Google Checkout plugin?

Discussion in 'Payments processing' started by skippybosco, Jun 29, 2006.

  1. skippybosco

    skippybosco Guest

    Google Checkout is live now:

    http://checkout.google.com

    Any plans in the near future for a payments processor plugin for Amember?

    Frank
  2. Tate

    Tate New Member

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    finally an alternate to PayPal! looking forward to this integration
  3. alex

    alex aMember Pro Customer Staff Member

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    To be honest, I don't understand this enthusiasm regarding GC. It is actually NOT an alternative for PayPal and it is something too limited to be useful..

    Have your read this?
    https://checkout.google.com/seller/content_policies.html
    specially these lines:
    - Adult goods and services
    - Financial products, services, and stored value
    - Subscriptions !!!!! NOT ALLOWED AT ALL?!
    Additionally, it does not accept countries other than United States.

    I believe it won't be useful for 90% of our clients. For other 10%, we will start integration on this week :)
  4. skippybosco

    skippybosco Guest

    Count me in for the 10% that it works out well for.

    For those that are not familar with it, and do not fit into the categories that Alex mentions, consider the fact that for every $1 you spend in Ad Words you get 3x that back in processing fees.

    So if you spend $100 / mo on advertising through Google Ads you get $300 free processing..

    Nice!
  5. ryansaw

    ryansaw New Member

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    I think this will be a great addition. 97% OF all my orders are from the US and very few are subscription based.
  6. ryansaw

    ryansaw New Member

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    I just signed up with Google. It was quick and easy. They will save me a lot of money in processing fees. Please let me know when you have a quick plugin ready.

    Thanks for offering a wonderful product!
  7. alex

    alex aMember Pro Customer Staff Member

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    We are working on this.
  8. ryansaw

    ryansaw New Member

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    Thanks Alex

    That is Awesome!

    Warmly,

    Ryan Sawyer
  9. skippybosco

    skippybosco Guest

    This is great news Alex.

    Please let me know if you need a "beta" tester of this new plug in.

    Frank
  10. yatesf

    yatesf Guest

    looks like they removed subscriptions off of the "not allowed" list cuz I could not see it in the link Alex. Maybe GC will get better slowly over time.

    Anyway, as of right now, GC is N/A for my needs.
  11. alexander

    alexander Administrator Staff Member

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    Hi,
    We need help in testing google plugin. If anyone willing to help us, please write to support@cgi-central.net and provide link to this thread.
    We will appreciate any help.
  12. joom

    joom New Member

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    Hi Alex,
    May we know the status of the plugin? I want to be a tester if it is still in Beta.
  13. alex

    alex aMember Pro Customer Staff Member

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    No, it is included in both aMember Pro and aMember Trial. However, recently a customer had a problem with this plugin, but I hope it will be resolved ASAP and problem is not inside the plugin.
  14. microlinx

    microlinx Member

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    Any progress with the Google Plug-in?
    I am getting a Google Checkout payment error.
    It looks like I have everything set up properly.
    According to their FAQs page it says " If you wish, you may also use Checkout for billing or subscriptions", but they do not yet support recurring subscriptions. That's OK, mine are all lifetime.

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