{"id":237,"date":"2006-02-24T21:06:22","date_gmt":"2006-02-25T02:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/index.php\/2006\/02\/24\/google-finally-starts-to-roll-out-gbuy\/"},"modified":"2006-02-24T21:06:22","modified_gmt":"2006-02-25T02:06:22","slug":"google-finally-starts-to-roll-out-gbuy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2006\/02\/24\/google-finally-starts-to-roll-out-gbuy\/","title":{"rendered":"Google finally starts to roll out GBuy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google’s move into online payment has been rumoured for some time now, at least since Google Base launched<\/a> last fall. The thinking was that it made sense to attach a growing database of stuff to a payment system, which could theoretically compete with both Craigslist.org and eBay.com, not to mention Amazon. And it still makes sense – so much sense that it’s actually happening<\/a>. Google says it has begun incorporating payments for Google Base items with your Google account, the same one you use for your Gmail and for creating those crappy web pages<\/a> with Google Page Creator.<\/p>\n

In fact, it’s been incorporated to the point where Greg Yardley has already bought something<\/a> – a pink highlighter. Greg says the experience was preferable to that of buying through eBay-owned PayPal.com, which he said he despises. According to the comments on Greg’s blog, John K. of Got Ads has already bought a rock<\/a>. Inside Ads has more info<\/a> about Google Base if you’re interested. <\/p>\n

On the official Google blog, they seem to be trying to downplay<\/a> the whole “crush eBay, Craigslist-killer” kind of thing, although they do say that Google has “billed advertisers in 65 countries more than $11.2 billion in 48 currencies, and made payments to advertising partners of more than $3.9 billion.” Not exactly a little startup. <\/p>\n

Bill Burnham notes that this is exactly how it is likely to roll out – gradually, but picking up speed<\/a>. It means that Google has built a payment platform that is large enough and scalable enough that virtually anything is possible. Bill, who is a Very Smart Guy TM<\/sup> also points out that the “Buy It Now” feature that Google appears to have its sights on currently makes up about 40 per cent of eBay’s business. And in a related post, he discusses how the way Google has structured the service implies a greatly expanded role<\/a> for it in the Google universe.<\/p>\n

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Google’s move into online payment has been rumoured for some time now, at least since Google Base launched last fall. The thinking was that it made sense to attach a growing database of stuff to a payment system, which could theoretically compete with both Craigslist.org and eBay.com, not to mention Amazon. And it still makes … <\/p>\n

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