Setup Amazon Payments for Woocommerce This document explains the necessary steps to offer Amazon Payments on your website. You will need to create an Amazon Payments account and enter your Merchant ID and MWS access keys within the Woocommerce admin area. 1. Register for an Amazon Payments account using the following link: United Kingdom : https://payments.amazon.co.uk/business/pre-registration-api Germany : https://payments.amazon.de/business/pre-registration-api We recommend using a separate email login to your personal Amazon shopping account or Amazon Marketplace account (if you have one). Please have the following ready before you begin: Business information Business name, category, sales volume, company registration and ownership information. Place of establishment address. This must be in the United Kingdom, Germany or Luxembourg. VAT registration details if applicable Personal information for yourself as well as all business owners Full name Date and place of birth Country of citizenship Residential address Passport or National Identity card (to be entered later through Seller Central) In addition, you will need: A U.K. or internationally chargeable credit card with a valid billing address. A phone number where you can be reached during this registration process. 2. Start your registration At the moment you cannot add your Advanced Payments APIs account to an existing Amazon merchant account. You have to register a new account specifically for the Advanced Payments APIs If you see the link Would you like to create a new account using a different e-mail address? Click here, please do so. Enter a name for your business. In case this name is already taken, please choose a different one. Enter an email address and a password. You should choose an email address that will be read directly by the people responsible for the Amazon Payments integration. You should avoid general addresses like info@ that are only forwarded to the general administration.
Please fill in all requested information about your seller account, your contact information and your bank account or credit card data. Please provide exact and accurate data. All information you provide will be verified by Amazon Payments, and incorrect information will delay the verification process.
Amazon Payments Implementation Guide After providing all information there will be an identity check on the phone, where you will be asked to enter a PIN. Once your account is registered you will be forwarded to your Seller Central account. Please be aware that you cannot fully use your account yet. First you have to provide your more data, and only then can the account go through the verification process (mandatory as per EU regulations). 3. Verifying your account in Seller Central Once registered, you need to verify your account by logging into Seller Central: https://sellercentral-europe.amazon.com/gp/homepage.html Using your email and password created in step 2 Ensure you are in the Amazon Payments - Production View using the dropdown box in the top right of the page. Navigate to Settings > Account Information or use the alert link from the home page.
3.1 Primary contact information You will be required to enter the main contact person details at this stage. Scroll down to Primary Contact Person Information and select the Edit button. ID details will be required for all company owners who own more than 25% of the business. 3.2 Beneficial owner Information You will be required to enter beneficial owner information and ID information at this stage. Scroll down to Beneficial Owner Information and select the Edit button. Details will be required for all company owners who own more than 25% of the business. 3.3 Enter Bank Account details To enable funds transfer, you will need to add bank details in Seller Central. Within the Account information page, scroll down to Deposit Method and select Add. From the Global Bank Account Information page, please add: Bank Name, Sort Code & Account Number (or new IBAN / BIC format) Bank Account holders Name 3.4 Additional information Your Amazon Payments account will then be submitted for review. During the review process it may be necessary to provide additional information such as recent utility bill or Articles of Association. 4. Finding your Merchant ID This step can be done while the account is pending business verification. 4.1 Select Settings > Integration Settings, provide merchant ID in your Woocommerce store backend
5. Creating your MWS access keys This step can be done while the account is pending business verification. 5.1 Select Integration > MWS Access Keys
5.2 Select access own Amazon Seller account with MWS and accept the Amazon MWS license. Here are the MWS access keys you should enter into your Woocommerce Store back end (see step 6.1):
6. Configuring Amazon Payments in your store admin section once your account has passed Verification: 6.1 Install the plugin Download the plugin that you will find at this address http://www.woothemes.com/products/amazonpayments-advanced/ To do so, simply click Add to Cart and proceed to checkout. The plugin is free so you won t be charged anything. Once downloaded unzip and upload the plugin s folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory. You can use your favourite FTP client to do that. 6.2 Configure Amazon Payments on your shop Connect to your store WordPress administration. This is usually accessed by adding /wp-admin/ to your store URL. For instance: http://www.superstore.com/wp-admin/ Go to the plugins page and activate WooCommerce Amazon Payments Advanced Gateway Next go to Woocommerce Settings and make sure that the base location is either US, UK or DE
Finally configure the plugin by going to Checkout Amazon Payments and enter your merchant ID and keys that you obtained previously from Seller Central.
6.3 Amazon Payments Logo Placement: Include the Amazon Payments logo on your website wherever you feature payment providers as well as a banner announcing the introduction of Amazon Payments on your website. Letting customers know about Amazon Payments as early as possible in the shopping process can help increase conversion and reduce cart abandonment. To do so, please follow guidelines available here: https://payments.amazon.co.uk/business/material#payment-marks-graphics and https://payments.amazon.de/business/material#payment-marks-graphics Congratulations you have successfully completed the Amazon Payments implementation!
Need Help? Contact us: Woocommerce http://www.woothemes.com/products/amazon-payments-advanced/ Amazon Payments Support United Kingdom : https://sellercentral.amazon.co.uk/gp/contact-us/contact-amazon-form.html/ Germany : https://sellercentral.amazon.de/gp/contact-us/contact-amazon-form.html/ Amazon Payments Europe S.C.A., partnership limited by shares, is a company registered in Luxembourg, Registration Number B 153 265, with its corporate office at 5 Rue Plaetis, L-2338 Luxembourg. VAT Number LU 24448288. Amazon Payments Europe SCA is authorised by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier as an Electronic Money Issuer (licence number 36/10). Amazon Payments is a service provided by Amazon Payments. Pay with Amazon, payments.amazon.co.uk and Amazon Payments are trading names of Amazon Payments Europe S.C.A.