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title: Amazons honor system
date: "2001-08-17T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1702
description: I look at Amazon's honor system as a quick, easy method for selling digital content online. While it provides a simple way to monetize work, I find it limiting that the service is currently restricted to the US.
keywords: [amazon honor system, micropayments, digital sales, ecommerce, monetization, online payments]
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[Amazon's honor system](http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/subst/fx/home.html/058-3411594-0599466) is a quick and easy way to sell content on the Internet. (They also have [other ways of selling](http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/announcement-list-zshops/slp/058-3411594-0599466).) It's available only for the US currently, though. Pity...