Amazon Pay is a popular and widely adopted payment solution, particularly in the United States. It enables Amazon customers to use their saved payment and shipping details for secure and convenient payments on third-party sites. Learn more about Amazon Pay.

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Amazon Pay is currently offered as processing only. Settlement is handled directly by Amazon Pay.

Payment method properties


Markets	`US`
Processing currencies	`USD`
Consumer currencies	`USD`
Settlement currencies	`USD`
Authentication methods	`REDIRECT`
Authentication timeout	1 hour
Minimum payment amount	0.50 USD
Maximum payment amount	20,000.00 USD (can vary by consumer)
Payment instrument	`AMAZON_PAY`
Recurring payments	Yes
Separate captures	No
Refund	Full - Partial - Multiple
Refund validity	6 months
Disputes	Yes
Sandbox availability	Amazon Pay sandbox

Make an Amazon Pay payment

Amazon Pay payments follow our standardized REDIRECT payment flow. However, we recommend including all relevant settings for any authentication methods you support.

To create an Amazon Pay payment, you'll need to provide the following data at minimum when calling our /v1/payment-charges API:

Data Field	Description
paymentMethod	`AMAZON_PAY`
amount.value	The amount to be paid in the smallest units of the currency used.
amount.currency	`USD`
consumer.name	Full name of the consumer.
consumer.country	The country where the consumer is shopping.
authenticationSettings: REDIRECT settings.returnUrl	Add the URL where the consumer should be redirected after they complete the payment. Required for the `REDIRECT` flow.

Request

POST /v1/payment-charges

{
  "paymentMethod": "AMAZON_PAY",
  "amount": {
    "value": 1000,
    "currency": "USD"
  },
  "consumer": {
    "name": "John Smith",
    "country": "US"
  },
  "authenticationSettings": [
    {
      "type": "REDIRECT",
      "settings": {
        "returnUrl": "https://www.webshop.com/order-results-page"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Response

You'll receive our standard payment charge response (see potential responses in the API Reference)

{
  "id": "charge_X0O78tadFHrZCbGhkycPk",
  "status": "AUTHENTICATION_PENDING",
  
  // ...
  
  "authenticationMethods": [
    {
      "type": "REDIRECT",
      "details": {
        "requestUrl": "https://redirection-target.ppro.com",
        "requestMethod": "GET"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Pick the desired authentication method

REDIRECT

Redirect your consumer to the returned $.authenticationMethods[?(@.type == "REDIRECT")].details.requestUrl.
For example, with the value of https://redirection-target.ppro.com/ using the returned $.authenticationMethods[?(@.type == "REDIRECT")].details.requestMethod HTTP method.
The consumer will finalize the payment process on the redirected page.

Handling the payment result

REDIRECT

Once the consumer has confirmed the payment, they are redirected to the returnUrl provided in the initial payment charge creation request.
After the consumer is redirected back to your site, check the payment status by making a GET /v1/payment-charges/{paymentChargeId}. Use the Status that you received to display the payment outcome to the consumer.
Webhooks are also sent to inform you of the payment outcome. If the shopper closes the browser and doesn't return to your website, you can rely on webhooks to receive the payment result.

Payment instrument

An instrument of type AMAZON_PAY will be created for Amazon Pay. The email address associated with the Amazon account will be returned.

Request

GET /v1/payment-instruments/{instrument-id}

Response

{
  "id": "instr_86xMmxSjrVafelQgtAXxt",
  "details": {
    "consumerEmail": "[email protected]"
  },
  "type": "AMAZON_PAY"
}