Google Wallet

[The Cue Store]

Looking at adding more payment options to my website.

I was wondering has anyone used or are using Google Wallet.

 

[chalkie99]

We have used it for quite a while and like it as an alternative to PayPal which some of our business customers are less keen to use.

You do need a SSL certificate to use it though.

 

[Jordan.Boon]

No need for an SSL certificate as google deals with all the security, i have been using google wallet for over 4 years now and find that it is actually a good payment processing system. If you need any help on it PM me

 

[emorrison009]

We have used it for quite a while and like it as an alternative to PayPal which some of our business customers are less keen to use.

You do need a SSL certificate to use it though.

Haven't tried this yet. Thanks for the info that it can be an alternative to PayPal.

 

[Danny @ Source Servers Ltd]

Hey there, yes I have been using Google Wallet for a few years. Plus points are that the logo shows up against your account in google shopping if that's important to you... and for us that has resulted in more sales. Bad point is that they take a large percentage which drops as your sales go up, but if your spreading sales across diff mechanisms then this can affect you. Another bad point is that the payout schedule at day 1 is something silly like 60 days until they have verified you. There are some other more tech points that are important, but only if you are running your own webstore.

 

[The Cue Store]

Thanks for all the replies.

Sun @ Source Servers Ltd, do you have to have it activated to get it verified?

I am running my own webstore, so what are tech points that are important?

 

[Danny @ Source Servers Ltd]

With Google Wallet you will have to get verified just to get activated... google will deposit a small some like 1p into your account anytime upto 5 days after you create the account. Once you have this you go through the verification sign up which opens your account. Once your account is open, they put you on delayed payment terms ... Its something like 10 days, so they hold your money for 10 days before releasing it to you... but you are in this for 60 days or more. In my businesses this was a killer because we ship goods out for following day... primarily servers and high end workstations... and we simply could not risk shipping those goods and then suffering a fraud which we found out about 10 or 15 days later.... so we opted to wait completely until we were verified and out of this initial period before we allowed this payment mechanism on our sites... good old Google.

The other tech point is that there is not much customization that can be done to Googles pay page.. which is fine if you want your customers to feel like they have left you to pay for goods... but not so good if you want to maintain consistent site experience throughout the visit.

Google is SSL secure but you want to have it on your site as well....otherwise visitors will get the experience of leaving an insecure site to visit googles "secure" site and then return to your insecure site.....

Also depending on the way that your site/cms is configured to integrate with Google Checkout you may have to have SSL just to integrate... anything but the most basic integration requires SSL....or a XML / HTML HTTPS url.

Google are always fun... if google checkout doesn't give you a few sleepless nights... then try their merchant centre where you create product feeds...

 

[The Cue Store]

So I activate the Google Wallet Account but not put it live on the site until it's completely verified like you did.

 

[Danny @ Source Servers Ltd]

Yes that is what I would do...if there is anything else I can help with, do let me know. Have a great day.