Comments on: Amazon vs. Paypal vs. Google Checkout

By: cajundave

cajundave — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:29:47 +0000

Just tried GOOGLECHECKOUT - what a disaster - didn’t help that I had attempted to buy something from buy.com, who said the item was in stock. Placed an order, and although I was unaware of what was happening, it went through Googlecheckout - no problem, I figured. However - after 2 days of waiting for shipment info, I started checking what was happening. Turns out that the item was out of stock and buy.com had no idea when it would be available (they are apparently famous for this sort of thing - advertising that something is in stock when it isn’t). Problem was, GoogleCheckout had already charged my credit card. Canceling the order was not straight forward, but I finally got it straight. I doubt that I would have been notified that shipment was delayed. This particular item appears to be backlogged for over a month on Amazon. I’d have been out the $$$ for at least a month or more. Never again will I use Google Checkout.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:07:39 +0000

Moneybookers is best!!

By: Sidney

Sidney — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:28:52 +0000

I tend to echo Dave’s comment above. This stuff about the infrastructure, particularly from the standpoint of the consumer, is largely a distinction without a difference. That being said, I think these services (particularly Amazon) will be making inroads into this market using something woefully lacking at PayPal: customer service. I’ve personally been very impressed with the Amazon Web Services team’s responsiveness and level of interest in our development efforts. Within 48 hours of announcing AcuInvoice’s support for Amazon FPS, I received an email from the Business Development Manager at Amazon Web Services asking to see a demo of what we had done. You’ll not see this sort of thing from PayPal, and over the long haul it has the potential to pay off big. They’ve also got a pretty robust developers forum, which has been helpful. We’re fans.

By: Visual Schemas For Amazon FPS & PayPal « Visual Schema

Visual Schemas For Amazon FPS & PayPal « Visual Schema — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:53:20 +0000

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By: trademark registration

trademark registration — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:08:58 +0000

I personally like Paypal the best because it seems to be the most applicable of the 3 of them when it comes to purchases online. It’s almost a standard.

By: Can Amazon Make Startupping A Science? « GigaOM

Can Amazon Make Startupping A Science? « GigaOM — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:58:17 +0000

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By: Neosophic: New Wisdom » Blog Archive » Amazon Payments = The Macro Micro

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:04:24 +0000

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By: Morning Brew #56

Morning Brew #56 — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:03:57 +0000

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By: Da Godfather

Da Godfather — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:21:44 +0000

Om,

I tried Google checkout as a layman buying stuff on buy.com. Other than giving me $20 off my first purchase (which was the reason I tried it in the first place), Google checkout didn't seem to offer me any reason to use it again.

As an online shopper, I don't see what Google checkout gives that Paypal doesn't.

And I'm reserving judgement on Amazon - hopefully it won't be a science project with little benefit to consumers - not that choice is a bad thing!

By: TechCrunch en français » Amazon lance son service de paiements

TechCrunch en français » Amazon lance son service de paiements — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:31:48 +0000

[...] prévu, Amazon a lancé un nouveau service de paiements appellé Amazon Flexible Payments Service, ou FPS. Il rivalisera [...]

By: Rashid

Rashid — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:20:52 +0000

I use Google Checkout for the sale of advertising space on my website. It has done amazing things for me, I have been able to integrate the store into my advertising page. It’s quick, easy, and secure. I would recommend it to anyone interested monetizing their blog.

By: shekyboy

shekyboy — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:48:51 +0000

I seriously don’t believe its a battle with Paypal or checkout. Its simply an addition to Amazon’s already successful Web services offering. I appreciate their commitment to the developer community.

Here are some thoughts which can take this further.

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By: David Watts

David Watts — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:57:14 +0000

I wonder where this meme came from that PayPal is a payment service but Google Checkout and now Amazon are just “using the credit card infrastructure to enable payments.” This is a distinction without a difference. If you are handling the money from transactions, you are a payment service. The companies that just help merchants connect to the card infrastructure, without handling the money, are gateways like CyberSource and Authorize.net (soon to merge). GC and Amazon are not gateways (not to mention that Amazon will allow bank funding as well as credit cards).

By: The FilipinoDutyFree.Com Blog » Amazon's FPS (Flexible Payments Service) Launches Today

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 01:13:03 +0000

[...] launched a new payments web service today called Amazon Flexible Payments Service , or FPS. It will compete [...]

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:55:26 +0000

This is great news…

By: David S. Evans

David S. Evans — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:52:52 +0000

Google Checkout is a significant threat to PayPal and Amazon’s new venture because it doesn’t have to rely on transaction fees to make its continued investment worthwhile. My guess is that Google ultimately wants to capture the transaction information to increase the accuracy and value of search and advertising placement. Schmalensee and I call platforms that have different revenue sources “intersecting catalyst” (see (link) )–which is what these payment players are.