Google Payment Service: Gbuy

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  1. ghettolt

    ghettolt Well-Known Member

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    http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB113....html?mod=blogs

    Very curious to know what people think and if they are willing to try the new service when it becomes available.

    If the link is removed (not sure if it is allowed here, I join many forums and they all have different rules. :s) please read brief summary below:

    PayPal must now contend with Google. The Mountain View, Calif., Web-search giant, which has terrified Silicon Valley with its ability to quickly create new consumer products and services, is developing a rival service called GBuy. For the last nine months, Google has recruited online retailers to test GBuy, according to one person briefed on the service. GBuy will feature an icon posted alongside the paid-search ads of merchants, which Google hopes will tempt consumers to click on the ads, says this person. GBuy will also let consumers store their credit-card information on Google.

    Google said that it has acknowledged publicly on many occasions that it is working on payment products. The company also said it already processes online payments for ad services, as well as fees from consumers who use features such as Google Store and Google Earth. It declined to comment on any pending products.
     
  2. BRAN

    BRAN Well-Known Member

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    Google is ridiculus!
    Don't they have an ebay sort of thing too?
     
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    beware for google is taking over the world!!!!
     
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    yeah google's into everything..... probably good too have some competition for paypal though... will be interesting when it comes out.
     
  5. ghettolt

    ghettolt Well-Known Member

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    I doubt people will switch though, unless they have less fees or some sort of way to attract people.
     
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    sounds alright ye .... i always thought paypal was a pain anyway , alot of problems with actually gettin it set up ..
     

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