Showing posts with label Google Checkout Blog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google Checkout Blog. Show all posts
Making money with Google In-App Payments for the Web
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Today at Google I/O, we launched the developer API of Google In-App Payments for the web. In-App Payments enables any web application to receive payments from users and keep them engaged in your application. It is available to all US developers in sandbox today and will be followed by a consumer launch and an international rollout over the summer.
The team started building Google In-App Payments soon after Jambool was acquired by Google in August 2010. This project brought Social Gold technology and expertise and combined it with Google scale. For the payments platform that we’re announcing today, the theme is simplicity:
The simple API makes integration fast so you can start getting paid sooner. Implementing In-App Payments requires only two API calls: one to initiate the payment, and one to accept the notification when a payment is made.
The simple user experience will let your users pay without leaving the app or entering billing details. Users who have previously completed a purchase on Google Checkout, Android Market, Google eBookstore, YouTube Movies and more can use that same account to pay for items in your app in minimal steps. Fast payments that keep users in your game or site can boost customer conversion rates, increasing your revenue.
The simple pricing model is a flat payment processing fee of 5%. It’s 5% whether you distribute your app yourself or via the Chrome Web Store. There are no fixed purchase fees, setup costs, or monthly minimums.
The JavaScript version of the In-App Payments API is available to developers today. A Flash version of the API will be available in the coming weeks.
We invite you to sign up, start integrating your apps and send us feedback. Let’s work together to delight consumers this summer with amazing web apps, monetized effectively, all in the app.
Posted by Amit Fulay, Product Manager and Mikhail Seregine, Software Engineer
The team started building Google In-App Payments soon after Jambool was acquired by Google in August 2010. This project brought Social Gold technology and expertise and combined it with Google scale. For the payments platform that we’re announcing today, the theme is simplicity:
The simple API makes integration fast so you can start getting paid sooner. Implementing In-App Payments requires only two API calls: one to initiate the payment, and one to accept the notification when a payment is made.
The simple user experience will let your users pay without leaving the app or entering billing details. Users who have previously completed a purchase on Google Checkout, Android Market, Google eBookstore, YouTube Movies and more can use that same account to pay for items in your app in minimal steps. Fast payments that keep users in your game or site can boost customer conversion rates, increasing your revenue.
The simple pricing model is a flat payment processing fee of 5%. It’s 5% whether you distribute your app yourself or via the Chrome Web Store. There are no fixed purchase fees, setup costs, or monthly minimums.
The JavaScript version of the In-App Payments API is available to developers today. A Flash version of the API will be available in the coming weeks.
We invite you to sign up, start integrating your apps and send us feedback. Let’s work together to delight consumers this summer with amazing web apps, monetized effectively, all in the app.
Posted by Amit Fulay, Product Manager and Mikhail Seregine, Software Engineer
In-App Payments for web apps at Google I/O
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Google I/O is coming up just a week from today, and the Commerce track will showcase some of the newest ways to buy and sell online. In the Commerce sessions, Google product developers and their guests will explain and show examples of how to use Google tools to monetize your business.
Web application developers may be especially interested in the In-App Payments session of the Commerce track. We invite developers to a deep dive into the social games and digital goods industries and Google’s solution for payments for these areas. We trust that you’ll leave with the knowledge of how to better monetize your web application and a special gift by which to remember it. Look forward to seeing you there!
Web application developers may be especially interested in the In-App Payments session of the Commerce track. We invite developers to a deep dive into the social games and digital goods industries and Google’s solution for payments for these areas. We trust that you’ll leave with the knowledge of how to better monetize your web application and a special gift by which to remember it. Look forward to seeing you there!
Build your foundation of commerce knowledge at Google I/O
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
This year marks the first ever Commerce track at Google I/O. E-commerce continues to grow at an incredible rate and we want to empower developers to tap into that growth and monetize their products with powerful, easy to use APIs.
We’re kicking off the track with a session on Google Checkout. Google Checkout usage has grown by leaps and bounds in the last few years. It’s now the payment platform for almost all Google products. For example, if you’ve ever purchased an Android app, you have a Google Checkout account. Come learn more about new Checkout APIs, new tools, new developments in e-commerce at Google, and how Google commerce APIs can help your business make money.
For a complete session list, please visit the Google I/O site and filter by the Commerce track.
We’re kicking off the track with a session on Google Checkout. Google Checkout usage has grown by leaps and bounds in the last few years. It’s now the payment platform for almost all Google products. For example, if you’ve ever purchased an Android app, you have a Google Checkout account. Come learn more about new Checkout APIs, new tools, new developments in e-commerce at Google, and how Google commerce APIs can help your business make money.
For a complete session list, please visit the Google I/O site and filter by the Commerce track.
Inside in-app payments with Vikas Gupta
Friday, April 15, 2011
In-app payments technology has been making headlines with the recent launch of in-app billing for Android apps. But introducing this service for Android developers is just the beginning. A team of Googlers has been hard at work developing an in-app payments API for web apps as well. We decided to sit down with Vikas Gupta, Head of Consumer Payments at Google, to talk about what’s coming for in-app payments for web applications.
Q: Let’s start with an easy one first. You’ve been at Google for about 7 months now after your company Jambool was acquired last fall. How has the transition been?
A: It has been very exciting to bring Jambool’s technology to Google. With Social Gold, we brought a core difference to the online payments world by enabling a seamless, in-app purchase flow. Within a short time here, we are beginning to bring the same frictionless purchase experience to web applications on Google.
Q: What do you see as the biggest challenge in creating an in-app payments product?
A: The challenge with innovating in the payments industry is actually not the payments processing element. It is almost invariably with everything else besides payments such as customer experience, pricing, risk management, identity, receipts, dispute resolution and a lot more. The primary challenge around building a seamless experience is getting out of the way of the customer and letting them get the goods they are looking to buy without ever leaving the application. In-app payments are very much about quick and convenient purchases, and in many ways it requires us to re-think all aspects of a payments platform.
Q: Is this where you see the integration with Google infrastructure improving the Social Gold in-app payments experience?
A: Yes, absolutely. Google does many of these things, such as risk management and identity, at a much larger scale. As we get ready to launch the new API for web in-app payments, we are focused on combining our expertise with Google scale. For example, there are many, many more customers who can purchase items within apps with a single click on Google. Now that is a huge asset that we can bring to application developers.
Q: What do you think matters most to developers looking to implement an in-app payment solution?
A: In-app payments are about enhancing, and not disrupting, a user’s experience in an app. Once the user decides to buy, the purchase experience should be as seamless as possible. Besides the truly seamless purchase experience, the in-app payments API should also enable developers full control of the application or game experience. We’re very excited to build the new web in-app payments solution in a way that Google users can login and pay with their existing Google account, while always staying within the application.
Web developers interested in learning more about about Google In-App Payments should submit their information. US Android developers can start implementing In-app Billing now.
Q: Let’s start with an easy one first. You’ve been at Google for about 7 months now after your company Jambool was acquired last fall. How has the transition been?
A: It has been very exciting to bring Jambool’s technology to Google. With Social Gold, we brought a core difference to the online payments world by enabling a seamless, in-app purchase flow. Within a short time here, we are beginning to bring the same frictionless purchase experience to web applications on Google.
Q: What do you see as the biggest challenge in creating an in-app payments product?
A: The challenge with innovating in the payments industry is actually not the payments processing element. It is almost invariably with everything else besides payments such as customer experience, pricing, risk management, identity, receipts, dispute resolution and a lot more. The primary challenge around building a seamless experience is getting out of the way of the customer and letting them get the goods they are looking to buy without ever leaving the application. In-app payments are very much about quick and convenient purchases, and in many ways it requires us to re-think all aspects of a payments platform.
Q: Is this where you see the integration with Google infrastructure improving the Social Gold in-app payments experience?
A: Yes, absolutely. Google does many of these things, such as risk management and identity, at a much larger scale. As we get ready to launch the new API for web in-app payments, we are focused on combining our expertise with Google scale. For example, there are many, many more customers who can purchase items within apps with a single click on Google. Now that is a huge asset that we can bring to application developers.
Q: What do you think matters most to developers looking to implement an in-app payment solution?
A: In-app payments are about enhancing, and not disrupting, a user’s experience in an app. Once the user decides to buy, the purchase experience should be as seamless as possible. Besides the truly seamless purchase experience, the in-app payments API should also enable developers full control of the application or game experience. We’re very excited to build the new web in-app payments solution in a way that Google users can login and pay with their existing Google account, while always staying within the application.
Web developers interested in learning more about about Google In-App Payments should submit their information. US Android developers can start implementing In-app Billing now.
Thank you for your generosity for Japan relief efforts
Thursday, March 24, 2011
We want to thank everyone who has contributed towards the relief efforts in Japan using Google Checkout. You’ve donated more than $5 million to the Japanese Red Cross Society, International Medical Corps, Unicef and Save the Children.
We are waiving the processing fees associated with these transactions for all the organizations listed on the Google Crisis Response page so 100% of your donations will reach these organizations.
To learn more about the crisis, the relief efforts, and how you can help, please visit the Crisis Response page.
We are waiving the processing fees associated with these transactions for all the organizations listed on the Google Crisis Response page so 100% of your donations will reach these organizations.
To learn more about the crisis, the relief efforts, and how you can help, please visit the Crisis Response page.
Thanks merchants for rating Google Checkout #1
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
We’re gratified to see the results of the first annual AuctionBytes Sellers Choice Awards for Online Payments with Google Checkout rated at the top! Google Checkout was voted the easiest to use payment service for online sellers for, among other things, its fee structure, dispute resolution process and minimal account holds.
We have put a lot of effort into developing a smooth selling process with Google Checkout, but we hear you that popularity with buyers could be higher. Therefore, we’re committed to continuing to get the word out about Checkout and improving the buyer experience. Last year delivered an impressive increase in the number of Checkout customers through Google services such as Android Market, Google eBooks and the Chrome Web Store as well as through Checkout merchants’ promotions.
Merchant feedback through surveys like this and directly to our team are important and help us build a better product for buyers and sellers. As always, please keep the feedback coming in our merchant forums.
Thanks again to the merchants who participated in the survey. If you’re not currently a Google Checkout merchant and would like to give it a try, please sign up at checkout.google.com/sell.
We have put a lot of effort into developing a smooth selling process with Google Checkout, but we hear you that popularity with buyers could be higher. Therefore, we’re committed to continuing to get the word out about Checkout and improving the buyer experience. Last year delivered an impressive increase in the number of Checkout customers through Google services such as Android Market, Google eBooks and the Chrome Web Store as well as through Checkout merchants’ promotions.
Merchant feedback through surveys like this and directly to our team are important and help us build a better product for buyers and sellers. As always, please keep the feedback coming in our merchant forums.
Thanks again to the merchants who participated in the survey. If you’re not currently a Google Checkout merchant and would like to give it a try, please sign up at checkout.google.com/sell.
Increase your account security with 2-step verification
Friday, March 04, 2011
The Google Security team recently blogged about the new advanced sign-in security feature for your Google account. We know that keeping your emails, photos and documents safe is important to your online security and peace of mind. Once you set up advanced security for your Google account to safeguard these services, the financial data in your Google Checkout account will be protected as well.
This advanced opt-in security feature is called 2-step verification, and it helps makes your Google Account including services such as Checkout significantly more secure by helping to verify that you're the real owner of your account. You can enable 2-step verification through a new link on your Account Settings page:
Once you enable 2-step verification, you'll see an extra page that prompts you for a code or an application-specific password when you sign in to your account. After entering your password, Google will call you with the code, send you an SMS message or give you the choice to generate the code for yourself using a mobile application on your Android, BlackBerry or iPhone device. Since some applications that access your Google Account (such as Gmail on your phone or Outlook) cannot ask for verification codes, you'll enter an application-specific password in place of your normal password. Most of the time, you will only have to enter an application-specific password once per application or device (soon after you turn on 2-step verification). When you enter a verification code after correctly submitting your password or you enter an application-specific password, we'll have a pretty good idea that the person signing in is actually you.
It's an extra step, but it's one that greatly improves the security of your Google Account because it requires the powerful combination of both something you know—your username and password—and something that only you should have—your phone. To learn more about 2-step verification and get started, visit the Google Accounts Help Center.
This advanced opt-in security feature is called 2-step verification, and it helps makes your Google Account including services such as Checkout significantly more secure by helping to verify that you're the real owner of your account. You can enable 2-step verification through a new link on your Account Settings page:
Once you enable 2-step verification, you'll see an extra page that prompts you for a code or an application-specific password when you sign in to your account. After entering your password, Google will call you with the code, send you an SMS message or give you the choice to generate the code for yourself using a mobile application on your Android, BlackBerry or iPhone device. Since some applications that access your Google Account (such as Gmail on your phone or Outlook) cannot ask for verification codes, you'll enter an application-specific password in place of your normal password. Most of the time, you will only have to enter an application-specific password once per application or device (soon after you turn on 2-step verification). When you enter a verification code after correctly submitting your password or you enter an application-specific password, we'll have a pretty good idea that the person signing in is actually you.
It's an extra step, but it's one that greatly improves the security of your Google Account because it requires the powerful combination of both something you know—your username and password—and something that only you should have—your phone. To learn more about 2-step verification and get started, visit the Google Accounts Help Center.
Follow us on @GoogCommerceDev
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
The Google Commerce APIs team now has a home on Twitter - @GoogCommerceDev! We'll be talking about topics relevant to commerce developers, including updates on Checkout, Product Search, and more. Our tweets will be a mix of developer product announcements, APIs and documentation coverage, developer events, coding tips and tricks, and interesting news and commentary.
If you have any suggestions for what you want to see, feel free to send an @reply or post on our forums. We can't guarantee we’ll be able to respond to everyone, but we're looking forward to hearing your feedback and suggestions for @GoogCommerceDev and our Commerce APIs.
If you have any suggestions for what you want to see, feel free to send an @reply or post on our forums. We can't guarantee we’ll be able to respond to everyone, but we're looking forward to hearing your feedback and suggestions for @GoogCommerceDev and our Commerce APIs.
Free transaction processing for Google Grants recipients continues through 2011
Thursday, December 23, 2010
We’re thrilled to announce that as part of the Google Checkout for Non-Profits program, free transaction processing for Google Grants recipients will be extended through 2011.So if you’re part of the Google Grants program, you’ll be able to use Google Checkout to accept donations without paying transaction processing fees in the coming year. We hope many non-profits take advantage of this benefit through the next year as they raise funds to advance their causes.
Please read more about (and join!) the Google Checkout for Non-Profits program. For more information about other Google tools for non-profits, check out for Google for Non-Profits site.
Last chance for Checkout holiday shopping deals
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Online holiday shopping has been setting new records this season, and there’s no reason to slow down now. Google can help you find great deals for all the last-minute items on your list using Google Checkout and Google Product Search.Know the type of store you’re looking for? Visit the Checkout Deals Page to find Checkout sellers offering discounts of $5, $10, and $20. Shop with multiple merchants to take advantage of the deals through December 16.
Need a little item inspiration? Use Product Search to browse popular items, holiday gift guides, and specific deals from Checkout sellers. Remember to pay with Google Checkout to take advantage of the advertised deals.
Happy shopping and happy holidays!
Check out and then Google Checkout eBooks and Chrome apps
Friday, December 10, 2010
This week we welcomed two new additions to Google Checkout: the Google eBookstore and the Chrome Web Store.The Chrome Web Store is an online marketplace where you can discover thousands of apps, extensions and themes for Google Chrome. The Google eBookstore offers the world’s largest selection of ebooks with nearly 3 million paid and free titles ready for purchase and unlimited storage in the digital cloud.
We hope these products will offer new opportunities to Checkout buyers and merchants and are excited to welcome new eBooks and Chrome users to Google Checkout.
Welcome, Google Apps users!
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Google Checkout is now available to Google Apps users with their Apps accounts, along with dozens of other services as part of a recently launched improvement to Google Apps.Google Apps is Google’s suite of cloud-based messaging and collaboration apps, including Gmail, calendar, documents, spreadsheets and more, specifically optimized for use in organizations. These services, which run entirely in the cloud, are used by more than 30 million users in small and large businesses, educational institutions, government agencies and non-profit organizations around the world. You can learn more about how Google Apps can lower IT costs and improve productivity and collaboration at your organization at google.com/apps.
For those Checkout users who have a Google Apps account, if your administrator has already transitioned your organization to the new infrastructure, you can now use Google Checkout by signing in at checkout.google.com with your existing Apps account.
For more details, you can read the complete post on the Google Enterprise blog and follow all the updates on other newly available services for Google Apps users.
UK Merchants: Increase online donations for your cause
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
We’re pleased to announce that tax exempt organizations in the UK are now able to accept donations from their users via Google Checkout. If you have selected “Non-profit” as your primary product type in the Settings tab of your Checkout profile, the Donate button is now available for you to embed on your website. Learn more about how to set up the button and increase donations to your cause.
In addition, donors in the UK will be able to elect into Gift Aid while making the purchase, making their donations even more valuable to UK non-profits.
Stand out to shoppers with the Google Checkout holiday promotion
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
The holiday shopping season is quickly approaching, and we know merchants are busy planning ways to stand out to the right buyers and increase sales. We’re excited to present a way for active Checkout merchants to partner with Google to help drive Google Checkout leads and sales during the upcoming shopping season: You can sign in to your Google Checkout account to review the details and quickly set up a holiday promotion.Google will market the promotion through AdWords ads, emails to buyers, and social networking posts to bring buyers to the Checkout Deals Page. Last holiday season, merchants who ran a Checkout promotion increased their Google Checkout sales by an average of 209%, compared to a 25% increase for merchants who did not participate.
You can participate in the Google Checkout Holiday promotion by offering shoppers your choice of a $5 off $30, $10 off $60, $10 off $100 or $20 off $200 discount (pre-tax and shipping), limit one per user. If you participate, we'll change your standard Google Checkout button on your website to the special promotional Checkout button that features an orange starburst labeled with the promotion discount. When the minimum cart requirement is met, the discount will automatically appear for buyers when they shop with Google Checkout from November 23, 2010 at 4:00 PM Pacific to December 16, 2010, at 4:00 PM Pacific.
Additionally, if you are an AdWords advertiser, Google will change the standard Checkout badge appearing on your Google.com AdWords ads to a new badge that features the promotion discount. These badges have been introduced to enable shoppers who search on Google.com to easily identify and take advantage of promotional offers. Merchants eligible for the standard Checkout badge are eligible for the new promotional badge at Google's discretion.
To get started, sign in to your Google Checkout merchant account at http://checkout.google.com/sell, go to the 'Tools' tab, and click the 'Promotions' link in the left-hand navigation to view the promotion details and accept the offer of your choice or decline the terms. Once you accept, Google will take care of the rest. No additional integration is required.
We’re looking forward to a fun and successful holiday season!
Remember these tips for safer shopping
Friday, October 29, 2010
National Cyber Security Awareness Month may be coming to an end, but online security is something to think about year-round. With the exciting holiday shopping season coming up, we wanted to share some tips for keeping your buying and selling experience online safe and secure.- Beware of money-transfer and seller scams: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Never wire money to a seller you haven’t reviewed very thoroughly, and stay alert for phishing attempts. Note that Google Checkout does NOT support payments through wire transfer and will never ask for your username or password via email. See our previous post on fake Checkout invoices for more details.
- Work with legitimate businesses: Before you make a purchase from an unfamiliar seller online, make sure to investigate them. For example, do a web search for reviews from other buyers with experience with the seller. Legitimate merchants should provide you with contact information that you can reference if you have any questions or problems with your transaction.
- Make sure your passwords are strong: Don't reuse passwords across multiple accounts, and remember to change them periodically, especially if you suspect your account may be at risk. Check out more tips on how to choose a smart password.
- Type web addresses into your browser's address bar: Never navigate to sensitive accounts by clicking a link or cutting and pasting the address. Instead, enter the address yourself, (e.g. type “www.bankofamerica.com”).
- Only send information over secure connections: Look for the https connection in the address bar (and the padlock icon in your address bar if you’re using Google Chrome or IE) when transmitting any sensitive information like credit card or bank numbers. When accessing financial accounts, check that the website has an Extended Validation Certificate — the URL or website name should show up as green in the URL bar, meaning the organization that operates the website has been validated.
- Avoid conducting financial transactions on public computers: Avoid logging into accounts that contain sensitive financial information (e.g. bank or credit card accounts or commerce websites) on public or shared computers. If you do access such information on a public or shared computer, remember to sign out completely and close your browser window after you're done.
Stop. Think. Connect. to protect yourself from fake Checkout invoices.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
In keeping with our commitment to security for our users, and in recognition of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, we wanted to encourage everyone to be wary of spoofed Google Checkout invoices that try to trick users into sending money to scammers. A spoofed invoice is an invoice designed to look like it came from someone else — in this case, Google Checkout. We’re finding that these spoofed invoices are often related to fraudulent vehicle purchases, where the scammer persuades the buyer that the high-cost purchase will be protected by Google Checkout. In fact, the transaction is fraudulent and has nothing to do with Google Checkout.Buyers have reported that the spoofed invoices are designed to look similar to Google Checkout invoices, with one important exception: payment is requested through wire transfer, money transfer services such as Western Union or Moneygram, or direct bank transfers. This is a clear scam signal because Google Checkout does NOT support money transfers in any of these ways.
A typical scam might look like this:
You are searching online to buy a car and find a listing for something you like at an incredible price. When you contact the seller, they suggest that you use Google Checkout to pay for the car. Then, they send you what they claim is a Google Checkout invoice that lists the price and has instructions on how to send them the money. The red flag, again, is that the invoice has instructions on how to wire money via Western Union or Moneygram, or via direct bank transfers.
Here are some additional tips for safer shopping and recognizing scams:
- Google Checkout currently supports payments made by credit or debit cards only. If a seller suggests you can pay via wire or bank transfer with your Checkout account, don’t proceed with the transaction; it’s likely fraudulent.
- Scammers may reference the terms “Verified Google Checkout Agent,” “Regional Manager,” “Purchase Protection Account,” or some other form of escrow account in their spoofed invoice. None of these terms are used on Checkout.
- Scammers may request high dollar transactions to be broken down into smaller payments, sometimes with each payment going to a different person.
- The price of the goods you are interested in purchasing seems too good to be true, or the seller claims to have the new hot item that is sold out everywhere else.
Posted by Steven Chen, Manager, Trust & Safety
Shopping with a buddy
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
We know that savvy online shoppers are always looking for a deal, but sometimes it can be difficult to get the right service with the right price. A handy update to Shopping Buddy (previously featured on our blog under the name Google Checkout Promo Notifier) brings discounts plus ratings right to your Google Chrome browser. The extension now displays merchant ratings and reviews, so you can find promotions and learn more about a merchant all without leaving the site you’re shopping on.
The seller rating will display as a star with score from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest) in the URL bar. To read detailed reviews and see the distribution of ratings, just click on the star.
To get more useful information while shopping online, download Shopping Buddy from the Chrome extensions page and be sure to let us know what you think.
Setting international sales tax rates gets easier
Thursday, October 07, 2010
We’re happy to share an update to merchant tax settings that we hope will make selling internationally even easier. Merchants can now set sales tax rates for all countries supported by Google Checkout from the Tax setup option under the Settings tab in the Checkout Merchant Center.
Specifically, you can specify tax rates to apply to the goods that you ship to over 140 countries, all U.S. states, and all Canadian provinces.
To learn even more about setting sales tax rates, visit our Help Center and let us know what you think in the Merchant Forum.
Checking in on Google Checkout
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Some exciting news today on the Android Developers blog: Google Checkout is now supporting Android developers in 20 new countries, from Portugal to Mexico and beyond, bringing the total number of developer countries on Android Market to 29.This comes at a very exciting time for Google Checkout. Looking back at the last year in particular, what stands out is the promising growth we’ve seen in the use of the service: The number of transactions on Checkout has tripled, the user base has grown 50 percent, and the number of active users is up by 120 percent -- all in the last 12 months. We’re now helping improve the online checkout experience for hundreds of thousands of sellers and developers, and tens of millions of buyers, in many locations around the world.
Checkout has also played a valuable role in enabling a fast, safe, and convenient purchase experience across Google products ranging from Android Market to YouTube Rentals. Looking ahead, Checkout will be featured as a payment method in upcoming initiatives like the Apps Marketplace, Chrome Web Store, and Google Editions, and we’re looking forward to working with an even larger set of developers, publishers, and buyers on them.
Like most of you, we’re focusing much of our energy right now on gearing up for the holiday season, and on helping merchants drive even more traffic and conversions from our rapidly growing user base during that crucial time of year. U.S. merchants should look for information about holiday promotions in your account and your inbox soon. (To be sure you don’t miss any promotion announcements, remember to opt in to receive emails from Google Checkout.)
Meanwhile, we want to thank all the sellers and developers who have helped us grow and improve Checkout over the last few years. We are more excited than ever to innovate for you, and we’ll continue to work toward delivering the fastest, the safest, and the most convenient purchase experience across the web and the mobile. Stay tuned!
