You can now buy from Amazon in games and apps

Martin Brinkmann
May 10, 2023
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It feels already as if Amazon is everywhere. The mighty company has come a long way since its humble beginnings and has expanded into more and more areas. With such a large reach already, it becomes difficult to grow further.

One of Amazon's latest ideas to increase revenue is called Amazon Anywhere. What sounds like a new app or service to make purchases wherever you are, is in fact a new in-game store.

Stores in games or apps are not something new; companies have used these to generate revenue for years. Most sell digital currencies or goods in exchange for real money. The really bad apples use sophisticated systems to slow down progress in games or make life of users miserable through other means to push sales.

Amazon Anywhere brings something different to the table. The Store does not sell digital goods, but physical ones. One of the main ideas behind Amazon Anywhere is to go where the customers are. Amazon believes that its new store may push sales of physical goods significantly.

The first Amazon Anywhere store has just launched in Niantic's latest game Peridot. Peridot is available for iOS and Android, created by the Pokémon Go makers. The company describes Peridot as a real-world augmented reality game featuring unique virtual pets powered by artificial intelligence. Buzzwords aside, Amazon Anywhere requires that users link their Amazon account to Peridot.

Once done, gamers may buy Peridot-branded merchandise and products, including t-shirts, hoodies, phone accessories or "throw pillows featuring artwork of magical creatures from the game" within the game.

Amazon has produced a small demo video that demonstrates how Amazon Anywhere works.

Amazon Anywhere helps Amazon meet its "customers where they are" and "with the products they love". The new store expands what companies may sell to their customers in their games and apps, and since it is powered by Amazon, it offers the same shopping experience and benefits as on Amazon itself.

Game and app creators need to contact Amazon to get started with Amazon Anywhere. Next to apps, Amazon Anywhere is also open to websites and the metaverse, as well as an "other" category.

Amazon has not revealed any information on costs and fees, or how easy it is to integrate the store into existing products.

Now You: what is your take on Amazon Anywhere?

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You can now buy from Amazon in games and apps
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You can now buy from Amazon in games and apps
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Amazon Anywhere is a new in-game and in-app shop by Amazon that others may integrate into their products to sell "real" world products.
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  1. TelV said on May 11, 2023 at 9:51 am
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    I buy a lot of stuff from Amazon, but would never consider using a phone to do it with. In fact, I don’t use the phone for anything other than making phone calls and occasionally using the LINE app or Signal for chats.

  2. Tachy said on May 11, 2023 at 5:10 am
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    Your talking about the major game publishers and their standard business model.

    Try out “Need for Speed No limits” or “Real Racing” on Android, both from the AAA publisher Electronic arts.

    The former, your progress in the game comes to a grinding halt about half way in unless you pony up for microtransactions. The latter, you must endure longer and longer wait times for ‘delivery’ of the items you purchase with in currency earned in game unless you pay real money to remove the timers.

    Pretty much word for word what you describe.

  3. Rush said on May 11, 2023 at 2:12 am
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    I would be more interested in one could purchase games on amazon instead of the google play and steam monopolies.

    1. Tachy said on May 11, 2023 at 5:50 am
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      @Rush

      The Amazon app store has been around for a long time.

      https://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/get/android

      Of course Google has the installation blocked. You’ll have to lookup how to “install unknown apps” for your particular device.

  4. Anonymous said on May 10, 2023 at 10:08 pm
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    Why would anyone want to do that?

  5. ya said on May 10, 2023 at 7:13 pm
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    Amazon american shite. The new modern global cancer.

  6. Tony said on May 10, 2023 at 7:01 pm
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    Surely this was built with privacy in mind…..lol.

  7. kreela said on May 10, 2023 at 6:19 pm
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    This game seems destined for ten year olds who want a pet. I can imagine the large number of parents who will be inundated with children’s requests for the plush toy or t-shirt, or even find purchases made in their name.

    While a clever idea for amazon, this is disturbing beyond the utter dominance that the company has over our economy.

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