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MicrosoftIntroducing Buy now, pay later in Microsoft Edge
“Buy now, pay later,” or BNPL, lets shoppers break their purchases into equal installment payments, often interest-free, which can allow shoppers to get their purchase upfront, instead of having to wait until it’s paid in full.
Usually, BNPL is offered in specific ecommerce websites like Target, Walmart. But now, Microsoft partners with 3rd party Zip (previously Quadpay) to offer a BNPL payment option at browser level. It means any purchase between $35 - $1,000 you make through Microsoft Edge can be split into 4 installments over 6 weeks.
On top of coverage, we also aim to 1) meet you where you are. 2) simplify the application process.
Meet you where you are:
When you are in checkout page, you can find BNPL option right when you enter credit card number
For some shoppers, you can also find BNPL option right when you enter checkout page.
Simplify application process:
Applying BNPL could take time, you need to sign in with zip every single time. With BNPL in Edge, you can simply link your Microsoft account with your zip account with one click and then bypass sign in from Zip side. It can expedite the application process for you.
BNPL is currently available in Microsoft Edge Canary and Dev channels and will be available by default to all users in Microsoft Edge release 96. If you experience any issue while using this feature, please let us know through Microsoft Edge by pressing Shift+Alt+I on a Windows device or going to Settings and more … > Help and feedback > Send feedback.
You can read more on the FAQ support article. Please also join us here on the Microsoft Edge Insider forums or Twitter to discuss your experience or send us your feedback through the browser! We hope you enjoy this exciting new feature and look forward to hearing from you!
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- PSA: Firefox is available in the Windows app store, and the transition is remarkably smooth. Bookmarks and passwords can be imported seamlessly, and tbh everything works as it should, but without any preinstalled coupon extensions or related bloat. There's still a few privacy settings to tweak upon install, but they're easily found, and more reasonable than what Edge is doing. I moved from Chrome to Edge Chromium pretty much when it became available, but recently it's been so in-your-face about unnecessary additions that I finally made the switch. Too bad, I liked it for the most part.
- This is yet another super disappointing decision by the Edge team. I can only assume that Edge PMs have some really messed up incentives, because you keep trashing Edge’s reputation and Microsoft’s reputation for short-term gain. I hope you reconsider this feature.
You are crazy!
- Since it's introduction I've been loving the new Edge browser including it's many settings and offers compared to similar options, but these recent "features" are things no one asked for. Basically bloatware and/or even spyware.
- I just did read about this and couldn't believe it. But it's true and it's just an awful thing!
Microsoft is adding another way for people to get in trouble by companies like ZIP that are just greedy money wolfs. Microsoft also sees money and adds it to Edge.
This is NOT an "exciting new feature", it just a real anti-social function that is confirming Microsoft's hunger for power 😞 The tags for the article are hilarious. The publisher has clearly stated an opinion. Strong move.
mehua Adding BNLP by Zip as a default function of Edge is a Horrible, Bad Idea. MS, you are going to get a lot of bad press over adding this bloatware to Edge. It goes counter to your pledge to make MS and Edge simple, clean and above all, user-friendly. This function belongs in the MS Store as an extension, not as a default function of the Edge Browser. Please reconsider making this a default function of Edge. All you are going to do is encourage people to shop beyond their means and just generally annoy your users who will keep getting nagged on purchase pages to bait-click the Zip offer. This is a bad, bad idea. Give it up now, before you take more of a bad PR hit than you already have. Please.
- Bad Idea! You are software company, Not e-commerce .
- Dear Microsoft,
Please remove Zip from Edge. The only reason I ever switched to Edge was the slim, unintrusive profile it gave me. Bloatware like this does nothing to support my experience as a user (nor most other's I imagine). On the contrary throwing random apps into the browser feels like toolbar hell from Internet Explorer all over again. Even the coupon tool was a bit much for me, but fully adding third party software into the browser that provides no benefit to the end user (and if it did, they could install it themself) is simply pointless. I know that you are not scared of undoing a poor decision these days, Edge's existence is proof of that. Please, follow your better judgement and discontinue this trend of adding bloatware to the browser. Collections, QR codes, etc. are all great, unobtrusive features; and anything else should be left to the Add-On store. - There is a wealth of extensions to the Edge browser. Where is the significance of including this feature as standard, which should not even require deep integration?
There must still be a lot of work for the Edge development team to do, such as dark mode for PDFs and improvements to the Share menu.
