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Buxfer + Amazon = Transfer money online (Free till Aug 31)

31 points by ashu 19y ago

With Amazon Payments, you can accrue balances in an online account (similar to your Paypal account balance). Transfers involving Amazon accounts are instantaneously processed as well. You can read more about it at: http://www.buxfer.com/blog/2007/08/03/buxfer-amazon-settle-your-debts-online/ http://www.buxfer.com/blog/2007/08/03/buxfer-amazon-settle-y... Regardless of what this means for Buxfer, we think it's a good step forward in challenging the Paypal monopoly.

daniel-cussen 19y ago
"Buxfer may terminate your access to the Website or your membership at any time, for any reason, and without warning, which may result in the forfeiture and destruction of all information associated with your membership." Ouch. Legalese aside, this new deal with Amazon means you guys are currently a free alternative to Western Union and will soon be a cheaper alternative to the same, right?
- Caligula 19y ago
  More like an alternative to neteller/firepay.
  - ashu 19y ago
    Daniel: We really need to revisit the legalese, We already got rid of a couple minor clauses in there. But, it's just that lawyers are very conservative naturally, and development effort foreshadowed going over the terms very carefully. We will take care of that by the end of the day. In terms of alternatives, Amazon is the alternative to Paypal. We hope though that our app will be an important use-case for driving the payments functionality, especially for the younger crowd.
jamiequint 19y ago
Amazon FPS + Buxfer = Crazy Delicious ??
hira_khan 19y ago
Sounds like an interesting idea - Whats the user base of Buxfer at the moment ?
zach 19y ago
Killer addition. A site where you can track expenses is cool, but if you can square them up with actual money, now we're really talking. This would be very helpful for fantasy sports, where there's a lot of money flying around for site fees and prize pools. Fantasy football season is just around the corner and $100+ entry fees for workplace leagues are not that unusual.

31 points by ashu 19y ago

daniel-cussen 19y ago

"Buxfer may terminate your access to the Website or your membership at any time, for any reason, and without warning, which may result in the forfeiture and destruction of all information associated with your membership." Ouch. Legalese aside, this new deal with Amazon means you guys are currently a free alternative to Western Union and will soon be a cheaper alternative to the same, right?

Caligula 19y ago
More like an alternative to neteller/firepay.
- ashu 19y ago
  Daniel: We really need to revisit the legalese, We already got rid of a couple minor clauses in there. But, it's just that lawyers are very conservative naturally, and development effort foreshadowed going over the terms very carefully. We will take care of that by the end of the day. In terms of alternatives, Amazon is the alternative to Paypal. We hope though that our app will be an important use-case for driving the payments functionality, especially for the younger crowd.

jamiequint 19y ago

Amazon FPS + Buxfer = Crazy Delicious ??

hira_khan 19y ago

Sounds like an interesting idea - Whats the user base of Buxfer at the moment ?

zach 19y ago

Killer addition. A site where you can track expenses is cool, but if you can square them up with actual money, now we're really talking. This would be very helpful for fantasy sports, where there's a lot of money flying around for site fees and prize pools. Fantasy football season is just around the corner and $100+ entry fees for workplace leagues are not that unusual.