By Dublin Drupaller on

Just wondering if any of our USA based Drupallers have played around with google checkout. I only found this tentative mention of trying google checkout on here.

I had a quick look at the information for sellers but quickly discovered it's USA only, so I couldn't try it out.

Am I right in thinking they are simply taking on paypal?

Dub

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rickvug commented

I subscribe to the mailing list and I can say that its on the radar. There are a few interested parties but no one has stepped up to the plate to code it as of yet. It should only be a matter of time. Search to the mailing list archive if you're looking for more specific answers.

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If you want a payment module writing to support Google's Checkout drop me a message.

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mountainash commented

budda,

I'm very interested in a Google Checkout module for Drupal.

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budda
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As Google have kept it US only i've not bothered to look at this for now.

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imerlin commented

As of today anyone can use Google Checkout...

Maybe it's time to take a closer look :)

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Dublin Drupaller commented

Hi iMerlin,

I just had a quick look at the sign up page and it's still asking for a USA tax ID number.

Google Checkout merchants must have a U.S. bank account and address, plus either of the following:

A Social Security number and a valid credit card.
A Federal Tax ID/Employer Identification Number (EIN).
Google Checkout merchants can ship goods inside and outside the United States. U.S. buyers and buyers in a limited number of countries outside the United States can sign up for the service and make purchases (in U.S. dollars) through Google Checkout.

We're working toward making Google Checkout more widely available in the near future. At this time, however, we cannot provide any details regarding when Google Checkout will be available in specific countries.

Do you know of an alternative method of signing up for merchants outside the USA?

Dub

Currently in Switzerland working as an Application Developer with UBS Investment Bank...using Drupal 7 and lots of swiss chocolate

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imerlin commented

You're right, I can't register as a reseller either, my bad.

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Dublin Drupaller commented

it's a pity, though, that google checkout isn't available yet (for everyon).

the online payments market, especially the micropayments market, really needs more competition...paypal appear to have the market sewn up and know they won't lose customers because there is nobody comparable to move to if the service isn't up to scratch.

mobile telco's are still charging extortionate comissions - as much as 70% of the transaction in some cases - for handling small payments and don't look like they'll budge from that.

hopefully google checkout will come out sooner (for everyone) rather than later...I think they will have the brand power and kudos to bring a bit of competition into that market.

dub

Currently in Switzerland working as an Application Developer with UBS Investment Bank...using Drupal 7 and lots of swiss chocolate

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Dublin Drupaller commented

I read earlier on reuters.co.uk that google checkout is availablefrom today in the UK.

Just thought I'd update this thread

Dub

Currently in Switzerland working as an Application Developer with UBS Investment Bank...using Drupal 7 and lots of swiss chocolate

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Walt Esquivel commented

http://checkout.google.com/support/sell/bin/answer.py?answer=42871

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amitkarpe commented

I am also looking for Google Checkout module for drupal .

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franc23 commented

need to start working on this one. Any mailing list work on this yet?

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mwu commented

when I looked at it earlier, it seemed very feature poor.
how does it compare with paypal?

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prosequent commented

Well, I have a google checkout module that works using the vcolo and gregphoto.net code that has been posted online (I've honestly lost track of where the code came from because I have been looking at so many different examples). I _just_ got it working like 5 minutes ago and it still needs much work, but process-wise it actually works. Are there any developers that would like a look at it to maybe contribute? It isn't fully integrated into drupal... the merchant id and key comes from a config, though it is set up in ec_settings - I just haven't fully integrated it. Also, purchases are completed, but not checked off as complete in drupal just yet. At any rate, the framework is there and I'm going to continue to work with it, but I wanted to offer what I have to anyone who might want a crack at making it better or helping out. not sure if you can get at my contact info. Mike Reed - mlreed328@gmail.com if you are interested.

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Walt Esquivel commented

Please see my comments:
http://groups.drupal.org/node/2140
http://drupal.org/node/71568

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matt@antinomia commented

Greetings all - a 4.7 version of Google Checkout for eCommerce is ready for testing. Please see this post for more information.

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SHonour commented

Dear All

Very Excited about being able to doing some free trading and looks like google will be a lot cheaper than paypal when you will have to pay. I am developing my first bussines so you can imagin i have a shoe string budget would be great to take advange of this free period and idea when a version will be relesed for drupal 5.x

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joem32 commented

Our site goes live in a few days and we would really, really like to have a module for Google Checkout. With the free processing through the end of the year, and then the for every $1 Adwords = $10 Free Processing, what a great value.

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Dublin Drupaller commented

Just updating this thread....google checkout is now available for the UK as well as the USA. Hopefully it means that they are past the beta/testing stage and are ready to roll it out to more countries soon.

Dub

Currently in Switzerland working as an Application Developer with UBS Investment Bank...using Drupal 7 and lots of swiss chocolate

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timbaker commented

There is no doubt about it. Google Checkout is the now and future.
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SiteMaster.ServeLime.com commented

I'm from South Africa, where we can't even use PayPal as Payment Gateway.

Just tried to register to use Google Checkout for taking payment - it only lists USA and UK as country.

Any other options for International Payment Gateweways?
(Usually the services allow USA/Canada/UK/etc, but not South Africa)

Would be highly appreciated. ; ))
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dreeve commented

Hi I'm also in RSA, I'm not into Drupal, yet as I've just started playing with JOOMLA, however, I am relatively involved with Affiliate Marketing. As such I've done some research and Found that both Moneybookers (www.monebookers.com) & SETCOM (www.setcom.com) have payment gateways that work in RSA (i.e. they not only work, but you can draw your funds out of their holding accounts for a small fee).

Hope this helps

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I have a (so far partially functional) Google Checkout payment module for e-Commerce under development at http://drupal.org/project/gcheckout

It's not for the faint of heart, it's still in a phase of heavy development and testing, but patches and feedback from other developers and testers would be appreciated.

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Dublin Drupaller commented

great work mfb. good to see more payment modules available for drupal ecommerce api.

Currently in Switzerland working as an Application Developer with UBS Investment Bank...using Drupal 7 and lots of swiss chocolate