Google Checkout Mobile Launches
Google has launched a mobile capability for Google Checkout, letting merchants who use the payments service upgrade to be able to process payments from mobile phones. This could be a pretty useful feature if a store utilizes it properly, though I don’t remember the last time I was tempted to buy something from my phone. However, in theory it could be used for ringtone, wallpaper, and mobile game sales.
Also, worth noting that the details of what Google Checkout will cost next year have been released. While Checkout processing fees have been waived for all of 2007 (meaning Google isn’t making one dime off the service), starting in 2008 Google will charge processing fees of 2% commission plus 20 cents per transaction. However, Google will continue to use Checkout as incentive for AdWords advertising spending, gifting advertisers with free use of Checkout at ten times their ad […]
Original post by Nathan Weinberg