Amazon Pay arrives in Spain: this is how PayPal’s new rival works

Amazon has just launched Amazon Pay in Spain, thus allowing its customers to pay easily on other websites, just by entering the access data to your Amazon account. The company states that it intends to make its payment intermediation service available to associated companies (including clothing stores, travel, NGOs and many others) “The simplicity and familiarity of the Amazon shopping experience.”

Amazon Pay: a reality also in Spain

Amazon Pay, remember, is the payment system that allows registered Amazon customers to pay for products or services on other websites and online stores. When an online store accepts Amazon Pay as a payment method, you will only have enter the access data to your Amazon accountand the data and shipping and billing addresses associated with that user account will be used automatically.

As they assure from: “By enabling customers to pay for goods and services simply by entering their Amazon.es account details, Amazon Pay simplifies the checkout process for buyers while giving other sellers the opportunity to reach the millions of customers Amazon has around the world.”

And in this “everyone” now Spain is also included, as announced by the company itself in a The service in our country thus joins that of other markets such as Germany or the United States where it was already working.

Amazon notes that more than 33 million people in more than 170 countries have already used Amazon Pay, and according to the data extracted from 2016 (as stated in ), the transactions made through this service doubled compared to the previous year.

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The advantages of Amazon Pay

Having an Amazon Pay account makes the buying process easier for customers. It helps reduce order processing times, as it prevents them from entering payment details when making purchases online. It increases the convenience, security and speed of your purchases, especially through mobile devices. According to the company, 32% of transactions made through Amazon Pay were carried out from mobile devices.

But also the companies associated with this program can enjoy the comfort of Amazon Pay on their own web pages, since It helps them reduce the number of abandonments in the purchase process and increases the confidence of their customers.

Amazon Pay arrives in Spain thanks to Vueling

One of the Spanish companies associated with the Amazon service is Vueling. From the flight company they highlight that: “We are very proud to be the first airline in Europe to offer Amazon Pay on all our e-commerce platforms, whether on our websites, both desktop and mobile, or in our app. Vueling has always been known for leading the implementation of new services that offer a better experience to our customers.”

However, Amazon will need many more partners for Amazon Pay to really take off in our country.

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