Google Checkout
{{short description|2006–2013 online payment processing service by Google}}
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| discontinued = {{end date|2013|11|20}}
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Google Checkout was an online payment processing service provided by Google aimed at simplifying the process of paying for online purchases. The web checkout service was combined with the NFC mobile payments app launched in September of 2011 called Google Wallet under a platform brand of the same name. On November 20, 2013, the web checkout part of the service was fully retired.{{cite web|url=https://support.google.com/checkout/sell/answer/3080449|title=Retiring Google Checkout Announcement|publisher=Google Inc.|access-date=November 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625050321/https://support.google.com/checkout/sell/answer/3080449|archive-date=June 25, 2014|url-status=dead}}
Users would store their credit or debit card and shipping information in their Google account, so that they could purchase at participating stores by clicking an on-screen button. Google Checkout provided fraud protection and a unified page for tracking purchases and their status. It is a checkout process that people would integrate into their online shops so that customers can quickly buy things by providing a simple username and password. Then, they could charge the customer's credit card and process their order.{{Cite web |title=Introducing Google Checkout {{!}} Google Search Central Blog |url=https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2006/09/introducing-google-checkout |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Google for Developers |language=en}}
Merchant Referral Program
The Merchant Referral Program was a program where you could earn cash by referring your sellers to use Google Checkout. You would earn $25 for every merchant that processes at least 3 unique customer transactions and $500 in sales by using Checkout.
History
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Google Checkout service became available in the United States on June 28, 2006, and in the UK on April 13, 2007.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6549643.stm Google unveils UK payments system] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215103638/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6549643.stm |date=2009-02-15}} BBC News It 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|work=Google Checkout Blog|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224143633/http://checkout.google.com/seller/freetransactions.html|archive-date=February 24, 2009|url-status=dead}} From then until May 5, 2009 Google charged US merchants 2.0% plus $0.20 per transaction, and UK merchants 1.4% + £0.20. Google subsequently moved to a tiered cost structure, identical to that of PayPal.{{cite web|url=http://checkout.google.com/seller/fees.html|title=Google Checkout - Fees|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923200902/http://checkout.google.com/seller/fees.html|archive-date=2011-09-23|url-status=live}} From that date, Google also discontinued its offer whereby merchants who advertised with an AdWords account were not charged fees on monthly transactions totaling less than ten times their monthly AdWords expenditure.
Google Checkout used to have a program allowing US IRS Certified 501(c)3 Non-Profit organizations to collect donations online without being charged the standard fee (2.9% + $0.30 per transaction under $3,000 monthly income, with lower rates for larger volumes).
In 2006, eBay, which owned PayPal at the time, added Google Checkout to its banned payment methods list, forbidding the use of Google Checkout to pay for eBay transactions. As of June 2011, eBay forbids the use of any external checkout system to pay for eBay transactions.{{cite web|url=http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m07/i06/s02|title=eBay Bans Sellers from Using Google Checkout|publisher=AuctionBytes|first=Ina|last=Steiner|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604064716/http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m07/i06/s02|archive-date=2012-06-04}}{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/01/ebay-to-ban-google-checkout-in-june-2011-what-about-that-paypal-android-deal|title=eBay To Ban Outside Checkout Services By June 2011|date=1 September 2010|work=TechCrunch|access-date=13 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013041417/http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/01/ebay-to-ban-google-checkout-in-june-2011-what-about-that-paypal-android-deal/|archive-date=13 October 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-6091240-7.html|title=eBay bans Google Checkout|work=CNET|access-date=13 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915074217/http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-6091240-7.html|archive-date=15 September 2013|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-checkout-vs-ebay-pay-pal-where-is-the-competition/|title=Google Checkout vs. eBay Pay Pal: Where is the competition?|date=20 August 2006|work=ZDNet|access-date=13 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017162232/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/micro-markets/google-checkout-vs-ebay-pay-pal-where-is-the-competition/359|archive-date=17 October 2014|url-status=live}}
On November 20, 2013, Google Checkout was discontinued. The company offered a replacement solution for certain payments called Google Wallet.
Google Checkout remains available in the Wayback Machine.
Support
Google Checkout supported customers through multiple channels such as a Help Center, Help Forums, and email support. Google Checkout Buyers could find help at Google Checkout Buyer Help Center[https://support.google.com/checkout/?hl=en Google Checkout Buyer Help Center] and Merchants could find help at Google Checkout Merchant Help Center[https://support.google.com/checkout/sell/?hl=en Google Checkout Merchant Help Center] and Google Checkout Merchant forum.{{cite web|url=https://checkout.google.com/seller/npo |title=Google Checkout for Non-Profits |access-date=2009-05-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406123035/http://checkout.google.com/seller/npo/ |archive-date=April 6, 2009 }} This was subsequently only available for Google Grants recipients, and only through March 31, 2012.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060702090225/http://code.google.com/apis/checkout/ Google Checkout API]
- [http://googlecheckout.blogspot.com The Official Google Checkout Blog]
- [http://www.facebook.com/googlecheckout Google Checkout's page on Facebook]
- [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]
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