Early last week Amazon Announced That it was Introducing a new virtual currency service in the form of Amazon Coins. These coins can be used as currency for Amazon Kindle and Amazon App Store purchases.
The virtual currency that’s currently only available in the U.S. converts directly with pennies meaning 100 Amazon Coins equals to $ 1 and has been Introduced as another easy way for customers to purchase things from the online stores. To celebrate the launch of Amazon has given every Kindle Fire owner in the U.S. 500 coins to use On Their next Kindle purchase.
“Today we are giving Kindle Fire owners $ 5 worth of Coins to spend on new apps and games, or to purchase in-app items, dry as recipes in iCookbook, song collections in SongPop or mighty falcon bundles in Angry Birds Star Wars. And with discounts of up to 10% when you buy Coins, this is a great way for customers to save money when they buy apps, games and in-app items, “said Mike George, Vice President of Apps and Games at Amazon. “We will continue to add more ways to earn and spend Coins on a wider range of content and activities-today is Day One for Coins.”
Amazon Coins can be purchased on Amazon.com with a 10% discount given to bulk purchases and the Amazon Coins do not have an expiration so they’ll Remain on your account until they’re spent.
There’s good news for developers too who have been promised the same 70% of the revenue from Their apps or Games That are purchased with Amazon Coins.
That I personally think this is a brilliant idea and Hope that it’s Introduced everywhere. It’ll be perfect for customers who often let Their children use their Kindles and Will Prevent accidental in-app-purchases especially if you can limit your account to only use Amazon Coins for App Store purchases.
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