Why is Amazon.com still resisting the use of BTC for payment?

[Dark.Angel]

They want more people using it i guess, they mainly just want solid trade vehicles so buyer and seller are happy.  They then take a cut, everyone wins.  I think we will see paypal full into bitcoin pretty soon.

[CrimBit]

I think the potential problems of bitcoin is a value that can not be unpredictable and theft in bitcoin wallet service provider. Are they responsible if our bitcoin stolen? I do not think so. As happened some time ago.

[outatime1]

If enough customers demand bitcoin as a payment option, they will have to consider it. It is a matter of economics. They have to accommodate the customers if it costs them business not to, or if it will bring in a lot of business if they do so.

[btckold24]

until bitcoin gets bigger amazon will just avoid the headache. They make so much money already why upset the apple cart. Also people sell on
Amazon and amazon is just the middle man on some so those people would have to accept bitcoin also.  Its still new amazon will come around
hopefully cause im a prime member and would be great to have bitcoin option

[mikehersh2]

It could just simply be the generally negative attitude about bitcoin. Or maybe it just isn't popular enough.

[Xester]

It is because bitcoin is not part of the payment method in Amazon maybe because of the complexity or just because not all customers are familiar with bitcoin.  Let us just wait for the right time for bitcoin to be well known as a fiat currency and then maybe online sites will include bitcoin as payment method.  They are maybe thinking of that also but it will take time to analyze, to organize, and to plan if they will include bitcoin as mode of payment.  There are many reasons but let us just wait for the time that bitcoin will be recognize as a stable currency.

[arbitrage001]

It doesn't make economic sense to use btc as payment for most companies.

[Herbert2020]

i think it is mostly because of the lack of interest in using bitcoin.
it is true that you can see a lot of people here or in any other bitcoin related place but how many of you have actually asked Amazon or other similar services to add bitcoin payment.
these businesses will never go through the hassle of adding a new payment system and adding one extra option to their system just because a handful of people asked them to do so!

[Strongkored]

It could just simply be the generally negative attitude about bitcoin. Or maybe it just isn't popular enough.

I do not think that's the case, let's see some people consider bitcoin was associated with something negative but does it affect you in using bitcoin. Or popularity, because I think bitcoin currency is already popular today. So why amazon not add bitcoin, only those who know the reason. thanks

[bryant.coleman]

I don't understand why Bitcoiners are so upset about this. It is up to Amazon to decide whether they want to accept BTC as a form of payment or not. We can't force them to accept BTCs, if they don't want to. There are hundreds of sites out there which accept BTCs. Overstock and TigerDirect are good examples. Use them, if you want to pay with BTC.

[piececake24]

Maybe they're only using Country's currency

[Noctis Connor]

Amazon.com does not currently accept the use of bitcoins directly on their website, but you can use bitcoins for Amazon product purchases by using your wallet to buy an Amazon digital gift card Now, though, users of the controversial peer-to-peer digital system can spend their cryptocurrency in brick and mortar stores including Home Depot, CVS, Kmart and Sears as well as online at web retail granddaddy Amazon.com eGifter uses Bitcoin wallet Coinbase to process

[Hueylewis]

amazon are making so much money already i doubt they find bitcoin significant but, also, i would point out that perhaps accepting bitcoin will turn them into a bit of an internet fad company instead of what they are now - a giant retailer. Also as mentioned numerous times here, the bad press of bitcoin is something amazon may be watching

[randy8777]

I don't understand why Bitcoiners are so upset about this. It is up to Amazon to decide whether they want to accept BTC as a form of payment or not. We can't force them to accept BTCs, if they don't want to. There are hundreds of sites out there which accept BTCs. Overstock and TigerDirect are good examples. Use them, if you want to pay with BTC.

very simple, people want amazon to accept bitcoin as they think it will be seen as incredible news (which it basically also is) that might get the price to sky rocket. it's always price related.

[Labumi]

amazon are making so much money already i doubt they find bitcoin significant but, also, i would point out that perhaps accepting bitcoin will turn them into a bit of an internet fad company instead of what they are now - a giant retailer. Also as mentioned numerous times here, the bad press of bitcoin is something amazon may be watching

amazon is indeed a very well-known company and surely every activity they do full calculations are done. However I am sure amazon will be the companies that accept bitcoin for each transaction that is in their site, because can provide everything bitcoin with very cheap cost and guaranteed safety

[rekinthis]

They want more people using it i guess, they mainly just want solid trade vehicles so buyer and seller are happy.  They then take a cut, everyone wins.  I think we will see paypal full into bitcoin pretty soon.

though if they started accepting bitcoins they would add up to bitcoin adoption and people would use way more amazon, for example i dont have a credit card right now so i cannot use amazon at all

[sbtctalk]

Amazon.com does not currently accept the use of bitcoins directly on their website, but you can use bitcoins for Amazon product purchases by using your wallet to buy an Amazon digital gift card Now, though, users of the controversial peer-to-peer digital system can spend their cryptocurrency in brick and mortar stores including Home Depot, CVS, Kmart and Sears as well as online at web retail granddaddy Amazon.com eGifter uses Bitcoin wallet Coinbase to process

Bitcoin can be used in Sears and CVS?

[thejaytiesto]

Amazon is huge so you could argue that they are being cautious, but Steam is huge too and they finally accepted Bitcoin. From that day I knew that Bitcoin is going to takeover the world and will eventually be a form of payment in amazon, Paypal, Ebay, everywhere basically. It cannot be stopped.

[garundang]

i think they don't accept them yet because it is against their TOS

[lister storm]

i think they don't accept them yet because it is against their TOS

uhmm why should it be against their terms of usage??? you can just provide the address where you want to receive item and thats it, either way it is easy for them to change tos