Google checkout comes to the UK

[BridalStudio]

Seems interesting...I haven't checked this out yet, still jetlagged...Does anyone know if it has a facitilty where you can place a shopping basket on your own website for payments?

[lofty100e]

I had a quick browse of the Terms &Condition. The thing that leapt out at me was if you have a decision made against you you will have to refund and have a £7 fine.

[gxjenkins]

Google Checkout is not charging a fee to process payments for the rest of this year.
Check the forums, they were having problems with Payout to sellers, but I'm sure they fixed alot of those issues.

[*artsbanquet*]

I will probably sign up anything that doesn't put money in the ebay coffers has to be worth doing! I think Google Checkout will probably gain greater acceptance than Nochex or others as it's a name well known to people. I think it depends if we push it or not. I hope the guys add it as an option as soon as possible.

Isn't it already an option on Ebid? OR maybe you can tick it as a payment option, but it's not integrated in checkout.

[Fossy]

Seems interesting...I haven't checked this out yet, still jetlagged...Does anyone know if it has a facitilty where you can place a shopping basket on your own website for payments?

I checked it out and signed up this morning. They do a BUY IT NOW button for websites, if you only want to sell 1 item at a time, but not a shopping trolley unless you already have one that can be integrated into their system. There are plenty around but I think you have to pay for them. I use a shopping trolley on my website, but unfortunately it is Paypal and I dont think they would like me to integrate that into Google. Hopefully they will provide their own system later down the line.

I have already ticked the Google Checkout option on one of my auctions so it will be interesting to see how it works. That is assuming there is a buyer out there who 1. wants to actually BUY something from me and 2. is willing to give it a go instead Paypal.

[kengillam]

fossy7 you need to look at your listings coz they don't fit the page

[Fossy]

Thanks for that Ken, I thought I had changed them all to fit the new size window.

[Windrush]

Google Checkout have made a lot of progress in the US and of course the brand name is well known and has a good reputation. So there seems no reason why it shouldn't be successful in the UK. Ebay are banning it of course but like Ken says, I doubt whether they will be able to continue to get away with that. I think it will be easier to shift people away from PayPal to Google Checkout than to Nochex or the more obscure alternatives (which imho includes PPPay.com)

[bittymatriarch]

Isn't it already an option on Ebid? OR maybe you can tick it as a payment option, but it's not integrated in checkout.

Well, if it's ticked as a payment option, I thought it was integrated into checkout! It is on TazBar.

ANYTHING that thumps PayPoo out of existence has my backing.

[damian_steele]

Well, if it's ticked as a payment option, I thought it was integrated into checkout!

Google s payment system can be listed among the payment methods you accept. There is no automatic checkout using this method though. Only PayPal and PPPay have automatic checkouts attached to them from eBid.
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