Google Checkout

Discussion in 'Payment Processing' started by giovanni, Jan 21, 2007.

  1. #1
    Anyone use it? Is it available for the UK?
     
    giovanni, Jan 21, 2007 IP
  2. Disguised

    Disguised Notable Member

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    IF you've checked some other threads :) the answer is "NO". Google checkout as far as I know is in beta and available to US citizen only. :rolleyes:
     
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  3. giovanni

    giovanni Peon

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    #3
    OK thankyou
     
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    tobycoke Well-Known Member

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    #4
    That would be US residents only. US citizens living in the UK with a UK address would not be allowed. :)
     
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    ablaye Well-Known Member

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    #5
    I use google checkout on my site but I am also living in the United States.
     
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  6. giovanni

    giovanni Peon

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    Oh, ok is it free? any good?
     
    giovanni, Jan 21, 2007 IP
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    tobycoke Well-Known Member

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    It's free. No fees until end of 2007. It does take almost a week before funds hit your bank account as Google holds them for 2-3 business days before initiating transfer. It's best for selling physical shipped goods but can be used for software... but you can't do automatic downloads after payment.
     
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  8. giovanni

    giovanni Peon

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    oh ok then so it has that disadvantage
     
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    Yes it is free and is quite good. I'm not in USA but I used one account ;)
     
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  10. giovanni

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    oh ok then so they will be taking fees next year, lol. Is it a beta?
     
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    Orien Active Member

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    I have an account, but haven't tried it out yet.
     
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    mixke Prominent Member

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    I guess they have now included more countries .. :) :)
     
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  13. giovanni

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    Any link for me?
     
    giovanni, Jan 21, 2007 IP
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    #14
    Google now charges for processing fees 2% + $0.20 per transaction. They also offer free transactions for ten times your monthly adwords advertising budget.

    I used it already, and find that its not a good alternative for PayPal or a merchant account. I preffer paypal because you can hold a balance in your account and transactions are instant. And I preffer merchant accounts because they offer you a virtual terminal to bill clients.

    As for an earlier statement in this thread that you cannot setup the system to automaticly give downloads after payment, this is inaccurate because Google does come with an API and you can create a script that would allow you to process a payment and send out download details.
     
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  15. giovanni

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    OK then, thanks.

    So it does charge fees...
     
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    mixke Prominent Member

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  17. tobycoke

    tobycoke Well-Known Member

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  18. giovanni

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    #18
    Oh, I thought it was too good to be true.
     
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    #19
    Google is in a BETA test with checkout, they have plans to expand eventually, I am sure UK will be one of the first places they will expand too.
     
    slava, Jan 21, 2007 IP
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    #20
    I agree. It should be available in UK soon.
     
    ReadyToGo, Jan 21, 2007 IP