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title: Integration overview
url: amazon-pay-checkout/v1-overview.html
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### Steps to integrate

1. [Get set up for integration](../amazon-pay-checkout/v1-get-set-up-for-integration.html) - register for an Amazon Pay merchant account, create a Sandbox test buyer account, and secure communication.

2. [Add the Amazon Pay button](../amazon-pay-checkout/v1-add-the-amazon-pay-button.html) wherever buyer starts checkout.

3. [Display shipping and payment info](../amazon-pay-checkout/v1-display-shipping-payment-info.html) to display checkout information, offer shipping options if applicable, and calculate additional costs. 

4. [Set payment info](../amazon-pay-checkout/v1-set-payment-info.html) and redirect to Amazon Pay for processing. 

5. [Verify & complete checkout](../amazon-pay-checkout/v1-verify-and-complete-checkout.html) was successful, once the buyer returns to your site- after checkout is complete.

6. [Manage refunds](../amazon-pay-checkout/v1-manage-refunds.html) in case you need to refund a payment.

7. [Test your integration](../amazon-pay-checkout/v1-test-your-integration.html) thoroughly in Sandbox, using test buyer accounts and simulation strings. 

8. [Take your integration live](../amazon-pay-checkout/v1-take-your-integration-live.html) by updating the API endpoints.

### Integration sequence diagram

<img style="width:100%;" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/EPSDocumentation/AmazonPay/Integration/IntegrationOverview._CB1565018491_.png" />