Paypal is widely used today to make payments on the Internet easily, quickly and comfortably. Today, it is estimated that more than 400 million people currently use it to send money or buy a product online, and for this reason many wonder if it is used to pay on Amazon.
To go deeper into it, Next we see if Amazon accepts Paypal and which ones are accepted on this retail website.
Amazon does not accept Paypal, why?
Paypal has been considered one of the safest digital wallets in the world, since it allows you to make payments in virtual stores without having to give credit card information and has a fairly effective buyer protection system that allows transactions are safer and more secure. Thus, is accepted on many internet shopping sites, at the same time that, for the same reason, it is evaded by so many others.
Despite PayPal's good reputation as a payment and money transfer service, Amazon does not accept payments through it. The reason is not known as such, since Amazon never gave an official statement about it. However, it is known that Paypal has been related to eBay, one of Amazon's direct competitors, and, despite the fact that Paypal behaves as an independent company since 2015, this could be the reason -or one of the reasons- for which Amazon has not wanted to put it as a payment method, since, directly or indirectly, it would be benefiting eBay.
On the other hand, Amazon has its own payment service such as Amazon Pay, with which you can easily pay on Amazon, including through the Alexa voice assistant.
How to pay on Amazon with Paypal?
As we have already said, Amazon does not accept Paypal as a payment method. Nevertheless, Paypal can be used to buy gift cards (Gift Cards) on other third party online store sites that do accept Paypal such as eBay; these usually put the Paypal icon in the available payment methods. Only then can you buy on Amazon using Paypal, but not directly, since it is not accepted.
Once you have the gift card -also known as a gift check-, you just have to enter its code in the Amazon account that is going to be used to make a purchase, and that's it.
As a point to keep in mind, some gift cards are physical and are usually sent by a parcel or courier service, while others are sent by email or through any other virtual method. In the case of the latter, what is usually sent is its code, which is unique and unrepeatable.
This is how you can deposit a check or gift card on Amazon
If you manage to get an Amazon check or gift card through a purchase made with Paypal -or any other payment method-, the next thing you should do is enter the code of the same in Amazon. Before, yes, you must have an Amazon account.
Then you have to access this section, which is where the gift card can be redeemed instantly. You just have to locate the code for it, then enter it and, finally, Click on the “Redeem” button. After doing this, the balance in Amazon will appear immediately in correspondence with the amount of the gift card. If there was already a balance in the account before, it will be added.
If you are having trouble redeeming your check or gift card on Amazon, visit this link.
Accepted payment methods on Amazon
Amazon Spain accepts several payment methods through credit and debit cards, and Amazon balance. As highlighted in its section of accepted payment methods, these are the ones that can be used to buy in the store:
- Visa
- Visa Electron 4B
- Euro6000
- American Express
- MasterCard
- international teacher
- Pay in 4 with Cofidis
- Credit Line with Cofidis
- SEPA bank account
- Pay in 4 installments with Amazon
- Amazon gift vouchers
- Amazon gift cards
Some payment methods can be combined. For example, Amazon gift card balance may be used in conjunction with a credit card balance to pay for the full amount of an order.
On the other hand, keep in mind that Amazon may offer different payment methods, depending on the country you are in.
Payment methods that are not accepted on Amazon
In addition to not accepting Paypal, Amazon also does not support the following payment methods:
- Cash payments in any currency
- Money orders or checks
- Promissory notes
- Cash on delivery
