- Google Checkout
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name = Google Checkout
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developer =Google
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website = https://checkout.google.comGoogle Checkout is an online payment processing service provided by
Google aimed at simplifying the process of paying for online purchases. Users store their credit or debit card and shipping information in their Google Account, so that they can purchase at participating stores at the click of a button. Google Checkout also offers fraud protection, as well a unified page for tracking purchases and their status.Google Checkout was free for merchants until
February 1 ,2008 [cite web | url = https://checkout.google.com/seller/freetransactions.html | title = No Processing fees until February 1, 2008 | accessdate = | work = Google Checkout Blog ] . Since that date Google charges merchants 2.0% plus $0.20 per transaction (1.5% + £0.15 for UK merchants) [cite web | url = http://checkout.google.com/support/sell/bin/answer.py?answer=30724&topic=8665 | title = How much does it cost to process transactions through Google Checkout? | accessdate = | work = Google Checkout Help & FAQ ] . Also since this date, merchants who advertise with anAdWords account will not be charged fees on monthly transactions totaling less than ten times their monthly AdWords expenditure.Prior to launch there had been early speculation that Google was building a product to compete with
PayPal . However, the scope of Google Checkout is focused on enabling one-time payments to be made from a purchaser to a merchant. Unlike PayPal, Google Checkout does not permit the use of stored funds, nor allows payments from person to person.eBay (which ownsPayPal ) caused some controversy when it added Google Checkout to its banned payment methods list, thus preventing eBay users from using Google Checkout. [cite web | url = http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m07/i06/s02 | title = eBay Bans Sellers from Using Google Checkout | accessdate = | last = Steiner | first = Ina | date = | publisher = AuctionBytes ]Google Checkout service was first made available in the United States on
June 28 ,2006 . The service later became available in the UK onApril 13 ,2007 . [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/.stm Google unveils UK payments system] BBC News]External links
* [https://checkout.google.com/ Google Checkout]
* [http://code.google.com/apis/checkout/ Google Checkout API]
* [http://googlecheckout.blogspot.com/ The Official Google Checkout Blog]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5128126.stm Google launches payment service]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6549643.stm Google unveils UK payments system]References
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