$NXTD News - NXT-ID's Wocket Smart Wallet Accepted by Amazon Launchpad for Retail Sales; Expected to Add to Continued Sales Growth

OXFORD, Connecticut, - (http://www.financialnewsmedia.com News Alert) - NXT-ID, Inc. (NASDAQ:NXTD) (\"NXT-ID\" or the \"Company\"), a biometric authentication company focused on the growing mobile commerce market, announces the Wocket(R) smart wallet has been accepted to retail on Amazon through its Launchpad program.



Amazon Launchpad was announced in July 2015 as a new program for certain qualifying companies that fosters innovative new products from emerging brands. For these companies Amazon offers Brand Development on a special store, customer reach through Amazon\'s most powerful marketing tools and global expansion when the brands are ready. Feedback from participant companies and their institutional investors has been overwhelmingly positive. - The official retail launch date for the Wocket(R) SmartWallet on Amazon will be announced shortly.



Gino Pereira, Chief Executive Officer of NXT-ID. Inc. said, \"We are looking forward to offering Wocket on Amazon Launchpad. This platform features some of the more innovative products available anywhere in the world today and we are happy to be part of their offering. Amazon is one of the leading retailers in the US and helps us to gain access to millions of consumers who are concerned with identity theft and are looking for a convenient way to securely store all their payment information.\"



He went on to say, \"Sales in the third quarter of this year have increased substantially over the second quarter, when we launched Wocket and we expect this trend to continue as we head into the holiday season. The marketing campaign we recently announced is creating Wocket brand recognition and our Touch of Modern offering is very successful with over 100,000 views in just 2 days.\"



Launchpad features everything from Electronics to Kitchen to Beauty items. To shop at the Amazon Launchpad store, visit http://www.amazon.com/launchpad.



Wocket(R) is the smartest wallet you\'ll ever own. Designed to protect your identity and replace your old wallet, simply swipe and save your cards into Wocket once and they are immediately secured with pin and biometric voice print technology. Without ever needing a smartphone, you can choose a card from the touch screen and Wocket programs...