Amazon's Mobile payment structure
Finally, one of the world’s largest online retailers announces the ability to pay via mobile phone. It features a set of API’s for mobile developers to allow them to tap into Amazon’s payment services. The service also features Amazon’s 1-click checkout, making my person addiction to “suggested items” all the more tempting.
It’s good to see Amazon finally jump ahead with mobile technology. My hope is that as users become familiar with mobile payments that utilize Amazon’s technology, we’ll start to see a critical mass of users form withing the United States. Mobile payments are not a new thing, but it has taken some time for early adoption to gain traction. The real question now is, how long before I can replace my credit card and my wallet? South Korea, per usual, is already way ahead of the game. Users can already do all of their grocery shopping, coffee buying and who knows whatever else via their mobile phone. They even have their ID cards integrated into their cell. I long for the day where US citizens can get rid of that leathery tri-fold taking up too much room in their back pocket.
Developers wanting to check out the API’s can do so by going here: Amazon MPS website.
-Chris Bergman
