Amazon Coins | Launch of the virtual currency

It has recently been made ​​available by the well known company of e-commerce, Amazon. It is a new shopping system that involves the use of a coin with which to pay all virtual apps, games and multimedia content. Amazon wants Coins in order to make purchases an easy process and present the company with an opportunity to increase traffic, downloads and monetization.

The new currency of Amazon

The Coins are currently available in the United States and have a basic unit value equal to 1 U.S. cent. At launch all users of Kindle Fire devices are seen to correspond to the value of a good 500 Coins cost, or about $ 5 you can spend in shop Amazon. As already said the currency will be used to buy apps, games or even make purchases in the app. The offer is not limited to a simple virtual currency, but the possibility of buying the above content at a lower price exists. Buying larger packages of Coins there will be progressive for discounts that will allow for example to receive 1000 Coins at a cost of $ 90.

Amazon Coins

Amazon Coins

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The use of Coins is affordable for all owners of second generation devices such as Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD 7” HD 8.9”. The inspiration behind this maneuver by Amazon as SlashGear writes, is to consolidate the ecosystem surrounding the Kindle Fire products providing a unique method of buying able to attrack customers with benefits such as discounts. This probably shares a view with the future expansion of its line of mobile devices.

Amazon Coin for Apps

Amazon Coin for Apps