Amazon taking on PayPal....nice

[malef!c]

Saw this in the Reg:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/05/amazon_fps_general_availability/

Hope it hits the UK soon - maybe one for the OcUK store to use ?

 

[qqg3]

About time...

 

[Glaucus]

Now lets hope some one makes an alternative to ebay.

 

[Hxc]

Shame eBay will never implement anything other than paypal, as they own it :/

 

[Vonhelmet]

Google Checkout has been gaining traction of late too. Paypal will continue to lose ground on the web shop front, but I think it'll be a while before anyone takes on ebay.

 

[Vonhelmet]

Shame eBay will never implement anything other than paypal, as they own it :/

Nah, they'll just declare all other alternatives unsafe and give you no protection if you use them...

Antitrust anyone?

 

[Greenlizard0]

Now lets hope some one makes an alternative to ebay.

Isn't craigslist not supposed to be too bad (albeit rather simplistic looking).

 

[Tute]

maybe one for the OcUK store to use ?

Why?

I don't think money transfers could be any unsafer than via Paypal. Why would Spie even consider taking the hassle on?

 

[brummie]

Now lets hope some one makes an alternative to ebay.

Ebid has been going for years

 

[Cheekykid]

but I think it'll be a while before anyone takes on ebay.

I do believe there is major room for improvement and you can take on ebay if you got the capital. Ebay nowadays is an outlet for shops. It's no longer a bargain place.

 

[Vonhelmet]

I do believe there is major room for improvement and you can take on ebay if you got the capital. Ebay nowadays is an outlet for shops. It's no longer a bargain place.

Ebay has critical mass. Until you have buyers, sellers won't move. Until you have sellers, buyers won't move.

 

[RobH]

Great, PayPal has been in need of some direct competition for a long time now, it can only be a good thing.

 

[malef!c]

Why?

I don't think money transfers could be any unsafer than via Paypal. Why would Spie even consider taking the hassle on?

Possibly because people have been screaming out for a decent alternative to PayPal that is backed by a big name.

Nochex is a good UK payment method but UK only.

Google Checkout is gaining in popularity and fingers crossed Amazon starts to beat on PayPals door.

Why do people want alternatives - you just have to look at the amount of people complaining about them and their somewhat bizarre claims process. 'Yes, you won the claim but sorry they don't have any cash in there so the case is closed, we did our bit - chin up and please continue getting butt mugged but this and our fees.'

I try to do Google Checkout as often as possible now.

There are plenty of other payment processors - Alertpay, eGold, YourPay, TrialPay and everything else but 90% of the alternatives are not backed by big names and will never touch PayPal unfortunately.

With Amazon and Google on the map, I hope they come stomping over the horizon and kick PayPal where it hurts - in the wallet.

The more well known online stores that use the likes of Google / Amazon (well, the smaller well known sites not something big that has their own merchant accounts etc) the more the dent will grow in PayPal and they may actually take a step back and think about their cruddy service.

Of course, just my opinion

 

[MuGeN]

can google checkout store money like paypal or is it just a place to sotire and use credit card details?

 

[malef!c]

You can tell it how long to hold money in there - a day, week, month etc after which the money is automatically sent to the associated bank account you set up.

 

[eXor]

Ebay has critical mass. Until you have buyers, sellers won't move. Until you have sellers, buyers won't move.

Like Betfair and Betdaq. Monopolies suck.

 

[platinum87]

ive cost both paypal and ebay money so ive done my part

 

[PhillyDee]

Omg, so many competitor mentions . . . ..

 

[Tute]

Possibly because people have been screaming out for a decent alternative to PayPal that is backed by a big name.

Nochex is a good UK payment method but UK only.

Google Checkout is gaining in popularity and fingers crossed Amazon starts to beat on PayPals door.

Why do people want alternatives - you just have to look at the amount of people complaining about them and their somewhat bizarre claims process. 'Yes, you won the claim but sorry they don't have any cash in there so the case is closed, we did our bit - chin up and please continue getting butt mugged but this and our fees.'

I try to do Google Checkout as often as possible now.

There are plenty of other payment processors - Alertpay, eGold, YourPay, TrialPay and everything else but 90% of the alternatives are not backed by big names and will never touch PayPal unfortunately.

With Amazon and Google on the map, I hope they come stomping over the horizon and kick PayPal where it hurts - in the wallet.

The more well known online stores that use the likes of Google / Amazon (well, the smaller well known sites not something big that has their own merchant accounts etc) the more the dent will grow in PayPal and they may actually take a step back and think about their cruddy service.

Of course, just my opinion

Yes, I agree with that, I thought you were suggesting OcUK using PP as a method of payment!

 

[Steve2000]

Omg, so many competitor mentions . . . ..

It's hardly like nobody's heard of Amazon and eBay anyway.