eBay bans Google Checkout

Online auction site eBay has banned its buyers and sellers from using Google’s recently launched online payments service, Google Checkout, in a move that seems designed to protect its own PayPal operation. Any seller caught offering Google Checkout to prospective buyers faces having their listings cancelled, forfeiting their fees or even having their entire account suspended. The decision to exclude Google’s newest venture is yet another indication that Google is encroaching on areas that other companies consider to be their turf. Having created the web’s most widely used search engine, Google has moved into email, instant messaging, word processing, spreadsheets, price comparison and now payments. Companies from AOL and Amazon to Microsoft and now eBay are finding Google on their patch. Google started marketing its payment service to online retailers last month, having previously made it available to buy adverts from the search engine or videos from Google Video. But eBay has updated its accepted payments policy to specifically exclude Google Checkout. It joins a host of other online payment services that eBay does not allow including AlertPay.com, AuctionChex.com, eHotPay.com, Moneygram.com, neteller.com, ecount.com, and xcoin.com. (Media Guardian,July 10, 2006)

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