Showing posts with label Google Wallet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google Wallet. Show all posts

Thursday, November 13, 2014

"Google Wallet for digital goods" disappears, you'll have to find another way to get paid for your digital content


Important news for retailers, developers and anyone else who might occupy the API of Google Wallet for goods , specialized section of Google for selling digital products (books, music, pictures, etc.) via websites and applications Wallet no native mobile, ie operating within a browser: From March 2015 the service will be discontinued and those buyers who try to make a payment by the typical button "Buy with Google" will crash with an error page 404 . The in-app purchases like the ones used by many developers of Android to allow the Play Store whoever manages, besides shopping in physical stores, are not affected.
Yes, if you were using Google Wallet to offer your digital content and even subscriptions to them, you have to start looking for an alternative to payment processing, either to the suitability of a footbridge own or with the help of third party services (PayPal , Stripe, 2Checkout, etc.), since March 2, 2015 Google Wallet for goods transactions will close permanently. If you need help with the elimination of integration, and are arranged respective technical guides to facilitate the task.
In short, a bad news for small businesses and content generators that had him by default. Regarding the reasons given by Google for disposal talking about the improvement and development of its trading tools to "adapt to market needs in the world of online payments" is followed, or in short, many users are preferring in-app purchases (in the case of mobile) or who is better to keep a more centralized control use their services is given.

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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Google Wallet gets an update that lets you configure regular transfers from your bank


Google Wallet , the mobile payment service with the company intends to compete against PayPal. Now, the company announced on its official blog a number of new developments that make it even more interesting alternative to Google.
The main new feature added at this time is the possibility of regular transfers from your bank account to our Google Wallet, so you always have money available. As a result, we can choose between weekly and monthly transfers every two weeks or in addition to cancel at anytime we want . Of course, this service can be configured at no cost, since Google does not charge any commission for these periodic transfers.And not only that, but you can also set up alerts when our Google Wallet account reaches a minimum amount that you specified previously . In addition, Google has taken the opportunity to recall that the transactions with Google Wallet are 100% covered by the program fraud company, so users can rest assured to use.
For now, these developments are only available in the United States , although not longer be interesting to see how Google is working on the continuous improvement of Google Wallet.

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