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Timothy

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Feb 09, 2008 2:33 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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I was wondering if any of you have thoughts on best payment methods. I have a membership type service I am offering, so there will be monthly or yearly payments. What would be best? PayPal, Google Checkout, other merchant services?

Timothy

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DaleKing

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Feb 09, 2008 3:29 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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You really can`t beat PayPal for convenience and usabilty. I`ve investigated and tried other payment options, but in my opinion, nothing comes close to PayPal.

Dale King

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vwebworld

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Feb 09, 2008 3:31 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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The best is a combination of them... PayPal or Google checkout PLUS a merchant account.

However, if you are concerned about paying a monthly fee for a merchant account, you might wait until you have enough repeat business or sales to fund a merchant account.

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Timothy

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Feb 09, 2008 6:10 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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So then the question is... PayPal or Google Checkout? Which would you all say is better?

Timothy

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cubemonkey

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Feb 09, 2008 6:56 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Paypal still has fees associated with it, but is very good. Google Checkout is free depending on what you spend with your Google Adwords account if you`re using that.

"For every $1 you spend on AdWords each month, you can process $10 in sales the following month for free through Google Checkout."

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