Posts Tagged ‘Google Checkout’

Recurring problems with Google Checkout

An important feature in Google Checkout has now been unavailable for almost a month, and some merchants are getting fed up with Google’s automated approach to their concerns.

Google’s ability to handle recurring payments, such as monthly subscriptions to a service that are automatically billed once a month, has been impaired since around the middle of August with little notice by the outside world. A customer first reported the issue in a Google Checkout forum in August, and others, such as Katie Braband, sales director at storage company Datto, are still unable to rely on Google to process anything other than one-time payments.

Braband went into Datto’s offices on September 2 to a nightmare for any small business owner: the monthly revenue from subscriptions to Datto’s off-site data backup services did not arrive as scheduled in its Google Checkout merchant account. Making matters worse, there was no way to contact a live human being at Google directly; Datto was directed to an online forum and support page where they received this response: “Our engineering team is working to resolve this as quickly as possible, though I’m not able to provide a specific timeline at the moment.”

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10348805-265.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Some 400+ Google Checkout stores offer discounts for back-to-school shopping

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Another school year is just around the corner, and Google Checkout is here to help you save time and money on all of your back-to-school shopping.

Over 400 Checkout stores are now offering exclusive discounts of $5, $10, or $20 on purchases made through September 1st. You can get a head start on your shopping by checking out our product gadget that features school gear from participating stores.

After you’ve stocked up on your back-to-school essentials, Google Checkout can also help you shop smarter all year long with one secure login for thousands of stores across the web.

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