[MUD-Dev2] [NEWS] New Payment Service For Microtransactions

[Michael Chui]

On 8/3/07, Nick Koranda <nkk at eml.cc> wrote:
>
> Amazon is starting a payment service tailored at unique and/or complex
> payment structures.  They have cited an example regarding making
> micro-transactions cost-effective:
>
> "Developers can create payment instructions that are as simple or
> complex as they desire.  For example, creating a relatively complex
> business model around micro-payments is easy to do with Amazon FPS. Our
> aggregation feature lets you track and aggregate micro-payments into a
> single payment transaction, saving on transaction processing costs and
> avoiding having to build complex ledger functionality into your own
> applications.  Without this capability micro-payments would be difficult
> or cost-prohibitive."
>
> The full link is:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node=342430011


Unrelated, but there's something very creepy about the term "Amazon FPS". Do
you have a first-person shooter in their warehouses? =P

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-Michael Chui