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Squirrelcart v6.1.0

Amazon Payments - Checkout by Amazon

Overview

Checkout by Amazon allows your customers to checkout on Amazon.com, using their Amazon.com user account. When a customer clicks the View Cart button in Squirrelcart, your customer will see the following:

 

 

If they click the Checkout with Amazon button, they are taken to Amazon.com to complete the entire checkout process.

 

If you have no other payment methods enabled, they will only see the Checkout with Amazon button.

Important Considerations

Checkout by Amazon is not just a payment processor. They handle the entire checkout experience, including:

 

 

Because Amazon is taking over the entire checkout process, the following features/settings in Squirrelcart have no impact on an order placed via Checkout by Amazon:

 

 

When an order is placed using Checkout by Amazon, Squirrelcart will not store the order in your database, and will not email the customer or you to indicate an order has been submitted.

 

If you prefer to allow Squirrelcart to handle the checkout process, along with inventory control, taxes, shipping, and order storage - Amazon Simple Pay is a better alternative.

Requirements

Checkout by Amazon user account. If you haven't already done so, use this link to signup for your Checkout By Amazon account.

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Setup Instructions

  1. Login to Seller Central using your Checkout by Amazon user account (see above requirements for account signup link):
    https://sellercentral.amazon.com
  2. Make sure Web Site is set to Your Checkout Website and NOT Your Checkout Website (Sandbox):
  3. Click the Settings link
  4. Click Checkout Pipeline Settings
  5. Your Merchant ID appears at the bottom. Write it down.
  6. Click the Edit button
  7. In the Successful Payment Return URL field, enter the full URL to your storefront page with ?pm_return=23 following it:
    http://www.example.com/store.php?pm_return=23
  8. In the Cancel Payment Return URL field, enter the full URL to your storefront page with ?show_cart=1 following it:
    http://www.example.com/store.php?show_cart=1
  9. Ensure that the field after Shopping Cart Security is checked that reads "Accept only digitally signed XML shopping carts"
  10. Click the Update button
  11. Go to the Amazon Web Services website:
    http://www.amazon.com/webservices
  12. Login. If this is your first time using AWS you will be prompted to create an account.
  13. Click the Account tab, and then click the Security Credentials link:
    AWS Access Identifiers
  14. You should see something like this:
    access key
  15. Click the Show link under Secret Access Key so it will appear
  16. Copy the Access Key ID and the Secret Access Key (or write them down very carefully!)
  17. Login to Squirrelcart's control panel
  18. Click the Payment Methods menu link:
  19. Click the record row labeled Amazon Payments - Checkout by Amazon
  20. Enter your Merchant ID in the Merchant ID field
  21. Enter your Access Key ID in the Access Key ID field
  22. Enter your Secret Access Key in the Secret Access Key field
  23. Set the Amazon Mode field to Live
  24. Alter the Checkout Button * fields if you wish
  25. Check the Enabled field
  26. Click Save Changes
  27. Shipping and tax rates need to be configured in your Seller Central control panel. Refer to the documentation for Checkout by Amazon for instructions.

 

 

 


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