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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21GTd83c2d was my password. now i have to spend the rest of the day changing them
- goggleBOX, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Just make passwords like this: The dog ate three cookies today = Td83c2d
- JakeMcMahon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15http://youtube.com/watch?v=AKUQ1K0--bU
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what? I had a spare five minutes... - wilf_brim, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17Pretty cute little video, especially the part when the cute little cart turns into a vicious dog to scare away fraud.
I'd think about using this new service, but I like to keep my gmail password something I can remember while keeping financial stuff completely random and strong.
Nonetheless, seems like a decent idea; especially keeping your cc away from some merchants you have doubts about. But give it to Google, thats ok. - theone3, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17If they really want this to go viral, they should put it on youtube :).
- rocke86, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Selling with Google Checkout - An Overview
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4961155419919112832 - goggleBOX, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12Funny... I was expecting a youTube video then realized a google video is perhaps more appropriate
- JakeMcMahon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Christ. Why don't people learn. Putting a 'sig' in a digg comment will get your modded down. You don't need to put your name. And especially don't put your website address. It looks like spam.
- pianomahnn, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9It's not that difficult to create a strong password that you can always remember the same as a simple one for gmail. Combinations of letters, numbers, and misc. characters when typed a few times can be remembered about as easily as something less secure. That is, of course, my experience with it.
- pianomahnn, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10I'm certainly more inclied to utilize this service than others currently out there. Simply put, I've been amazed at (almost) every service/feature/application that google has released. And something of this magnitude I am assuming will be implemented very well...
- djg38, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Same as chargebacks affect people that accept money through PayPal, which doesn't share any portion of the customer's credit card number. When someone charges back a PayPal payment, PayPal takes the money back from the merchant the payment was for. If PayPal successfully disputes the chargeback and gets the money back, they give it back to the merchant as well.
- mobilehavoc, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Bye bye PayPal...
- kingace, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6If it's not google having access to your information, it's someone else. I trust Google more than I trust some no-name, small alternative.
- phoenixp3k, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Well, as the video said... you buy easily using a Google account, so you know the website you're dealing with is safe and you don't need to fill in all the account information everytime. They also mention not sharing credit card info with merchants, meaning Google Checkout might work as a "secure" middle-man for the transaction. Now it as not been mentionned yet if they'll have money transfer of any kind. So right now it's buying with a credit card.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I use recurring subscription payments that so far only PayPal jas only been able to offer. Bring me this Google and I'm in. Tired of using PayPal.
- dmron, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5No, it's not like paypal at all. This is basically the same as using a credit card on any web site that accepts this new payment method. I guess paypal can be used liek that too but you rarely see it. Paypal is used much more for auctions or to just transfer money from one person to another. I think it looks pretty sweet, and it's completely free for both buyers and sellers. (assuming the buyers spend money on adwords)
- kingace, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Why would there be ajax functionality? Google Checkout is simply a way for people to save their CC information to their google account and later use it to process online purchases. The only front-end functionality that Google provides is the "checkout" button, and that's up to 3rd party online-store owners to implement.
- Kypt, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Well there was that taxi service where you got to see where cabs where at anytime...not very useful lol, but yah, this one seems like it might be pretty good. Don't see it getting accepted on eBay anythime soon though, Paypal is owned by ebay (last i heard) so i'm pretty sure they want to use their own service for fear of death.
- narduk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Google checkout is amazing. Here come the NSF's...so much easier than paypal.
- shoover, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I trust google a hellovalot more than I trust the waiter at Denny's.
This is more secure because now we stop having to give our info out to 50 different vendors. I only have to trust one. - Rabid_Llama, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3What the hell are you talking about?
- Ireland, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Don't be evil.
- nate8, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2is it just me, or does the "Anti-Fraud" cart look like Trogdor?
- dextroz, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6are you kidding me!? any store which does not sign up will almost be killing themselves! especially the small no-name depots. this offers them incredible confidence to place towards their customers.
- suprfli, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Maybe I missed it in the comments but isn't this the same exact thing as the Yahoo wallet?
I do the same thing when I purchase from a Yahoo Store affiliate. I have my info in my Yahooo account, I sign in to confirm it's me and the shipping info and everything is correct and then press purchase. It's really simple. Looks EXACTLY the same as this. - kalleanka, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2So does anyone know about any site that uses Google checkout? I have never seen it but would happy to see it in action on some site.
- acurism, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2for now...Im sure it won't be long before it is implemented throughout the world
It is a lot easier to rollout a new service to one country then to roll it out to everyone at once. It will cut down on the issues they have at first lauch as well... - FlyboyP, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Google eBay = Google Base + Google Checkout
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Sellers are only US. :(
- Nocturnal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Why? I don't plan on using Google Checkout. I still plan on utilizing Paypal and I'm sure there are others out there who will do the same. I'm not saying I won't try Google Checkout eventually but in the mean time, you still cannot beat Paypal for fast transactions and the wide acceptance of sellers on eBay.
- jefferson, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Well using this for ebay might be a bit difficult. It says you can simply cut and paste an HTML snippet to insert Buy Now buttons into your site. You can use HTML in your ebay listings so you could patch a button in there but integrating this into ebay would be impossible, not to mention ebay will more then likely kill any auction with any type of offer to use google checkout.
- Nocturnal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well the thing is, I would have LOVED if Google would have moved in into the exact niche or market that Paypal has right now, and that is sending money to ANYONE not only to merchants. It doesn't seem that Google Checkout will be doing this so in so, IMHO I don't think they're actually competing for that particular niche market that I mentioned earlier. Maybe in the future they will indeed move to payments to anyone and not only merchants. Only time will tell I guess.
- shanediesel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Trippy ass video.
- wilf_brim, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2If you give a small incentive to your customers to use Google Checkout (share your savings with them) I think that they will gladly switch. Google is a trusted (more or less) name, and the service is free, so there is no particular reason NOT to use the service. If you, as a merchant, give them some reason to use the service (freebie at checkout, small discount on orders) they will use it.
- thegreyfox, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Yeah there is that ebay thing for paypal....
Well that is, until google comes up with its own ebay... - jurand, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It sure does.
- Raldikuk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1As an FYI most internet merchants cannot see your credit card number. If their sales are processed through a gateway such as authorize.net the only thing that appears is your address information and the last four digits of the credit card.
- spacebar14, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Why don't online websites like this make online debit available? Seriously, here in Canada, 90% of things we buy are on our debit cards! www.interaconline.com
It's not hard to implment, and that would expand the markets to people without credit cards, and under 18. - tycurtis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No, you're right. Google base + Google checkout = google ebay. You can sell your own items on there. However, you can't sell them as an auction, just at a constant price.
- dmron, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Wrong. This won't work with auctions or to transfer money from one person to another. It is strictly for online shopping and merchant sales.
- katoved, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think this will seriously hurt paypal's development onto the web. I just integrated paypal checkout into one of my websites to see how it works out.
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I think that paypal.com will have trouble competing with the service charges that google can charge. Furthermore, ebay is quickly losing its value. The people who once sold on eBay, are now selling on their own websites. Creating websites are easier and the learning curve is catching up. The future of the web doesnt rest with eBay, it rests with the web itself, and Google is/will be the "web." - Eraser, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I agree entirely MoCo, that is an important feature that is missing from Google Checkout. Although Google will be successful in marketing its "secure middleman" service, and probably will begin to compete with Paypal, until they start allowing recurring subscription payments, they will never kill Paypal. Sadly, according to Google's own FAQ - in the section about restricted products - subscriptions are considered a restricted product and I doubt Google will start to allow them in the near future.
- glumbert, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1My bet is that this will be a huge cash cow for google since they are now set to become a bank. Although I think PayPal blows, I am still interested to see what unique advantages that google has in terms of some type of innovative new way to do this. Isn't that one-click checkout thing patented by amazon? This seems quite similar ;-). Hopefully google will not run into the same problems that Microsoft did with Passport since this seems to be where they are going -- people start getting really suspicious when the same company is following them around to different websites they go to and collecting too much information (Passport, doubleclick, etc.).
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1notice how the shopping cart was never able to catch the "fraud"
- bigandy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Didn't Microsoft try this before?
- mabufo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Honestly, the only thing I ever use google for is to search. That's all I need - and frankly all this other stuff they have, to me, is an annoyance. Especially when I see every little thing they do on digg. I think the bandwagon is full guys...
- dodgingcars, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Maybe I'm missing something, but it looks a lot like Yahoo Wallet, which has been out for years.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -11/+11I just like if you look in the upper right hand corner under the browse category, you will see the video under the category "whore". Take a look for yourself!! http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=label:whore
- stlloftstyle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0The Ebay developers now have to write a script to block the Google Checkout buttons from being installed in their auctions. Google says they are not competing but I think Ebay could be toast unless they patch this hole.
- Subcranium, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I find this very scary. They've got gmail, with millions of peoples' emails on their servers. Now they have your financial information. The more they have, the bigger the target. If you hack google, you can become someone else. Lots of someone elses.
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