Surprise fees for Nochex buyers

March 28, 2007

The BBC’s Working Lunch programme yesterday had a feature about a viewer who was charged an extra fee by his credit card company for paying via Nochex. The £3 fee was for a “cash advance” on the card. A number of sellers on the Nochex forums have… Read more

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PayPal Enhanced Seller Protection is close to launch

March 20, 2007

PayPal are evaluating Enhanced Seller Protection, to complement the Basic Seller Protection available to sellers today. The Enhanced Seller Protection would include features such as coverage for all losses including chargeback’s, non-receipt, damage… Read more

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PayPal eCheques will ruin Feedback 2.0 Detailed Seller Rating

March 9, 2007

Are you looking for “What is a PayPal echeque? Today I received the worst email a seller on eBay can get:- Dear , The eCheque payment sent by () did not clear through the PayPal system. You have not received funds for this payment in your PayPal… Read more

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Possible new supplier for you?

February 5, 2007

As an eBay educational specialist the one question I get asked more than anything is “Where can I source my stock from?”. Well I’m feeling generous today so here’s a hot tip. How about trying Police disposal auctions? A new website has just been… Read more

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Credit card funded PayPal payments

February 4, 2007

The Observer Cash column today carries a story about online payment services including PayPal and Nochex. There is an interesting relationship between credit card processors and PayPal which isn’t as straight forward as you might think. It may… Read more

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ChannelAdvisor – Yes to PayPal, No to Google Checkout

January 31, 2007

ChannelAdvisor have been pondering when (not if) eBay should allow Google Checkout for payments. I don’t hold with their argument that eBay dismiss it as an “unproven system” but view checkout as an e-wallet rather than an e-money payment system…. Read more

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Microsoft to challenge PayPal and Google Checkout

January 28, 2007

Well what do you reckon? Third time lucky for Gates to plunge Microsoft into the forefront of online payments? Microsoft wallet (built into Internet Explorer) was a bit of a failure (as in no one used it), so they changed it to a server based system… Read more

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PayPal preferred

January 19, 2007

It’s official, the latest JP Morgan Securities survey reveals that buyers prefer PayPal to Google Checkout. Whilst only 6% of those surveyed had actually used Google Checkout only one in five of these were happy in the survey. Contrast this to a… Read more

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If we pay you enough will you sign up?

December 21, 2006

Marketworks announced that in conjunction with Google they have released twelve new standard templates for ecommerce websites. Customers can select from 12 new professionally designed storefront templates to instantly transform the look of their… Read more

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1200% of almost nothing is still almost nothing

December 18, 2006

“Sales via Google Checkout are up 1200% in Q4. WOW.” exclaims Scott Wingo on his blog. “They admittedly started with a small base, but it’s very interesting to see the growth presented this way. One has to wonder how long eBay’s argument for not… Read more

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Google extend free Checkout promotion

December 6, 2006

Google have announced that Checkout payments will be processed free of charge until the end of 2007. This is fantastic news for merchants with their own websites, effectively increasing their income by 2%. Not so nice for eBay sellers, of course,… Read more

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Google Checkout buys Paypal’s traffic

December 1, 2006

“It turns out does not have anyone you can talk to in real life — only via e-mail,” complained an unhappy customer.Hands up if you can name the company. eBay? Wrong. Paypal? Wrong again. It’s Google. Google Checkout was supposed to be the… Read more

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Cheques? Check!

November 19, 2006

Some fantastic news for anyone who takes payment by cheque: Currently banks can take back the money paid by cheque months or years after it has been cleared into a bank account. But from November 2007 the banks have said that after six banking… Read more

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