Ask Amazon for Bitcoin Payments

[ALXBOB]

It seems that this is all we are lacking at the moment, customer demand. If more of us ask for this to be implemented we may get it sooner rather than later. Petitions and posting anywhere that is possible including Facebook pages, customer support emails and even forums if they have forums is plenty of ways to get their attention and show there is enough people out there want to see them accept it. I wonder how many other companies are thinking the same way as Amazon though and all it will take it enough interest and demand.

Agreed

[mraveragejoe]

Probably when a big company like Amazon or Facebook will adopt bitcoin there will be a huge jump in price and adoption.

[itsAj]

It seems that this is all we are lacking at the moment, customer demand. If more of us ask for this to be implemented we may get it sooner rather than later. Petitions and posting anywhere that is possible including Facebook pages, customer support emails and even forums if they have forums is plenty of ways to get their attention and show there is enough people out there want to see them accept it. I wonder how many other companies are thinking the same way as Amazon though and all it will take it enough interest and demand.

I think there is plenty of demand for bitcoin on amazon, and I think that amazon knows it. I think the issue is that Amazon is not sure about the regulatory environment when accepting bitcoin. Since there is essentially no regulations regarding merchants accepting bitcoin they are probably afraid that regulators could regulate bitcoin as a way to push up their costs of doing business.   

[webbrowser]

In the context of total Amazon transactions, the demand for purchases via bitcoin is probably not too significant.

Hope they'll still do it though. Their margins are so thin, any cost savings is good.

[Cream]

I would love to see amazon starting to accept BTC...I will be their good customer

Lots of BTC to spend on shopping.

[Hobbes2]

Amazon already has something called "Amazon Coins" in addition to gift cards. Basically they are like "credits" for Kindle Fire apps and games, etc. and by buying them, you can get those products at a discount. I haven't looked into it too much. Nothing to do with crypto, though.

[bajlox]

I would love to see amazon starting to accept BTC...I will be their good customer

Lots of BTC to spend on shopping.

Same here i would like to see not just amazon but e-bay ass well to accept BTC

[bigasic]

I have submitted requests to not only Amazon, but almost every large retailer/company that I can think of or run across. I sometimes get a "we are looking into it" or an automated response. The more popular it gets, the more chance that companies like Amazon will take bitcoin. To pay for a lot of services on the internet, bitcoin would be so much easier. In fact, instead of paying monthly for my Netflix, I would pay yearly if they took bitcoin, would probably do that with all my subscriptions. There is no reason not to take bitcoin when they will get fiat if they use bitpay or coinbase for the transaction. It wouldn't cost them too much to implement it either.. it will just take time, it will eventually happen.

[itsAj]

I have submitted requests to not only Amazon, but almost every large retailer/company that I can think of or run across. I sometimes get a "we are looking into it" or an automated response. The more popular it gets, the more chance that companies like Amazon will take bitcoin. To pay for a lot of services on the internet, bitcoin would be so much easier. In fact, instead of paying monthly for my Netflix, I would pay yearly if they took bitcoin, would probably do that with all my subscriptions. There is no reason not to take bitcoin when they will get fiat if they use bitpay or coinbase for the transaction. It wouldn't cost them too much to implement it either.. it will just take time, it will eventually happen.

You need to remember that when you send an email to a company requesting that they accept bitcoin (or to make any kind of change) it does not take very much effort/time on your part. It is also important that it takes even less time for them to ignore.

[ebliever]

A few pages back I posted on the virtues of using Purse.io to buy things on Amazon using BTC. I now want to share a warning about using Purse for Amazon gift cards and maybe other purchases as well - see this thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=307922.msg8647519#msg8647519

...feeling like I just took a lot more shrapnel in the cryptocurrency war w. scammers. And none of this would be happening if Amazon would just accept BTC directly.

[mbaeichapareiko]

ebliever

You are the man!!    PTL

[desticy]

Your suggestion seems to have been shelved by Amazon

[escrow.dude]

It seems that this is all we are lacking at the moment, customer demand. If more of us ask for this to be implemented we may get it sooner rather than later. Petitions and posting anywhere that is possible including Facebook pages, customer support emails and even forums if they have forums is plenty of ways to get their attention and show there is enough people out there want to see them accept it. I wonder how many other companies are thinking the same way as Amazon though and all it will take it enough interest and demand.

I agree with your concept, but I disagree with your proposal as to how to show demand. I think instead of telling them that we want them to accept bitcoin via email and phone calls, the bitcoin community should vote with their money by patronizing stores/merchants that accept bitcoin. These merchants will report the large number of sales that bitcoin brings in and others will follow. 

[tzortz]

A few pages back I posted on the virtues of using Purse.io to buy things on Amazon using BTC. I now want to share a warning about using Purse for Amazon gift cards and maybe other purchases as well - see this thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=307922.msg8647519#msg8647519

...feeling like I just took a lot more shrapnel in the cryptocurrency war w. scammers. And none of this would be happening if Amazon would just accept BTC directly.

Nice to know, thanks.

[mercistheman]

Would Coinbase or Bitpay be able to scale to this level anytime soon?... seems like a massive undertaking for them.

[thecrimson16]

Check out this Twitter...  "@amazon just sent me an email saying they will accept Bitcoin "

https://twitter.com/rogerkver/status/464778590161485825

I tend to think the Amazon agent has no idea what Bitcoin is.....at least that's how it comes off to me.

[webbrowser]

Check out this Twitter...  "@amazon just sent me an email saying they will accept Bitcoin "

https://twitter.com/rogerkver/status/464778590161485825

I tend to think the Amazon agent has no idea what Bitcoin is.....at least that's how it comes off to me.

Considering that was over 3 months ago, it was certainly faked or agent has no clue.  Sadly...

[ebliever]

My open letter to Amazon on the Purse.io/gift card dispute:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=769529.0

[dompsairs]

I asked them about btc and ignored the shit out of me 

[MoonTime]

I am pretty sure Amazon will accept BTC since it got potential.