Checkout by Amazon

Checkout by Amazon is the new payment management system available from Amazon. When you enable Checkout by Amazon, customers will be presented with a pre-shopping cart screen allowing them to select either the standard ShopSite checkout process, or Checkout by Amazon.

NOTE: You will need your Marketplace ID if you want to bill Amazon orders from within ShopSite, which is only attainable during registration. If you don't have your Marketplace ID, go through the steps to register using the same information that you provided before to get your Marketplace ID. If you prefer to bill orders directly through Seller Central, you won't need the Marketplace ID. All other fields can be retrieved from your Seller Central account.

In order to accept payments using Checkout by Amazon, you must do the following:

Create an Amazon Merchant Account

In order to accept payments using Checkout by Amazon, you must first have an Amazon Merchant account. If you already have an Amazon Merchant account, skip down to Configure ShopSite to use Checkout by Amazon.

NOTE: You will need your Marketplace ID, which is only attainable during registration. If you don't have your Marketplace ID, go through the steps to register using the same information that you provided before to get your Marketplace ID. All other fields can be retrieved from your Seller Central account.

Go to the Amazon Merchant sign up page.

Click the "Register now" link

Choose "Sell Professionally" by clicking the appropriate "Start Selling" button.

Follow the on-screen prompts to finish setting up your Amazon Seller Account.

Leave both the Amazon Seller Central and ShopSite back office browser windows open. You will need both windows open when you configure ShopSite to use Checkout by Amazon.

Configure ShopSite to use Checkout by Amazon

If you didn't leave them open, you will need to navigate to the Checkout by Amazon Integration screen in one browser window, then open another browser window to your ShopSite Checkout by Amazon configuration screen (Commerce Setup > Checkout By Amazon Settings).

Copy the appropriate information from Amazon Seller Central to the respective fields in ShopSite's back office. Navigation to the information is provided with the information about the particular fields in the table below.

Use the table below for information about other fields on the ShopSite Checkout by Amazon configuration screen.

Note:

If you charge sales tax, configure ShopSite to Use Zip Code to determine Tax.

Note:

Checkout by Amazon receives shipping charge information from ShopSite. If your ShopSite store gets real-time shipping quotes from UPS, FedEx, or USPS (Custom Shipping add-ons are not supported with Checkout by Amazon), you should also set up a simple shipping table (such as Flat Shipping) to use as an alternate in case of a time-out waiting for the real-time quote provider. Additionally, if you are using Checkout by Amazon in conjunction with UPS real-time shipping quotes, you should be aware that Amazon will not warn the customer or block an order if the customer enters a P.O. Box for the shipping address. UPS does not ship to P.O. Boxes, and it is the merchant's responsibility to address such situations if they arise.

Setup

On the Commerce Setup screen, select Payment, then check the box for Checkout by Amazon and click on Configure. You will see a screen with the following fields:

Host and Authentication

Host

Select whether to use the Live server or the Test server. In order to use the test server, you must switch your account to a sandbox account on Seller Central.

NOTE: Orders placed while using the test server will not reach ShopSite and will not show up in the back office. Use Seller Central to view orders placed on the test server.

Merchant ID

Enter the Merchant ID assigned to you when you created your merchant account. You can find your merchant ID by signing-in to your Amazon Seller Central merchant account and selecting Settings > Checkout Pipeline Settings.

Access Key ID

Enter the Access Key ID assigned to you when you created your merchant account. You can find your access key ID by signing-in to your Amazon Seller Central merchant account and selecting Integration > Access Key.

Secret Access Key

Enter the Secret Access Key assigned to you when you created your merchant account. You can find your secret access key by signing-in to your Amazon Seller Central merchant account and selecting Integration > Access Key. Click "Show" to reveal your Secret Access Key.

Billing settings (required if you want to bill Amazon orders from within ShopSite)

Merchant Token

Enter the Merchant Token assigned to you when you created your merchant account. You can find your merchant token by signing-in to your Amazon Seller Central merchant account and selecting Settings > Account Info.

Marketplace ID

Enter the Marketplace ID assigned to you when you created your merchant account. This field is only available when you first create your merchant account. If you did not make a copy your Marketplace ID when you first created your account, you can get it by recreating your merchant account with Amazon, providing the same information that you submitted when the account was created.

MWS Access Key ID

Enter the MWS Access Key ID assigned to you when you created your merchant account. You can find your mws access key id by signing-in to your Amazon Seller Central merchant account and selecting Integration > MWS Access Key.

MWS Secret Access Key

Enter the MWS Secret Access Key assigned to you when you created your merchant account. You can find your mws secret access key by signing-in to your Amazon Seller Central merchant account and selecting Integration > MWS Access Key.

Integration settings

Display Error Details

Check this box to have detailed error messages appear when a Checkout by Amazon error occurs during the order processing.

Checkout by Amazon Button Size

Select a button size to use for the Checkout by Amazon button. The Checkout by Amazon button size should be no smaller than your regular Checkout Button. Choices include: Medium, Large, and Extra Large. Defaults to "Large".

Checkout by Amazon Button Color

Select a color to use for the Checkout by Amazon button. Choices include: Orange and Tan. Defaults to "Orange".

Checkout by Amazon Button Background

Select a background to use for the Checkout by Amazon button. Choices include: White, Light, and Dark. Defaults to "White".

Address widget width

Supply the width (in pixels) for the Addresss widget. Choices range from 280 pixels to 600 pixels in 10 pixel increments. Defaults to 400 pixels.

Address widget height

Supply the height (in pixels) for the Addresss widget. Choices range from 230 pixels to 400 pixels in 10 pixel increments. Defaults to 230 pixels.

Payment widget width

Supply the width (in pixels) for the Payment widget. Choices range from 280 pixels to 600 pixels in 10 pixel increments. Defaults to 400 pixels.

Payment widget height

Supply the height (in pixels) for the Payment widget. Choices range from 230 pixels to 400 pixels in 10 pixel increments. Defaults to 230 pixels.

Thank you screen text

Text used instead of payment information

After a customer selects the Checkout by Amazon payment method and continues with checkout, instead of seeing a summary of their payment information, they will instead see this message. Defaults to "Payment information selected via Amazon."

Note at the bottom of payment information

Supply the text that will appear at the bottom of the payment information. Defaults to "Amazon is processing your order. You should get an email receipt in about 15 minutes."

Text used instead of street address

Supply the text to be used in place of the street address. Defaults to "[Address on file]"

Text after the "Order Number" and before the Amazon Order ID

Supply the text that will appear between the Order number and the Amazon Order ID. Defaults to "[Pending approval by Amazon] Amazon Order ID:"

After completing the steps above, click on Save Changes to save your configuration settings and return to the Payment Configuration screen, or click Cancel to abandon changes on this screen.