Will Google Checkout force PayPal to Change Its Fee Structure?

[mandy]

From rsmythe's (Randy Smythe/GlacierBay DVD) blog:

From a sellers perspective increasing checkout options will be beneficial and a solid competitor will force PayPal to reconfigure their fee structure and become more responsive to sellers issues. Where Google Checkout has the greatest chance of success is in the ecommerce world outside of eBay. This battleground (the world outside of eBay) is much more difficult for PayPal to get traction...

Prediction: At some point I see the competitive landscape changing and PayPal being offered through Google Checkout. Of course the only way I see this happening is if Google were to buy eBay. A Google/eBay marriage would allow PayPal to continue it’s upward trend, would bail out eBay’s Skype purchase by putting it in the hands of Google management and it would invigorate eBay’s marketplace business. This makes far too much sense.

full article: http://rksmythe.blogspot.com/2006/11/goo...along.html