Comments on: Google Checkout Adds Subscriptions http://paymentsviews.com/2009/03/20/google-checkout-subscriptions/ Views and Opinions about the World of Payments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:51:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marco http://paymentsviews.com/2009/03/20/google-checkout-subscriptions/comment-page-1/#comment-3849 Marco Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:57:54 +0000 http://paymentsviews.com/?p=1308#comment-3849 Anybody knows if Google offers now "subscription payments services" on its google check out? Anybody knows if Google offers now “subscription payments services” on its google check out?

]]> By: Edward Snook http://paymentsviews.com/2009/03/20/google-checkout-subscriptions/comment-page-1/#comment-390 Edward Snook Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:15:52 +0000 http://paymentsviews.com/?p=1308#comment-390 I am in the exact same boat as Robert. I manage a humane society's website and my executive director has directed me to start a monthly giving program. I have been waiting a long time for Google to start offering this service and am so happy but was once again befuddled and bewildered with the fact that wading through a bunch of API and xml gobbily guck is required. I could spend a lot of time on it and perhaps piece my way through but why can't Google create a user-friendly interface like their other Checkout features? It's not cutting edge technology here. I am in the exact same boat as Robert. I manage a humane society’s website and my executive director has directed me to start a monthly giving program. I have been waiting a long time for Google to start offering this service and am so happy but was once again befuddled and bewildered with the fact that wading through a bunch of API and xml gobbily guck is required. I could spend a lot of time on it and perhaps piece my way through but why can’t Google create a user-friendly interface like their other Checkout features? It’s not cutting edge technology here.

]]> By: Robert Brady http://paymentsviews.com/2009/03/20/google-checkout-subscriptions/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Robert Brady Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:55:21 +0000 http://paymentsviews.com/?p=1308#comment-248 I currently use a simple html form for taking charitable donations online for my charity group. What do I do for simple implementation (convert the XML to standard HTML) to allow the subscription based transaction. <a href="http://www.graceresources.org/index.asp?lg=1&w=donate" rel="nofollow">GraceResources.org/Donations</a> If someone can email me the code, that would greatly appreciated. robert.brady AT graceresources.org I currently use a simple html form for taking charitable donations online for my charity group. What do I do for simple implementation (convert the XML to standard HTML) to allow the subscription based transaction.

GraceResources.org/Donations

If someone can email me the code, that would greatly appreciated. robert.brady AT graceresources.org

]]> By: Tom Cannon http://paymentsviews.com/2009/03/20/google-checkout-subscriptions/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Tom Cannon Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:38:11 +0000 http://paymentsviews.com/?p=1308#comment-243 this could be a tremendously successful service if policed properly and I have every reason to be impressed with Google People as high standards and ethics. I know that major card issuers are plagued with false fraud under auspices of "for your convenience we have charged your new year (usually % increase --conveniently) to cardholders and the first the cardholder knows of it, is if they happen to catch in on their statement. I believe the practice as I described is borderline criminal and definitely wrong costing Card Issuers a pile of money processing charge backs and inquiries. I can also envision many expansion plays for Google. Great move and my congratulations for a Solid Addition to Google Checkout. this could be a tremendously successful service if policed properly and I have every reason to be impressed with Google People as high standards and ethics. I know that major card issuers are plagued with false fraud under auspices of “for your convenience we have charged your new year (usually % increase –conveniently) to cardholders and the first the cardholder knows of it, is if they happen to catch in on their statement. I believe the practice as I described is borderline criminal and definitely wrong costing Card Issuers a pile of money processing charge backs and inquiries. I can also envision many expansion plays for Google. Great move and my congratulations for a Solid Addition to Google Checkout.

]]> By: Steve Klebe http://paymentsviews.com/2009/03/20/google-checkout-subscriptions/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Steve Klebe Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:34:54 +0000 http://paymentsviews.com/?p=1308#comment-235 It does appear on the surface that this feature would be good for small merchants if their shopping cart/ecommerce system does not have its own method. Of course, it puts a lot of extra steps and messaging in between the consumer and the merchant. And presuming only a small percentage of any merchant's customers have their Google check-out wallet set up, that means yet another step to set that up first. For the merchant, it means their customer service people have to manage a different set of procedures for each of the e-wallets they choose to support. Is the consumer going to remember, 6 months down the line, that if they want to cancel they should go to their Google wallet rather than to the merchant? Will this ever come out of Beta, or be like G-mail, in Beta for its entire life? :-) It does appear on the surface that this feature would be good for small merchants if their shopping cart/ecommerce system does not have its own method. Of course, it puts a lot of extra steps and messaging in between the consumer and the merchant. And presuming only a small percentage of any merchant’s customers have their Google check-out wallet set up, that means yet another step to set that up first. For the merchant, it means their customer service people have to manage a different set of procedures for each of the e-wallets they choose to support. Is the consumer going to remember, 6 months down the line, that if they want to cancel they should go to their Google wallet rather than to the merchant? Will this ever come out of Beta, or be like G-mail, in Beta for its entire life? :-)

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