Googles Online Service Changes Competition Landscape
Items for sale on eBay range from the sublime to the ridiculous, but the manner in which you pay for them is no laughing matter for the auction giant.
Among the options are: Bidpay, Propay, Interac Email Money Transfer (a Canadian service formerly known as Certapay), and, of course, its own service PayPal. What it wonât accept is Google Checkout and more than three dozen other online payment services.
According to a FAQ page on eBayâs Web site: âThis policy is designed to promote safe online shopping, and to encourage online payment methods that are safe, easy to use, reliable, and offer high levels of protection for users.â?
Barry Campbell, director of business development for Interac Online, said the e-mail money transfer service offered by his company was given the OK by eBay following an evaluation. âI canât tell you exactly what happened, but I can tell you that we had discussions and they were satisfied with our model â who we are, how long weâve been in business, our fraud prevention methods,â? he said.
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