Shopping & transactions

Hey all,

I’m not a developer (more of a product manager), but have seen Amazon’s new shopping channel on Roku. You can’t actually checkout - you choose an item and email it to yourself so you can finish the transaction online. Obviously, there are some issues or lack of capability that prevents the A-to-Z experience all on Roku. Does anyone know or think that this will eventually be overcome? What exactly are the obstacles?
Thanks…rw.

It’s an Amazon limitation. The developer (EngoTom) explains it here: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=31929#p197519

you can buy Amazon videos online using the PIN #, so there is a mechanism that you can work with to create an in-app purchase system.

Wouldn’t be too hard to use SSL Url’s to pass a creditcard # and expiration date to any service that provides an API and complete a purchase.