Shop directly on Amazon.com with Bitcoin

[binarytree]

Hey everyone,

We've launched Moon, a Chrome browser extension that lets you shop directly on Amazon.com with Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ether and Bitcoin Cash. Purchases are instant, secure and free.

Here's how it works:

1) Install the Moon browser extension
2) Follow the prompts to connect your Coinbase account
3) When on a checkout page, Moon will give you the option to pay directly from one of your Coinbase wallets, just select the wallet and click "Pay with Moon" to instantly complete your purchase

Currently it works by connecting your Coinbase account, but we are adding the functionality to pay from any wallet.

Currently it only works on Amazon.com, but we are going to have it work on every site.

You can check it out here: https://paywithmoon.com

I'm a big believer in the power of crypto as a usable currency and I hope that this browser extension helps get us to that point sooner rather than later.

What do you guys think? Looking for feedback on UI/UX and functionality enhancement recommendations.

Thanks!

[nc50lc]

Is this the official release of the beta version that was announced half a year ago? Yes? But the site still displays BETA.

Currently it works by connecting your Coinbase account, but we are adding the functionality to pay from any wallet.

I would love to try it once you added Coins.ph as one of the payment options and of-course, P2P.

Suggestion: Since this isn't open-source, have one or more Respected/Trusted member vouch for the legitimacy of this project by honest means and expect the community to use this this more often than you can imagine (Paying Cryptos to Amazon is a very good offer).

[binarytree]

Is this the official release of the beta version that was announced half a year ago? Yes? But the site still displays BETA.

Yes, but we've launched it as an "open beta" until more functionality is added. At the time of the original post it was a limited closed beta.

Currently it works by connecting your Coinbase account, but we are adding the functionality to pay from any wallet.

I would love to try it once you added Coins.ph as one of the payment options and of-course, P2P.

We will be adding the functionality to pay from any wallet. Funny enough, I ran into some of the coins.ph guys a few weeks ago in Singapore. Great people!

Suggestion: Since this isn't open-source, have one or more Respected/Trusted member vouch for the legitimacy of this project by honest means and expect the community to use this this more often than you can imagine (Paying Cryptos to Amazon is a very good offer).

Definitely. This is in the works. : )

Thanks for the feedback!

[traderethereum]

I feel a little bit worried to install add on in chrome browser because I have a bad experience in the past. I remember that in a few years ago, I installed one or two add on because I need those add on to my online work before. But suddenly, I didn't realize that there is another add on that came to my browser and installed directly in my chrome browser. I suspicious with that because I see that my browser was changed for the search engine default. Usually, I use Google to search for something but that time, the search engine was changed, and I search on how to fix that. The other story was I installed some add on, but I don't know why there is one add that was installed too, but I never feel that I installed the additional add on.

So I think you need to give more protection to the user especially we are making an online transaction on the internet, and I don't want to see that somebody will get stolen their money. I hope you can make sure that your add on is very secure so your customer will feel safe when they make a transaction. Good luck with your project.

[vintages]

Well,  nice one OP, I just hope it last for the time being and not just go into extinct like the others. But truly your concept is quite different. Well, I didn't install the extension cause I'm a bit skeptical and waiting for a better review though. 
Just want to suggest: are you guys considering putting BitPay too? For those of us who might have had one problem or another with coinbase.

[seoincorporation]

Is a bad idea to use a browser extension to make this kind of payments, and worst if the extension asks us our auth to coinbase. Maybe OPhas good intentions, but another way he could easily hack our coinbase accounts like it already happens with another kind of extension. I would like to recommend to people who will install this to first take a look to the source code, and then try it.

[LeGaulois]

I would certainly be interested if there were other Amazon languages, it could be a good Purse.io alternative although I don't get how the website receive the payments since users send cryptos (it's a matter of APIs?). Secondly, in term of security, how secure it is? The coinbase account is logged in our browser app and/or data are saved in a server?

[binarytree]

I feel a little bit worried to install add on in chrome browser because I have a bad experience in the past. I remember that in a few years ago, I installed one or two add on because I need those add on to my online work before. But suddenly, I didn't realize that there is another add on that came to my browser and installed directly in my chrome browser. I suspicious with that because I see that my browser was changed for the search engine default. Usually, I use Google to search for something but that time, the search engine was changed, and I search on how to fix that. The other story was I installed some add on, but I don't know why there is one add that was installed too, but I never feel that I installed the additional add on.

So I think you need to give more protection to the user especially we are making an online transaction on the internet, and I don't want to see that somebody will get stolen their money. I hope you can make sure that your add on is very secure so your customer will feel safe when they make a transaction. Good luck with your project.

Moon will never install any other extension or change your search engine or anything sketchy like that. We take security very seriously and take a lot of precautions to make sure that user data is secure. We need to work on making users feel secure though--that's something we're still figuring out.

Thanks for the feedback!

[Kemarit]

I'm also concern about the security though as hackers are like always one step of the game. So please do make it secure from any attacks specially if we're going to connect our exchange accounts. And yeah, interested to see coins.ph integrated as well,  .

[hugeblack]

Currently it works by connecting your Coinbase account, but we are adding the functionality to pay from any wallet.

I would like to understand how the extension will work when the option of "pay from any wallet," will there be a balance and then discount from it "This balance is fed in BTC," or is there a payment address?
Why was it developed using Coinbase account, can you buy gift cards using it?
what about KYC/AML?

[Harlot]

Your website lacks needed information for you to be trusted. You made the website's content as minimal as possible making me think you are hiding something from us. You haven't mentioned any fees using your service which obviously you have as you will be the one paying Amazon with the appropriate payment method. You also haven't provided any kind of information with regards of you not being a scam, such as a legal certification that you are a real business legally operating. By now a lot of members think the same way as I do as we know something is up when we see one.

[joniboini]

How does this actually works though? I mean, how will Amazon recognize that we paid them with Moon? There's no description about it (I'm a noob at this issue).

Harlot raises a good concern, you should respond it if you want to prove that you're legit. Would love to see if you also open source the extension.

[suzanne5223]

How does this actually works though? I mean, how will Amazon recognize that we paid them with Moon? There's no description about it (I'm a noob at this issue).

Harlot raises a good concern, you should respond it if you want to prove that you're legit. Would love to see if you also open source the extension.

Is the matter of been inexperienced about the protocol of the OP project because I also dont understand how the whole things will work and this was the same alot of people is asking the OP and he's yet to be online and the last time I checked amazon is not collecting as mode of payment while some merchant on amazon do.

[binarytree]

You haven't mentioned any fees using your service which obviously you have as you will be the one paying Amazon with the appropriate payment method.

There are no fees. You pay what the exchange rate dictates at the moment you hit the pay button. 

You also haven't provided any kind of information with regards of you not being a scam, such as a legal certification that you are a real business legally operating. By now a lot of members think the same way as I do as we know something is up when we see one.

That is great feedback. This is our business information:
We are Moon Technologies, Inc. a Delaware C Corporation. We are participating in the Entrepreneur's Roundtable Accelerator program in NYC. https://www.eranyc.com/companies/

You can see who I am personally at my Linkedin account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennethkruger/

I want to be totally transparent with who we are. We'll be redoing our website soon, so any feedback to make it seem less scammy is helpful. Thank you!

[TryNinja]

There are no fees. You pay what the exchange rate dictates at the moment you hit the pay button.  

So, what is your business model? How do you make money with your service if there are no fees? Amazon ref links or something like this?

[Harlot]

You haven't mentioned any fees using your service which obviously you have as you will be the one paying Amazon with the appropriate payment method.

There are no fees. You pay what the exchange rate dictates at the moment you hit the pay button. 

You also haven't provided any kind of information with regards of you not being a scam, such as a legal certification that you are a real business legally operating. By now a lot of members think the same way as I do as we know something is up when we see one.

That is great feedback. This is our business information:
We are Moon Technologies, Inc. a Delaware C Corporation. We are participating in the Entrepreneur's Roundtable Accelerator program in NYC. https://www.eranyc.com/companies/

You can see who I am personally at my Linkedin account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennethkruger/

I want to be totally transparent with who we are. We'll be redoing our website soon, so any feedback to make it seem less scammy is helpful. Thank you!

That's strange how can you call yourself a business if you won't be earning something from your product? Is this just a form of goodwill for Bitcoin users or am I missing something on how you will benefit from this kind of service you are offering? On paper it looks good and you seem to have a stacked Linkedin profile but something is still missing for you to be trusted with your service.

[binarytree]

There are no fees. You pay what the exchange rate dictates at the moment you hit the pay button.  

So, what is your business model? How do you make money with your service if there are no fees? Amazon ref links or something like this?

That's strange how can you call yourself a business if you won't be earning something from your product? Is this just a form of goodwill for Bitcoin users or am I missing something on how you will benefit from this kind of service you are offering? On paper it looks good and you seem to have a stacked Linkedin profile but something is still missing for you to be trusted with your service.

We make money from financial partners that facilitate the fiat payments to the merchants. They pay us in commissions and fees for bringing them transaction volume. This allows us to not charge fees to our users.

But I'd also like to feel that this is a form of goodwill to increase Bitcoin adoption

[r1s2g3]

You can see who I am personally at my Linkedin account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennethkruger/

I want to be totally transparent with who we are. We'll be redoing our website soon, so any feedback to make it seem less scammy is helpful. Thank you!

I guess this is not a solid proof. You need to share your signed message from both account to prove your authenticity.

We make money from financial partners that facilitate the fiat payments to the merchants. They pay us in commissions and fees for bringing them transaction volume. This allows us to not charge fees to our users.

But I'd also like to feel that this is a form of goodwill to increase Bitcoin adoption

I like your business idea. Increasing adoption without putting burden into bitcoin user like us is certainly welcome.

[poptok1]

I want to be totally transparent with who we are.

That's nice, but I think what we actually want from you, is not your credentials but rather the source code of this service.
Without Moon being open-source, there is noting that could make you appear as more legitimate service.
Nice graphics, logos or utilities won't help much, people here generally value their privacy and safety.
Forgive me for being sceptical but I bet you can understand how important that is.
I would be more keen to use Moon if it was a stand-alone, lightning ready, micro wallet separated from coinbase, which I don't like any way. I think no one would complain on you taking fees if this service would actually work. 
As of right now it looks and feels like massive security breach.

[Harlot]

~snip~

We make money from financial partners that facilitate the fiat payments to the merchants. They pay us in commissions and fees for bringing them transaction volume. This allows us to not charge fees to our users.

But I'd also like to feel that this is a form of goodwill to increase Bitcoin adoption

So the bottomline is your users will be considered as your product in order to make profit? I like the idea on how you can make things free on our end but in terms of assurance how will you guarantee that your partner who is another entity will actually handle the fiat payments on their end? The way I see it is it is like you are the 3rd party for the transaction to Amazon which also has a middleman to actually complete the trade, which complicates a lot of things.