
Amazon pay is one of the popular ecommerce platforms which comes with in built payment system – Amazon pay. Below are some astounding features in this context
No signup
Many people think it is a completely new app or system which is absolutely not. Amazon pay comes with the original Amazon app or site. Furthermore, you also need not to sign up to use the services offered by it.
Get shipping info, track your order
While ordering with Amazon pay you will be entitled to have multiple benefits. You will be notified about the shipping details, packaging details etc. You can also track your order through the link as provided by them or with the unique tracking I’d automatically generated after every purchase. Through this you will get real time location of your item.
Alexa
Amazon Alexa, or simply Alexa is a highly sophisticated virtual voice assistant to give you a seamless shopping experience. You will wonder from adding items in your cart to place your order everything you can do with simply using your voice. Try asking ” hi Alexa, what is my order?”
To ensure all the transactions secured with encryption Amazon pay offers full guarantee when you purchase anything from third party merchants. If you make any payment and the authority claim more than your product costs or an unauthorised Amazon pay charges, you can raise dispute contacting Amazon customer services. You can also consult Amazon pay for any other payment issues (which you paid using Amazon pay) you face or any problems regarding refund and delivery.
Although it is also needs to be remembered that certain services Amazon pay guarantee doesn’t cover like political contribution, charitable trust donation, prohibited items etc.
Other services
Other than just paying at the merchant websites, you will get a variety of other services offered by the Amazon pay. From mobile recharge to air ticket, it has all you need in a single place.
Mobile recharge, d2h recharge, electricity bill, credit card bill, all types of travel tickets, car or bike insurance to name a few.
All you need to do is to add your bank account or credit card to use this. You can link multiple bank account or Visa cards with your account.
Conclusion
Founded back in 1994, Amazon was stated with merely as an online bookstore. From a bookstore to a trillion-dollar multinational company in 27 years is really an unprecedented feat. With providing not only shopping service, it also gatherers its revenues offering multiple other services like Amazon pay, Kindle, Alexa, AWS (Amazon Web services), prime video, Amazon music and many more.
Frequently Asked Question
Can I add credit cards on Amazon pay ?
Ans: – yes you can add credit cards, debit cards, one or more bank accounts etc.
How do I register on Amazon pay app?
Ans: – firstly there is no app called “Amazon pay “. Amazon pay is just a service that already comes with original shopping app. Even you need not sign-up if you already a customer.
Does it cost on Amazon pay?
Ans: – No it doesn’t cause anything as a service charge.
Is Amazon pay secure?
Ans: – yes Amazon pay is fully secured and authentic payment systems equipped with A-to-z Guarantee.
