Is Google checkout the answer?

It looks as though it may well be. As long as you don't mind a user completing their purchase transaction away from your site.

Google's Checkout system is the most recent arrivals of the big checkout processing payment gateways. Worldpay and PayPal have lead the way for many over recent years, but with some agreesive marketing Google Checkout has made itself a force to be reckoned with.

I can't see a compelling reason to use anyone else. With great integration features, fraud checks, a powerful API, order tracking, linking to Google Analytics and savings for AdWords users it has a lot going for it!

Plus, everyone trusts Google! Seeing their badge across payment systems can be reassuring to customers that are unfamilar with your site.

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