Comments on: Google Checkout to increases its fees

By: T0711

T0711 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:18:12 +0000

lol i just joined google checkout today, i have to wait 3 days for bank authorisation, but i thought b4 when i checked a year ago that google was cheap, but then i checked their rate and wow they are expensive, i never thought google would be so stupid, i have been using NOCHEX for over a year now and they only charge 2.9% atr the lowest level which in my mind is a lot better, at least it gives the small businesses a chance in this over competitive market, the big players have many more advantages already and can afford to pay high commision. Anyway Nochex does have a setup fee of £50 but they seem very pro, at what they do, you will have your own account manager with a direct number which is very important, also if you talk to your account manager and ask them to reduce the commision they will.

I was going to offer google with paypal and nochex for credit cards, but i think google is being too greedy again, so never mind ill give it a miss

By: jeremy

jeremy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:00:13 +0000

I find it disgusting that Google, a multi-billion dollar company would nickle and dime their most loyal customers (merchants) in such a hard recesion like this.

I am slowly losing my loyal fan base to them. Not only did they increase fees but they got rid of the ability to link your adwords account with the checkout account, which gives a ratio of free credit card processing to the amount you spend on marketing.

Google should be ashamed and they are going to be seen as greedy as Paypal if they keep this up.

By: Scott Kane

Scott Kane — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:01:27 +0000

+1 to your paraphrase.

You’d be surprised what’s not available in Australia that the northern hemisphere takes for granted (water apparently ). Serioulsy. There’s no amazon.com.au, we have to ship it in from the US via Hong Kong, the Phillipines and occassionaly a date stamp on the envelope showing Saturn.

I do appreciate your situation though, have you considered handling some of the stuff like consulting via your own merchant account?

By: mike

mike — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:53:29 +0000

FastSpring are excellent and yes, they are expensive too. Not all my software suits a FastSpring model of selling, bearing in mind that my company is a hybrid products/services/consultancy business and I’m only just dipping my toes into the completely-automated-software-vending-machine model

I didn’t realise Google Checkout wasn’t available in Aus! But for us businesses in the UK that use Google Checkout it is an uncomfortable hit especially in the current economic conditions.

To paraphrase the great Charles Darwin, to whom I owe my company logo: The environment is changing and those entities who do things slightly differently to fit the environment survive and go on to make more software

By: Scott Kane

Scott Kane — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:39:49 +0000

It won’t affect me in terms of selling. Mostly because Google’s Checkout service doesn’t believe there are any people in Australia so none of us use it.

However I can see your pain here, and you have my sympathy. Personally I prefer FastSpring: http://www.fastspring.com Not the cheapest to be sure, but reliable and predictable, something I’ve come to value highly in the last two decades online.

By: Richy C.

Richy C. — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:22:13 +0000

I know I've just about finished a 3 month switch over to a new shopping cart system which supports Google Checkout: so to find (within a week of being reayd to launch) that the fees are going to be the same as Paypal... I am wondering why I should bother with Checkout after this fee increase!