Amazon Coins now also in German Kindle Store - WinFuture

Earlier this year, Amazon’s own currency Amazon Coins presented for the Kindle Fire Store. In this country there were the coins have not, now starts the alternative payment method in Germany.

Coins can be applied to all Kindle Fire and amazon.de buy on the PC and redeem. They will be accepted only coins for Kindle Fire apps, so for games and applications and their in-app purchases and upgrades.

The advantage of the new payment instrument is the discount. 500 coins have a value of 5 euros and can be purchased at Amazon.de for 4.80 euros. The biggest saving effect is the package of 10,000 coins for 90 euros = 100 euros equivalent.

Kindle Fire owners are given at the start of the offer automatically 500 Coins credited to their Amazon account. This is true both for old customers as well as for new equipment.

“Today we give all Kindle Fire owners a credit Coins worth five euros, with whom she new apps and games like Angry Candy Crush or Birds Star Wars can buy. And with discounts of up to 10% on the purchase of coins, we offer our customers save a great opportunity money when they buy apps, games and in-app content, “says Mike George, vice president of the range apps and games on Amazon.

The coins thus make it possible to obtain by buying larger quantities of a discount. Basically, it is likely each Fire users to worry about whether he first whether the coins are ordered buys apps as before with the Amazon account and the classic payment means or. Time intensive intermediate step only coins is not to buy. The coins have a kind of voucher character and do not expire. There is also no “currency fluctuation”. Once purchased coins are stored in the Amazon account and can be redeemed at any time.

Coins are bought with 1-Click and then are immediately available. It is problematic at most once with the remains. For example, if only 50 coins are available, thus nothing will be buying. For spiking unfortunately you can not just yet charge the credit card, but only needs to buy more coins. This is only an exceptional case and should in most users tend not to come to fruition. The same applies for the other case, the coins are there, but nothing to buy and Coins can not be used for other purchases on Amazon.

More information can be found on Amazon’s newly established Special page for payment process with Amazon Coins .