What Is the Amazon Honor System?
The Amazon Honor System is a safe and easy way for you to support your favorite Web sites and to buy digital content on the Web. Amazon.com has successfully completed hundreds of millions of online transactions and has more than 25 million customers. Now, the Amazon Honor System lets you use Amazon.com payment technology to make payments to Web sites as small as $1.00.
Web sites use the Amazon Honor System to collect voluntary payments from their users and to accept payment for digital content. In many cases, the Honor System is the only way a Web site can economically collect small payments. In others, the Honor System allows the Web site to raise money for continued operations without resorting to intrusive banner advertisements.
When you visit a participating Web site, you'll see an Amazon Honor System paybox. Click on the paybox's "click to pay" or "click to give" button to view the Web site's PayPage at Amazon.com. There, you'll learn more about the participating Web site and its reasons for collecting money. To make a payment, click Pay now on the PayPageTM, and rely on Amazon.com to complete the transaction quickly and securely.
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How do I make a payment?
You've already taken the first step by clicking the paybox on a Web site. The remaining steps take just a few moments. From the PayPage, click Pay now. If you are already an Amazon.com customer using 1-Click, you can simply click Send and you're finished. If you are already an Amazon.com customer but don't use 1-Click, we'll ask you to confirm the credit card you want charged for this payment. Then you'll review your payment, click Send, and you're finished. If you are not yet an Amazon.com customer, we'll ask you to create a password and provide your credit card information. Once you're an Amazon.com customer, you won't have to reenter your credit card information again. Then review your payment, click Send, and you're finished. Please note that all payments are refundable up to 7 days after they're made.
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Is a credit card required to make an Honor System payment?
Yes, either a credit card or a check card is required to make an Honor System payment. We accept Visa, MasterCard/EuroCard, Discover, American Express, Diner's Club, and JCB credit cards.
We also accept check cards or ATM cards, as long as they are connected with one of the major credit card companies previously listed. If you're paying with a Visa Check Card, please select Visa from the drop-down menu on the registration form. Similarly, if you're paying with a EuroCard or MasterMoney Card, select MasterCard.
You can safely enter your entire card number via our secure server, which encrypts all submitted information. If you are using a new Discover card number, please note that you will only be able to use our secure server. Discover Financial Services has requested that we not accept the transmission of new Discover account numbers over our standard server. We do not accept American Express Private Payments credit card numbers.
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Are there any limits?
Yes. Much like a credit card limit, there are limits on the total Honor System payments you can make in a given period. Similarly individuals accepting payments through PayPages are limited in the amount they can receive. The maximum dollar amount we can process for any individual transaction is $50, unless otherwise noted on the PayPage. At this time, contribution and receive limits are set and cannot be raised.
Is my payment refundable?
Yes, because of the voluntary nature of Honor System payments, you may use Amazon.com's Unpay function to cancel a payment or get a refund up to seven (7) days after you make a payment--with no questions asked. To use the Unpay feature, go to your Amazon.com retail account and locate the Your Orders and Transactions section. If you are not signed in, you will be asked to do so. Click the appropriate status link, then click the "Transaction #" link of the payment you want refunded. Click the Unpay button for final directions and we'll send you an e-mail confirmation that your payment has been refunded. Because Honor System payments are voluntary, the person or organization you paid may not contest your refund request.
The person or organization you paid may also initiate a refund of your payment to you. If this occurs, we'll send you an e-mail notification.
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Is my payment tax deductible?
Neither Amazon.com nor the Amazon Honor System is a charity. Moreover
the Amazon Honor System was not designed for charitable use or the
solicitation of funds for charities. As a result, we cannot say whether
any payments through the Amazon Honor System would qualify as a tax
deductible contribution. With respect to payments that you might make
through the Amazon Honor System, we suggest that you consult with the
recipient site and your tax advisor.
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Does it cost me anything to use the Amazon Honor System?
No. There are no fees for making a payment to a participating Web site. To cover our administrative and processing costs, Web sites collecting money with the Honor System are assessed 2.9% of your payment plus a fixed cost of $0.30 per transaction.
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Is my credit card secure when I make an Amazon Honor System payment?
Please view the Amazon.com Safe Shopping Guarantee.
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What are Amazon.com's conditions of use?
Please view the Amazon.com Conditions of Use.
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