This guide is intended for developers who want to embed Checkout by Amazon functionality into their websites. Use of this guide assumes you are familiar with HTML. (See W3 Schools HTML Tutorial). To integrate Checkout by Amazon dynamically with your website, you should be familiar with XML. (See W3 schools XML Tutorial.) You should also be able to use a programming language for consuming a web service and any related tools

Introduction to Checkout by Amazon
Checkout by Amazon gives your customers an easy way to use their Amazon Payments accounts to complete purchases on your website—you simply add Checkout buttons, which are snippets of HTML code that you add to a page on your website. With Checkout buttons, you can offer Amazon Payments on your website, whether Amazon Payments is the only payment method you show, or Amazon Payments is just one of the payment options.

You can integrate your website with Checkout by Amazon using a Checkout button. You have two options for using a Checkout button:
• You can create a simple Checkout button that purchases just a single item.
• You can build a Checkout button that gathers the contents of a shopping cart and creates an order with multiple items.

If you use a simple Checkout button, then your customer clicks that button to purchase an item and generates an immediate order using a shopping cart with just one entry. Your customer goes to Amazon to confirm payment for the order; then, the customer returns to your website for further shopping.

If you use a complex Checkout button, then your customer clicks an Add to Cart button (or something similar) to add a selected item to a shopping cart on your site. Your customer can continue to browse your website, adding more items to the shopping cart. When ready to check out, your customer clicks a Proceed to Checkout button (or something similar that you build), and then clicks the Checkout button to generate the order. Your customer goes to Amazon to confirm payment; then, your customer returns to your website for further shopping.

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