Question

Is anyone aware of an Amazon API that allows you to purchase items programmatically?

I looked at tons of their web services (Product Advertising, MWS, etc.), and none of them seemed to do this.

I found this thread that seemed to suggest there was no solution, but there was no definitive answer: https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=45127

Just to be clear, I want to make a purchase with MY payment details, not on behalf of any user. I figured if ANYONE supported this, it would be Amazon. But I realize there may be business (security?) reasons not to support this as well…

Answer 1

UPDATE 2019/12/10 Even though my answer was accepted as the best answer it’s outdated. Please see this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/17180929/799155

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It’s not possible – I guess for a bunch of security reasons. Read through the thread you posted in your question 😉

Lorraine@AWS, Aug 13, 2010 2:02 PM

Amazon does not offer APIs to place a customer order. Neither a
Corporate Account or the Associate Program will allow you to build the
type of solution you are describing.

Lorraine@AWS, May 13, 2011 4:17 PM

Amazon still does not offer this service, to the best of my knowledge,
and this isn’t something I would ever expect to see included in the
Fulfillment Web Service which is specific to the FBA program.