Buy Now Form

From Product Advertising API: 2009-11-01

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Buy Now Form

The Buy Now form enables the customer to enter the appropriate handling and shipping fee. So, be sure to explain this somewhere in your application.

Send the Buy Now form data to the following URL:

http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/dt/cbop/order-checkout/

The following table describes the parameters in the Buy Now form.

Parameter	Description	Required?
purchase-navbar	An image that is added to the top of the purchase pages. This allows you to associate the look and feel of your site with the purchase pages on the Amazon Web site.	Required
purchase-store-name	The name of your site, which is listed under the navbar image.	Required
purchase-return-url	The link URL that is activated when a user clicks on the navbar image.	Required
purchase-exchange-id	The item sold by a third-party seller.	Required
purchase-quantity	The amount of a particular item to purchase.	Required
purchase-storefront-name	Name of the storefront that is selling the product	Required

Example HTML for the Buy Now Form

  <form action="http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/dt/cbop/order-checkout/" method="post">
  <input type="hidden" name="purchase-navbar" value="https://www.mysite.com/navbar.gif"/>
  <input type="hidden" name="purchase-store-name" value="My Storefront Name"/>
  <input type="hidden" name="purchase-return-url" value="http://www.mysite.com"/>
  <input type="hidden" name="purchase-exchange-id" value="[An exchange ID]"/>
  <input type="text" name="purchase-quantity" value="1" size="2"/>
  <br><input type="hidden" name="purchase-storefront-name" value="thestorefrontname"/>
  <input type="image" 
    src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/04/buttons/buy-now-from-seller-with-payments.gif" 
    width="170" height="29" border="0"/>
  </form>

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