Comments on: Amazon FPS vs PayPal Express for a marketplace app

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:16:22 +0000

Thanks for the useful information. We are currently evaluating several payment providers for our solution (http://www.datesminder.com). However, we currently believe that we might need to provide both Amazon’s FPS as well as PayPal for our users.

Any updates on this? What did you end up using? How’s your experience been so far?

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By: Murtuza

Murtuza — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 05:41:42 +0000

HI All,

I can see everyone is talking about the pros and cons of FPS Vs Paypal… I needed some help as i am a newbie to e-commerce….

Was wondering if anyone cab suggest me where i can get API for FPS i wanted to use postpaid function.. Where i would like the customer to first buy my application then charge them every month based on the usage… For example: I may charge this month $80.00 but next month $140.00 and remember i dont want the customer to enter everytime there credit card details instead just entering it once and then charge that credit card based on usage every month… Please help and thank you in advance.

By: Amazon Blog

Amazon Blog — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:50:35 +0000

FPS is in a stronger position than Google Checkout, because Amazon already has 69 million customers’ credit cards on file. If Google is serious with this, they could turn it better than Paypal in no time. If the eBay users sue Ebay for restricting Paypal only in their sites, then many will use Google Checkout.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:34:47 +0000

So what did you end up using for the site? I’m working on a similar project (processing a cart shared between individual ‘merchants’) and am curious how you handled it.

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By: Robert Mann

Robert Mann — Sun, 31 May 2009 16:05:02 +0000

Hi, as Dheeraj, I cannot find how to use it for Marketplace apps. Can you please give a good link to read?

By: Dheeraj Akula

Dheeraj Akula — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:53:48 +0000

Great thoughts here. I had been struggling to avoid the double charges in my marketplace app. I was going through the documentation on Paypal Express. Not able to find how to use it for Marketplace apps. Can you please give a good link to read?

By: Dheeraj Akula

Dheeraj Akula — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:41:27 +0000

Great thoughts here. I had been struggling to avoid the double charges in my marketplace app. Does anyone know which is a better choice for international transactions?

By: Micah

Micah — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:38:16 +0000

Calvin,

IMHO, it’s better to pay for simplicity. So, I’d rather pay higher fees and get it developed quickly. For an unproven startup, this can be important just to see if anyone will bite. If they do, you can start to implement multiple payment pathways to allow your customers to use their payment method of choice.

Note: this only applies to transaction fees. I’m not a huge fan of paying big setup fees like a lot of merchant accounts charge. PayPal, Amazon, and Google have the right model: no setup, pay as you go.