Should I use PayPal or Google Checkout?
I have been advising my customers for quite a while now that for processing credit cards on the web PayPal is just as good of an option as any other real time credit card processing option.
A couple of years ago a site using PayPal for payment options was seen as amateurish, someone running an Ebay business from their basement. That is no longer true and PayPal is just as big a player as any bank. Now along comes Google and their Google Checkout service and the question to be asked is which one should you use?
Ebay is trying to protect their cash cow and will not allow Google Checkout to be used on their site. Elsa Wenzel has written a good comparison of the two on c/net reviews. They are really two different kinds of services and you should read this before deciding, but one thing I’m sure of is that the competition will be good for everyone.
