• To set up the Buy with Prime app for Shopify, follow this workflow.

    For instructions on how to migrate to the Buy with Prime app for Shopify after manual Buy with Prime button install on your site, go to Migrate to the Buy with Prime app for Shopify.

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  • FAQ for Buy with Prime app for Shopify

    • The Buy with Prime app for Shopify empowers you to grow your ecommerce business on your Shopify store. Merchants experienced a 25% increase in shopper conversions, on average, by offering the trust of Prime, fast, free delivery, transparent delivery times, and a checkout experience that millions of shoppers love. The app helps you sign up for, add, and manage Buy with Prime on your Shopify store—no coding required. You can manage your Buy with Prime product catalog, orders, and returns all within your Shopify admin, and automatically sync promotions and tax settings between Shopify and Buy with Prime.

    • If you would like to migrate to the app, go to Migrate to the Buy with Prime app for Shopify.

    • To install the Buy with Prime app for Shopify, go to Install the Buy with Prime app for Shopify.

    • In addition to all general Buy with Prime requirements, the app only supports US-based Shopify merchants who use Shopify Payments. Additionally, the app requires Amazon Pay wallet, which is only available with Shopify’s checkout extensibility. For more information, go to Checkout extensibility upgrade guide.

    • Adding Amazon Pay as a Wallet in Shopify Payments is a requirement to use the Buy with Prime app for Shopify. Amazon Pay helps to verify a shopper's Prime status, and offers shoppers a fast, familiar way to checkout using shipping and payment information from their Amazon account. To learn more about adding Amazon Pay as a Wallet go to Set up Amazon Pay as a Wallet in Shopify Payments.

    • Amazon Pay doesn't process payments for Buy with Prime orders for merchants using the Buy with Prime App for Shopify, and Amazon Pay payment processing fees don't apply. Payment services fees by Shopify may apply. You can check your processing fees in your Shopify admin under Settings/Payment.

    • Shopify Payments is a requirement to use the Buy with Prime app for Shopify. Go to Setting up Shopify Payments.

    • When you deactivate Amazon Pay as a Wallet you also deactivate apps supported by Amazon Pay, including Buy with Prime. Buy with Prime is also automatically deactivated. For help, contact Merchant Support.

    • Your orders are synced automatically when you install the Buy with Prime app for Shopify. To view orders, go to the following links:

    • No, you’re not required to switch to the app. However, using the app provides a more efficient way to manage your ecommerce business across Buy with Prime and your Shopify store. Because the app integrates into Shopify admin, adding and managing Buy with Prime products within your catalog is simple and uses existing Shopify product information, including variations. The app also automatically syncs promotions and tax settings between Shopify and Buy with Prime.

    • Yes, the app is built to integrate with Shopify, including Shopify Payments to process payments for Buy with Prime orders. However, you still need to use your Amazon Pay account, so that Amazon can verify a shopper’s Prime member status and shoppers can use the shipping and payment information stored in their Amazon account.

    • Yes, Multi-Channel Fulfillment (MCF) is a stand-alone fulfillment service that empowers ecommerce merchants to use Amazon fulfillment services for multiple channels, such as brand websites, ecommerce marketplaces, and social media stores. MCF also offers different delivery speeds, allowing merchants to choose the one that’s right for their business. Buy with Prime empowers merchants to grow their ecommerce businesses by offering Prime shopping benefits on their online stores, including fast, free delivery, a seamless checkout, and easy returns. You can add Buy with Prime to eligible products on your Shopify store using the Buy with Prime app for Shopify. You can use MCF to fulfill all other orders on your Shopify store, as well as orders from other ecommerce channels.

    • You can contact your Buy with Prime sales rep or the merchant support team for any issues related to using the Buy with Prime app on your Shopify store.

    • The app offers shoppers a buy-now, single-product checkout experience (or multiple units of a single product). Cart building (or multi-product checkout) isn’t supported.

  • FAQ Privacy for Buy with Prime on Shopify

    • To submit your shopper’s privacy request, go to the Shopify admin console and follow the Shopify guidelines. The Buy with Prime team receives and processes these requests automatically.

       

      Note: Privacy requests submitted via Shopify are only processed for your Buy with Prime business account related to your Shopify site. If you have other business accounts with Buy with Prime, then please submit the shopper’s privacy request through our merchant support and indicate the business account that the request is for.

    • To submit a privacy request for yourself or a staff member, go to merchant support to file a ticket.

      Note: Submit a separate privacy request for each of your business accounts.

      For more information, go to FAQ library.

  • FAQ Buy with Prime general

    • To learn more about pricing to offer Buy with Prime, go to Pricing.

       

       

    • Seller Central is the portal for navigating your Amazon seller account and selling on Amazon.com. It provides helpful tools and resources for managing sales from one convenient dashboard. Your Seller Central account links Buy with Prime to Amazon’s fulfillment network to provide shoppers on your site with the Prime delivery experience. To set up your Seller Central account, go to Professional Seller Central account.

    • No. Buy with Prime gives you the freedom to choose how and where to sell your products. You don't need to sell your products on Amazon.com to offer Buy with Prime. To prevent your products from being displayed on Amazon.com, you can set the start selling date far into the future when you create the product listing in Seller Central. This avoids showing the product for sale on Amazon.com, but allows you to set up the product with Amazon’s fulfillment services for Buy with Prime orders. To learn more, go to Professional Seller Central or Multi-Channel Fulfillment account.

    • Amazon's fulfillment services (which includes Multi-Channel Fulfillment) leverages the world’s largest fulfillment network with more than 200 fulfillment centers globally. Amazon's fulfillment services provide a fast, low-cost, and reliable solution for fulfilling orders. You can ship your inventory to Amazon fulfillment centers for storage, and then Amazon handles the picking, packing, and shipping of your products to your customers. For more information, go to Multi-Channel Fulfillment.

    • Amazon Pay is an online payments service and a checkout experience recognized by hundreds of millions of Amazon shoppers. Amazon Pay provides shoppers a secure and fast way to check out from your site using the shipping and payment information stored in their Amazon account.

      The use of Amazon Pay is based on your ecommerce service provider (ESP):

      For Shopify stores, go to Activate Amazon Pay.

      For other ESPs, go to Amazon Pay.

    • Customers who purchase a product using Buy with Prime are covered under the Amazon Pay A-to-z Guarantee. To learn more, go to Amazon Pay A-to-z Guarantee.

    • The Acceptable Use Policy lists items and activities that might be prohibited when you offer Buy with Prime. You must also follow the policies for Amazon Pay and Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), including Amazon Multi-Channel Fulfillment in order to use those services. To learn more, go to Amazon Pay Acceptable Use Policy and FBA product restrictions.

    • You can offer Buy with Prime for selected products by selecting each individually.

    • Buy with Prime is currently only available to merchants with a United States-based entity and for orders with shipping addresses in the contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.

    • Wallets such as Amazon Pay, store a shopper's shipping address, credit or debit card credentials, and securely passes this information to the payment processor when shoppers check out. This can speed the checkout process because it pre-fills shoppers' information when checking out so that the shopper doesn't need to enter the information manually.

      To accept payments you need to activate Amazon Pay, and add Amazon Pay as a wallet in Shopify Payments in the Shopify admin.

    • Buy with Prime provides fully automated returns and refunds that streamline the customer's return experience from the time they submit a return request, to when they get a refund. To learn more, go to Returns.

    • Buy with Prime automates your customers’ refund experience when they submit a return within the free return window. To learn more, go to Refunds.

    • There are no return fees for Buy with Prime orders.

    • No. You provide customer support for your customers directly, including support related to Buy with Prime orders.

    • The Prime membership prompt allows shoppers to sign up for or resume their Prime membership directly on your site so that they can use Buy with Prime to check out. The prompt displays when a shopper without an active Prime membership chooses Buy with Prime checkout on your site.

    • Only shoppers who choose to check out with Buy with Prime and don’t have an active Amazon Prime membership see the Prime membership prompt.

    • After a shopper is signed in to their Amazon account during checkout, they’re offered the option to sign up for Prime or resume a paused Prime membership. After selecting a membership option and entering the required information, the shopper’s Prime membership is instantly activated, and they're redirected to their Buy with Prime checkout.

    • If a shopper’s Prime membership was put on hold due to billing issues, they must update their payment method to resume their Prime membership benefits and check out using Buy with Prime. They're prompted to update their payment method to resume a Prime membership after signing in to their Amazon account during Buy with Prime checkout. If a shopper doesn't want to update their payment method, they can choose No thanks and are directed back to the product detail page. They can purchase the product through your site’s checkout instead.

    • If a shopper chooses not to sign up for or resume a Prime membership, they're directed back to the product detail page and can choose to purchase the product through your site’s checkout.

    • You can deactivate the feature with the following steps:

      1. Sign in to the merchant console, and then go to the Amazon services tab.

      2. Locate the Prime membership prompt.

      3. Choose Actions, and then choose the Deactivate Prime membership. Its status changes to Inactive.

    • The Prime membership prompt status appears in the merchant console. If the status shows as Inactive, you can reactivate it by choosing Actions, and then Activate Prime membership. The status changes to Active. If the status shows as Unavailable, you can't activate the Prime membership prompt.

    • If the status of the Prime membership prompt is Unavailable, contact merchant support.

    • If your shoppers contact you with questions about Prime membership plans and benefits, or if they have trouble signing up for a Prime membership during checkout using Buy with Prime, have them contact Amazon customer service.

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