Google Checkout Now Free

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006 by Andy Beal

According to the Google Checkout site…

From November 8 through December 31, 2006, we’ll process all of your Checkout transactions for free, even if you aren’t an AdWords advertiser. If you’re already an AdWords advertiser, we’ll process your Checkout transactions for free regardless of what you spend on AdWords.*
Valid Checkout orders you receive during the promotion will automatically qualify.
There’s no limit: we’re processing all of your Checkout sales for free.
You can take full advantage of this promotion by encouraging your buyers to use Google Checkout on your site.

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Who’s Your Gorilla, Baby? « Converged Thoughts Says:

November 13th, 2006 at 1:16 am

[...] Just caught up on my reading and saw that Google is giving free Checkout processing through the end of the year. Given PayPal’s penetration, I find it interesting that this is yet another part of the industry that Google can’t just become #1 because they’re currently #1 in search. I wonder if this is to be Google’s pattern? [...]

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