Waiting for the day when Amazon & eBay accept BTC

[sbtctalk]

i also would love to see amazon accept bitcoin payments at some point in the future. but i am sure there is a reason why they haven't already. it could be the lack of people who are actually spending their coins, or the blocksize.

Dell and Microsoft accepted bitcoins in the past for a short period. Why did they stop accepting bitcoins? It could be a case study of adoptability of bitcoins.

[whizz94]

Both Ebay and Amazon are shop-window e-commerce sites to make multiple vendors who satisfy certain checks findable and trustworthy to innumerable e-customers.
What I think we need is for BTC to be accepted at wholesalers and factories so that an item on Amazon sold for bitcoin can be restocked for bitcoin.  That could possibly remove the hardship caused to workers by the fluctuating $ used by wholesalers in legal agreements with productive countries.

Who is in favour of it being possible to buy a Kindle and e-books for BTC?
Are any writer/publishers in favour of getting BTC for (c) material?

[HarryKPeters]

Ebay would never accept bitcoin, since they own paypal. Amazon will try to either launch their own crypto currency or implement bitcoin.
In 2016 i am confident Amazon will show us what their choice will be.

[happygeorge]

Hi Friends.

I have seen lot of people willing to use there BTCBitcoins to SHOP ONLINE

Now use BTCBitcoins to Shop Internationally At Amazon

Steps to shop on Amazon using bitcoins:

Step 1. Add to Wish List

Click “Add to Wish List.”
If you’re new to wish lists, select “Create Wish List” (make sure the list is public)

Step 2. Configure wish list

US Customers: Select “List Settings”
International Customers: Select “List Actions” then “Update list profile”
Select “List Details”

Step 3. Add address to wish list

Fill out ‘ship to’ section with your address.
Make sure that “Third party shipping” is checked.
Make sure the “Don’t spoil the surprise” box is unchecked

Step 4. Get Your Amazon Wish List URL

Navigate on Amazon to your wish list and copy the URL.

Step 5. Create An Account In Purse

Website: https://purse.io

Step 6. Paste the URL into the search bar on Purse.

Paste your Amazon Wish List

Step 7. Name Your Discount

Select a discount by sliding the bar.
Fund the order.

Step 8. After funding your order your bitcoins are deposited in Purse Escrow

Step 9. Your Wish List is purchased

Another user will purchase the order and ship it to you (in exchange for your bitcoins). at purse.

Step 10. You Get Your Shipment Tracking Details.

The Product is usually Delivered with 1 - 5 Days.

Step 11. After you receive your product go back to purse and release the bitcoins held in Purse Escrow to the Buyer.

  Hurrry... Now Buy Anything in Amazon Using Your Bitcoins.

i just tried it this week...  it was a really easy experience to get the order... but then somehow the delivery was sent to a completely different address!!!!

I mean a different country alltogether...

I was reimbursed my BTC after about 12 hours of my reporting it.

Anyhow, it was a good/strange experience... I will try to use them again later

Anyone ever have this happen?

[Oscoda]

Amazon.com must the how beneficial bitcoin is for their shops. They could easily get 30% more revenue just by promotion bitcoin as one for their payments gateways.
+ it would be a good PR, since a lot of news portals would write about it.

[helloeverybody]

I dont see why we arent allowed to use bitcoin with ebay and amazon. I mean im sure you are allowed to use cash and cheque so what makes bitcoin so different?

[LFC_Bitcoin]

This will feel pretty damn good if/when this day happens. I feel ebay will accept bitcoin before paypal though for obvious reasons.

[biggbox]

Hi Friends.

I have seen lot of people willing to use there BTCBitcoins to SHOP ONLINE

Now use BTCBitcoins to Shop Internationally At Amazon

Steps to shop on Amazon using bitcoins:

Step 1. Add to Wish List

Click “Add to Wish List.”
If you’re new to wish lists, select “Create Wish List” (make sure the list is public)

Step 2. Configure wish list

US Customers: Select “List Settings”
International Customers: Select “List Actions” then “Update list profile”
Select “List Details”

Step 3. Add address to wish list

Fill out ‘ship to’ section with your address.
Make sure that “Third party shipping” is checked.
Make sure the “Don’t spoil the surprise” box is unchecked

Step 4. Get Your Amazon Wish List URL

Navigate on Amazon to your wish list and copy the URL.

Step 5. Create An Account In Purse

Website: https://purse.io

Step 6. Paste the URL into the search bar on Purse.

Paste your Amazon Wish List

Step 7. Name Your Discount

Select a discount by sliding the bar.
Fund the order.

Step 8. After funding your order your bitcoins are deposited in Purse Escrow

Step 9. Your Wish List is purchased

Another user will purchase the order and ship it to you (in exchange for your bitcoins). at purse.

Step 10. You Get Your Shipment Tracking Details.

The Product is usually Delivered with 1 - 5 Days.

Step 11. After you receive your product go back to purse and release the bitcoins held in Purse Escrow to the Buyer.

  Hurrry... Now Buy Anything in Amazon Using Your Bitcoins.

i just tried it this week...  it was a really easy experience to get the order... but then somehow the delivery was sent to a completely different address!!!!

I mean a different country alltogether...

I was reimbursed my BTC after about 12 hours of my reporting it.

Anyhow, it was a good/strange experience... I will try to use them again later

Anyone ever have this happen?

But how do Amazon prove that addressee did not receive the physical goods?

[robelneo]

I agree that buyers are looking for more options as far as payment methods, but I do not think that they are going to put a payment method in place which will not protect the buyer.  Unless they are going to use some sort of escrow service, which I do not think to many sellers would be willing to use, they will not put Bitcoin into place.  This is just my opinion.

I totally agree with you if I am a ebay buyer I will have second thought buying from a seller using bitcoin since there is no way to dispute the transaction if somethings goes wrong especially if the seller don't have much feedback or just a one time seller,there should be an escrow service if ever they will accept bitcoin as one of their payment flatform

[sbtctalk]

I did not expect so much responses. Hope Amazon, eBay or Bitpay see this. The current sweet spot is btc loaded credit card - not too bad.

[Yakamoto]

Amazon.com must the how beneficial bitcoin is for their shops. They could easily get 30% more revenue just by promotion bitcoin as one for their payments gateways.
+ it would be a good PR, since a lot of news portals would write about it.

Well I remember reading that users who pay with Bitcoin actually decrease a company's revenue, since we are "More likely to re-think" our purchases before we go through with them, and thus apparently cause companies to generate less revenue than what they would normally get.

I remember reading this on a thread about Newegg or Tiger Direct, however, so it might be different for different companies, but I think the same concept remains the same.

[sbtctalk]

Amazon.com must the how beneficial bitcoin is for their shops. They could easily get 30% more revenue just by promotion bitcoin as one for their payments gateways.
+ it would be a good PR, since a lot of news portals would write about it.

Well I remember reading that users who pay with Bitcoin actually decrease a company's revenue, since we are "More likely to re-think" our purchases before we go through with them, and thus apparently cause companies to generate less revenue than what they would normally get.

I remember reading this on a thread about Newegg or Tiger Direct, however, so it might be different for different companies, but I think the same concept remains the same.

Do you have a link to that article or analysis piece?

[jacktheking]

I am just waiting for Amazon.com to accept Bitcoin. Even if eBay allow Bitcoin payment the process will be very difficult - you need to have a verified paypal and etc. Amazon.com is easy and simple. You can shop at Amazon.com without giving any credit card or banking details. I already bought a few things from Amazon using gifecards I bought via Gyft and eGifter using Bitcoin. As of eBay, I only bought a thing from All4BTC with 7 USD service fees!

I remember someone on this forums said that he/she asked Amazon.com live chat person about integrating Bitcoin payment. And the person said that they will consider. However that is like three months ago.

[Yakamoto]

Amazon.com must the how beneficial bitcoin is for their shops. They could easily get 30% more revenue just by promotion bitcoin as one for their payments gateways.
+ it would be a good PR, since a lot of news portals would write about it.

Well I remember reading that users who pay with Bitcoin actually decrease a company's revenue, since we are "More likely to re-think" our purchases before we go through with them, and thus apparently cause companies to generate less revenue than what they would normally get.

I remember reading this on a thread about Newegg or Tiger Direct, however, so it might be different for different companies, but I think the same concept remains the same.

Do you have a link to that article or analysis piece?

I found it, and it's a satirical subreddit that seems to really have a boner for hating on Bitcoin.

I am not a clever man, and I really need to remember to read the various content pieces more carefully. A link to the direct post is;

https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/35xzzx/newegg_seems_to_have_stopped_accepting_bitcoin_at/

I would ignore it, but if you really want to read it it's one of the replies to the top post.

[ashly]

Amazon is the best affliate program you can earn more

[Supercrypt]

This will feel pretty damn good if/when this day happens. I feel ebay will accept bitcoin before paypal though for obvious reasons.

Why only Amazon and eBay, btc will be accepted by all e-commerce sites soon. The need is to wait and watch btc growing in a
tremendous manner . BTC has capability to be used as a standard currency in whole world soon.

[WhatTheGox]

This is just a fantasy of mine.


Since the split of ebay and paypal, buyers have been looking forward to more payment choices. I wonder if bitcoin is one of the considerations.

Amazon buyers with bitcoins have been using purse.io to get cheaper goods. I wonder how the implementation of bitcoin payment is going to impact the prices of bitcoins.

What we need is for bitcoin to be used on paypal like any other fiat currency that is more important and then should make using bitcoin everywhere easy even if paypal have to convert before the buyer buying.

[xuan87]

I really hope that it can come true soon, it will be very fantastic if we can buy things from internet through the biggest online shop

with bitcoin it will be very efficient to shop at amazon and ebay, also i think amazon and ebay selling will be increase

[1Referee]

If Amazon and Ebay start to accept BTC as a currency then we will see the user base multiply very quickly, in turn causing BTC to hit all time highs.

Amazon pays around half all their entire profit yearly just for the transaction fees of the current payment systems they accept, using BTC would greatly increase their profit margin.

It might help to make Bitcoin a bit more popular, but I can't see Amazon making the Bitcoin userbase at least double. The price will most likely rice due to the fact that it is very good news, with a peak as result. People can already purchase stuff with Bitcoin at Amazong via purse.io.

[bearex]

They really should. Amazon would face no loss there, since they dont have their own gateway and eBay al PayPal are also seperate companies for some time now, as i aknowledge.