How to make secure purchases from the Amazon app

The Amazon app for iOS and Android is characterized by its effectiveness and speed. Even so, it is important to keep in mind some aspects of this app that can turn against us if we are not careful Know the store's rating system well, the different types of product, payment methods or their settings are examples of elements that we will have to take into account if we want to guarantee a safe purchase.

Buying

In general, Amazon is one of the safest shopping apps out there, however, we always have to keep our guard up, not so much because of scams but because of receiving products in poor condition or that do not exactly match what we ordered.

Amazon follows, as in other shopping apps, a rating system based on five stars Generally, the user gives the maximum score if the product arrives promptly and in good condition. However, any lower scores can be a good indication that the seller may not be trustworthy. If you see scores below five stars for a product, we recommend clicking on the reviews to read exactly what the problem was.

On the other hand, there are some offers that don't have any stars, which means they won't be very successful sellers.This can make us think that maybe there is a reason for it, and in those cases we must be careful. The same can be said of sponsored products.

A little trick: all products that appear with the Prime tick and logo are more likely to be good sellers that if we move outside that margin. Even if we are not subscribed to Amazon Prime, we can use the logo to guide us.

Payment methods

Paying with Amazon is really simple and fast. We can leave our credit card already saved, avoiding having to write the data over and over again. In this way, we take care that other eyes can find our data On the other hand, be very careful that nobody gets your Amazon password, because it could then have direct access to your credit card without having to do any management.

Another very useful option of the Amazon app that has two faces is 1-Click. With this method, swe just have to drag a finger to make a purchase It's so easy it's scary, because anyone who gets hold of your phone in a moment could make a quick purchase It would come to you, but it would be wasted money and receive a product that you do not want. We are not necessarily talking about thieves, it can happen with, for example, children taking our phone.

To avoid this, in addition to the uncomfortable return procedures, we recommend that you enable, if your phone allows it, fingerprint identification . In this way, you will be sure that only you will make the purchases.

Giving back

Before we talked about the possibilities of return in case a purchase is made without our consent or if the product sent to us is not satisfactory. Amazon offers 30 days to carry out these procedures.

From the app it is quite easy to do. We only have to go to Settings, in the button in the upper left corner, and mark my account. There we will have the option My orders, in which the recent products we have purchased on Amazon.

In the tab Return or replace products we can select all those that are still within the guarantee. When choosing the one we want to return, we have a selection of justifications to choose from, among which are "bought by mistake", "parts or accessories are missing" or "it is not the product that was ordered, to give examples. Thus, even in cases where we have had any of the problems mentioned above, Amazon offers us possibilities to react and not lose either product or money.