blogs.zdnet.com— Google Checkout is in the making. Garret thinks it is a free shopping cart that lets website owners accept payment and track sales through Google Analytics.
May 28, 2006View in Crawl 4
A company aiming to make money. Way to go Capt. Obvious.You know what the beauty of a capitalistic society is, in 5 years, there will be another group of people who will be challenging Google. And no, I am not waiting. I don't know about you but here in the States, you are innocent until proven guilty, not the other way around.Noone thinks Google is a charity. WTF are you talking about? I personally happen to like their products thank you very much. But I don't think they are a charity or are affiliated with one in any way.
Why does everything hjave to be a "killer"? Since when can markets sustain only one option? Google is NOT expecting to drive PayPal into bankruptcy anymore than they expect to be brought down to bankrupcty by any new internet ad company. They simply want to grab a share of profits too. The notion that Google will autoamtically grab a huge market share is just ridiculous. You guy have to realize that outside of your bubble, the rest of the world does not cream in their jeans over everything Google. In fact, a LOT of people do not trust them at all. But most simply don't think about them at all. To many people. Google is absolutely nothing but search. Most people do not have, nor want, Gmail. Most peopel use YouTube and not Google Video. And most people think that Google Maps/EArth is cute, but not a big deal.
Exactly, Paypal works against you. In my own experience, I lost $900 as a victim of fraud. And Paypal does everything in it's power to keep me from getting my money back. It's a long story, and I don't need to go into detail about that. But if Google came up with something, I'd like to see it.
Call me old fashioned, but I like to pay for my online purchases through the site itself, using their shopping cart, if possible. I suggest that people look at <a class="user" href="http://www.aspdotnetstorefront.com">http://www.aspdotnetstorefront.com</a> and stop giving a percentage to any other payment service.That adds up to about $0.02...
hchaudh1May 28, 2006
A company aiming to make money. Way to go Capt. Obvious.You know what the beauty of a capitalistic society is, in 5 years, there will be another group of people who will be challenging Google. And no, I am not waiting. I don't know about you but here in the States, you are innocent until proven guilty, not the other way around.Noone thinks Google is a charity. WTF are you talking about? I personally happen to like their products thank you very much. But I don't think they are a charity or are affiliated with one in any way.
Closed AccountMay 28, 2006
Why does everything hjave to be a "killer"? Since when can markets sustain only one option? Google is NOT expecting to drive PayPal into bankruptcy anymore than they expect to be brought down to bankrupcty by any new internet ad company. They simply want to grab a share of profits too. The notion that Google will autoamtically grab a huge market share is just ridiculous. You guy have to realize that outside of your bubble, the rest of the world does not cream in their jeans over everything Google. In fact, a LOT of people do not trust them at all. But most simply don't think about them at all. To many people. Google is absolutely nothing but search. Most people do not have, nor want, Gmail. Most peopel use YouTube and not Google Video. And most people think that Google Maps/EArth is cute, but not a big deal.
azermuffinMay 28, 2006
It's called PROFIT. Don't worry it's not a bad word.
danatkinsonMay 29, 2006
Interesting speculation with some good grounding!
mylkheadMay 29, 2006
Exactly, Paypal works against you. In my own experience, I lost $900 as a victim of fraud. And Paypal does everything in it's power to keep me from getting my money back. It's a long story, and I don't need to go into detail about that. But if Google came up with something, I'd like to see it.
johnnysoftwareMay 29, 2006
Yahoo actually made a ton of money by investing in Google.
xsoxMay 29, 2006
Love it!!! and about time
gaznetJun 29, 2006
Guys, i have just attempted to sign up...Just to let you know it's only avalible to the US.. oh well i can wait for UK..this is the seller signup page... <a class="user" href="https://checkout.google.com/sell/signup?entryPage=ac&currentPage=ac&lastPage=ac&agent=Merchant&">https://checkout.google.com/sell/signup?entryPage=ac&currentPage=ac&lastPage=ac&agent=Merchant&</a>
eshavmAug 13, 2008
Call me old fashioned, but I like to pay for my online purchases through the site itself, using their shopping cart, if possible. I suggest that people look at <a class="user" href="http://www.aspdotnetstorefront.com">http://www.aspdotnetstorefront.com</a> and stop giving a percentage to any other payment service.That adds up to about $0.02...
beebwareMar 11, 2009
I take it you've heard that Google have increased their fees to be the same as Paypal: <a class="user" href="http://blog.rac.me.uk/2009/03/11/google-checkout-same-fees-as-paypal-what-advantages/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.rac.me.uk/2009/03/11/google-checkout-s ...</a>