Comments on: Is Google Losing Money With Checkout?

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 05:44:22 +0000

I think Checkout is one of those things that just needs to be out there longer. The more people that use it the more that will likely want to use it. As a merchant the discount on AdWords is a big selling point, though losing out on potential customer information is a knock against the system. Of course being able to hold back the info is going to be a selling point to users.

I wonder if in time Google will add the ability to transfer funds between those who have signed up for Checkout. It’s a big plus for PayPal.

I’m sure there’s room for both of them and I won’t be surprised to see more and more sites having both as options for payment.

By: Yuri

Yuri — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 08:45:49 +0000

Grappling with eBay will increase tension between them, while Google may watn to partner with eBay (or it already has in other fields) in the future.

I certainly see Google developing a good payment system, when it goes worldwide.

By: Matt Johnson

Matt Johnson — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:09:57 +0000

I wonder if eBay not allow google checkout as a payment method was a big blow to google checkout or if google had considered that eBay may have done that. Either way, eBay not allowing it must have taken away a huge chunk of googles earning potential.

I’m surprised google havn’t filed some kind of anti-competition suite against eBay.

It would be nice to see google offer some kind of “free advertising” to mercants using google checkout as the payment method.