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Amazon Coins are an internal Amazon currency in the form of a virtual currency. You can buy the coins to purchase certain items on Amazon.
Amazon Coins – a shop creates its own currency
In May 2013, Amazon introduced bitcoins in the United States. Since November 2013, the currency is also available in Germany. Below you will find the key facts about the Amazon Coin and who can use the virtual currency.
- To answer the most exciting question first: Only Kindle Fire users or users of Amazon-made Android devices can use the coins.
- Amazon Coins are not play money, but an Amazon currency that you can use to shop at the online store. However, you can only use the virtual money to purchase apps and games for your Kindle Fire in the Amazon Appstore. The coins can also be used to pay for in-app purchases.
- For 9.70 euros you currently get 1,000 Amazon Coins (as of December 2024). In addition, you get a discount of up to ten percent from Amazon when paying with Amazon Coins (as of December 2024).
- The currently available packages and discounts are: 1,000 – €9.70 (3% discount), 2,500 – €23.75 (5% discount), 10,000 – €92.00 (8% discount), 50,000 – €450.00 (10% discount).
- You can view the latest Amazon Coins discounts on the Amazon Coins product page and in the Amazon Appstore.
- This virtual currency is particularly useful for your children. You purchase a certain number of Amazon Coins and give them to your kids. This way, the little ones learn how to budget with the money and you have a thumb on the expenses and are reasonably immune to major financial disasters.
Buy Amazon Coins
You can buy Amazon Coins here:
- via a Fire Tablet
- via the Amazon website
- in the app store app for Android and Windows 11 devices
