Google Checkout allows buyers to register a credit card with Google and then purchase safely from registered sellers without having to re-enter private information. This model typically charges the seller a transaction fee and a percentage of the sale. To help push user adoption, Google Checkout has been free for both buyers and sellers in 2007. This was supposed to change at the end of the year, but Google has announced that the deadline has been extended to February 1st 2008.
Sellers using both Google Checkout and Google AdWords have another incentive; for every $1 spent on AdWords, sellers can process $10 in purchases at no additional cost. After that, each transaction will be charged the standard price of $.20 and 2% of the total sale.
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