Re:Google Checkout will be retired, transition to Google Wallet
by ryguytilidie on Monday May 20, 2013 @08:40PM
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As someone who used to recruit for Google, and watched the team recruit THOUSANDS of developers only to discontinue product after product, wtf are these guys all doing?
Re:Google Checkout will be retired, transition to Google Wallet
by gcb0 on Monday May 20, 2013 @09:41PM
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what do you mean "could replace paypal"?
I use google checkout for pretty much everything I can't buy at amazon. It's accepted at lots and lots of places. and usually it's my deciding factor when selecting for two stores.
I don't use paypal because their system sucks if you have international credit cards and because of the lack of moral grounds they showed. never missed it (but then, i don't send money to random people, just merchants)
edit: well, used.
Re:Google Checkout will be retired, transition to Google Wallet
by gareim on Monday May 20, 2013 @09:51PM
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He means it in the sense that most people stick to PayPal and your story is nothing but a blip. Google never gave enough incentive for most people to leave PayPal for Checkout. I doubt the majority of my PayPal using friends have ever heard of Checkout, let alone used it.
Re:Google Checkout will be retired, transition to Google Wallet
by gcb0 on Monday May 20, 2013 @10:52PM
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i don't think checkout can even be used to exchange money. only pay for stuff... but good point.
Re:Google Checkout will be retired, transition to Google Wallet
by whatusername on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @06:51AM
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As a merchant who doesn't live in the US -- I don't think I can sell anything but Android apps with Google Checkout.
Paypal still wants my business.
Re:Google Checkout will be retired, transition to Google Wallet
by coldtea on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @09:40AM
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>what do you mean "could replace paypal"? I use google checkout for pretty much everything I can't buy at amazon. It's accepted at lots and lots of places. and usually it's my deciding factor when selecting for two stores.
He means you're an outlier, checkout wasn't going anywhere and nobody used it, and it wasn't even international (as PayPal is).
And it turned out to be huge mistake for them because they could've really used Checkout accounts from day one of Android, to get people to pay for Android apps. I still believe this has been one of the biggest obstacles on Android, because you need Google Wallet (which is brand new service, I guess) account to pay for apps, and obviously the vast majority of people didn't have one, and didn't bother to make one either, and they'd rather look for the free alternative of the app.
It's been getting a bit better since Android 4.0, since they are asking everyone to make an account at the set-up, but they are still behind, and it could've been much better early on if Checkout was popular.