Google Checkout

When start-up businesses make the move online, they often struggle to get a secure and decent checkout system in operation. Well, not any more! Google Checkout is an online payment service that allows users to pay for goods with their debit or credit card. To a buyer, it looks and functions the same as most online checkouts, but the beauty for the seller is that they can implement it into their site and have the good name of Google, as well as their security behind them. I first used this checkout system when buying from approvedfoods.co.uk. I have to say I was a bit wary to sign up to an uknown system, but the good name of Google won me over, and there's ...  Read the complete review

I made an order via google checkout in January and have still (over 3 months later) only received half of my items. I tried contacting the company several times, but had no response. I have informed google checkout of my problems and they claimed to have contacted them on my behalf and received no response. They offered to do no more. All they could suggest was that I went through my credit card company to recover the funds. Sadly, though I usually will only make online purchases using a credit card, on this occasion I used a debit card, erroneously believing that there would be extra security afforded by paying via a company with the size and reputation ...  Read the complete review

What is Google Checkout Simply, Google Checkout is a means of paying for online purchases. It has until recently been largely unknown due to Paypal's stranglehold on online payment provision. This prompts the question. If we already have Paypal, why use Google Checkout? Well for a start, consumers should always ensure they have choice, and sometimes that means giving support to a spread of company's or products, otherwise you end up with a near monpoly situation, which is never good for consumers as it takes away choice - when consumers have choice, they have a certain degree of power. So, in this case there is nothing to stop ...  Read the complete review