'Net Features : google checkout

OrderDynamics Protects Against Lost Orders

Mike Phillips — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:17:00 GMT

Online retailers suffer greatly when they depend on a payment provider and that system crashes. Such was the case recently when both Authorize.net and PayPal went down within weeks of each other. Lost sales can be devastating. But there is a solution, in OrderDynamics' Order Management System (OMS).

The system effectively captures customer data at the time of purchase - before that information is sent to a payment provider. So, if the provider goes down at any time (or any hiccups with the retailer's website), all orders are stored for processing when the payment systems are again available. The system is also integrated with Google Checkout and PayPal, so any abandoned orders are stored as a customer ticket, which can then be used to send follow-up messages to the consumer to encourage the completetion of the transaction.

Google Store Gadget - Take That PayPal!

Pete Prestipino — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:37:00 GMT

Google today launched what ultimately could be the most serious threat to PayPal yet.

The Google Checkout Store Gadget, a product of Google Labs, enables the creation of an online store that's powered by Google Checkout. What eBay company PayPal did so well (which arguably changed the face of the commercial Web for millions) is simply the process of accepting payments. When a company with a trustworthy brand like Google comes into the market with a solution like this one, it once again changes the game. Why? The best part of the gadget is that inventory is managed in a Google Docs spreadsheet.

Merchants will need to have a Google Checkout seller account in order to process orders but the actual development side of this is a breeze. Just create a copy of Google's template spreadsheet and then replace the sample inventory with your own. Then embed the gadget on your website and you're on your way to e-commerce riches.

Here's how the Google Checkout Store Gadget looks:

Google Checkout Buy Now Buttons Available

Pete Prestipino — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:06:00 GMT

Last week Google announced the availability of Buy Now buttons for the exclusive purpose of selling digital goods. If you're an e-book seller or provider of individual software downloads you'll be very interested in this development.

What's so unique about Buy Now buttons from Google Checkout is that buyers (once their card has been successfully authorized) receive instructions on how to access the items purchased using the URL and "Key" you specified. This is big news in the world of "digital delivery."

A button creation wizard is available on the 'Tools' tab on your Checkout merchant accuont - just select 'Digital Good' from the 'Describe your item' drop-down list. You can learn more about creating buy now buttons for Google Checkout in the Google Checkout support section.

FormSpring Adds Payment Options

Pete Prestipino — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:16:00 GMT

Online form service FormSpring announced the integration of four popular online payment systems. Users are now able to work with Authorize.net, LinkPoint and Google Checkout (FormSpring upgraded its PayPal integration for the fourth available system).

Those opting for PayPal receive features such as single and multi-product payment options, recurring payments, donation options and custom return URLs.
Those electing to use Google Checkout have single and multi-product payment options and custom return URLs.
Customer using Authorize.net and LinkPoint receive single product and multi-product payment options and have the ability to save credit card information in the FormSpring database.

"By integrating with these four different payment systems, FormSpring users will now be able to accept payments in their preferred manner," states Ade Olonoh, CEO of FormSpring. "We are allowing our users to create any type of online order form, event registration form, donation request form, etc., and accept payments with the four most trusted payment processors in the industry."