eBay bans Google Checkout

eBay has banned sellers from using Google Checkout on eBay.

In a bid to protect PayPal, eBay has banned sellers from using Google Checkout, Google's payment service, on its site. 

eBay has also changed the name of its Safe Payments Policy to Accepted Payments Policy, trying to stress that it is THE payment option for users. 

It is mentioned in eBay's Safe Payments policy, that a payment service must have a “substantial historical track record of providing safe and reliable financial and/or banking related services.”

According to a report in SeekingAlpha, Google’s spokesperson has said, “Google Checkout is not a beta product. Google has a long history in billing and payments for AdWords and for premium services, such as Google Video.”

According to reports, Marketworks and ChannelAdvisor, two multi-channel eBay-management services that had worked with Google during development and testing, had announced integration with Google Checkout. However, according to eBay, sellers may not accept banned services on their eBay checkout systems. 

Google has reportedly said that it has no resrictions regarding market place use and they want to work with everybody.

Industry watchers feel that the move may be precipitate and eBay may come across as reacting in a knee-jerk reaction to a perceived threat by Google.

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