Google announced today that NetSuite is now a featured partner of Google Checkout. This means that NetSuite users can now offer Google Checkout as one of their payment options.
Online Retailers Seek To Improve The Checkout Process
The majority of online retailers (79%) say improving the checkout process is one of their top priorities for the remainder of the year, according to a new Forrester Research report.
Facebook Meets Google Checkout
Back in May, it was reported that Facebook was going to begin testing a payments system. This inevitably led to discussion about how Facebook might be preparing to take on products like PayPal and Google Checkout.
Google Checkout Now Works for Subscriptions
Google Checkout is now offering a way for users to sell subscriptions. This is a feature that has apparently been requested quite heavily.
"Merchants will now have the ability to sell products and services that require recurring billing using our API," explains Software Engineer Andrew Cunningham. "So if you’re already comfortable building your own carts using Checkout, you’re ready to implement Subscriptions by consulting the documentation."
Google Checkout Ups Its Fees
In early May, merchants will start being charged larger fees for using Google Checkout. Google is also discontinuing AdWords free transaction processing.
Got AdWords Ideas? Checkout the AdWords Wishlist
Last week, Google used its Google Moderator product to call upon users to give them ideas for improving Google Mobile. It allowed people to submit ideas and vote others up or down. This would give Google an idea of the ones that were most in demand.
Getting More Conversions While Branding for Google Checkout
Back in October, when Google offered some tips for the then-upcoming holiday season, they suggested using Google Checkout badges in your AdWords ads. They said that ads that do this have a 10% higher clickthrough rate than those that don’t.
Google Announces Trends for Google Checkout
As we come up to the last days of fee-free merchant services from Google Checkout, the Official Google Checkout Blog announced yesterday that they now have Google Checkout Trends. Patterned after Google Trends, GCT shows relative revenues from Google Checkout merchants.
Trends Available In Google Checkout
Google has created a version of its Trends search comparison tool that allows people to look at Google Checkout and what people buy with it.
Big Holiday Deals from PayPal & Google Checkout
Google’s Checkout and eBay’s PayPal unit are showing off their big holiday offers, designed to get you to use their services when making your holiday purchases online.