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Re: Buy on Google is now open and commission-free

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Post by muro »

londons_explore wrote: post #42
skybrian wrote: post #21

I used to like buying with Google Checkout back in the day. And does anyone remember Froogle? They used to have free product listings, and then they started charging. One of the reasons I heard for that change was that they were getting a lot of spam. I guess by partnering with Shopify they can let someone else worry about that, but likely they'll have a counterfeit problem if this gets any traction.

Shopify isn't free right? So effectively while Google is claiming they are "free", the reality is the merchant still has to pay...

A merchant doesn't have to use Spotify.

Re: Buy on Google is now open and commission-free

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

techntoke wrote: post #98
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #49

Anyone remember when ATMs were free?

No, I don't. How long ago was that? I hear that credit unions don't charge for other credit unions ATMs.

In the 1980s or so, when they first appeared (I'm old). They were free for quite a while.

Folks figured that it was like your local heroin dealer: first one's free.

We knew that it would just be a matter of time before ATM fees started showing up.

At first, they weren't bad, but now, it can cost you five bucks to pull out a sawbuck.

Re: Buy on Google is now open and commission-free

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Post by tantalor »

skybrian wrote: post #21

I used to like buying with Google Checkout back in the day. And does anyone remember Froogle? They used to have free product listings, and then they started charging. One of the reasons I heard for that change was that they were getting a lot of spam. I guess by partnering with Shopify they can let someone else worry about that, but likely they'll have a counterfeit problem if this gets any traction.

"It’s now free to sell on Google"

https://blog.google/products/shopping/its-now-free-to-sell-o...

Re: Buy on Google is now open and commission-free

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Post by wand3r »

muro wrote: post #111
londons_explore wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Shopify isn't free right? So effectively while Google is claiming they are "free", the reality is the merchant still has to pay...

A merchant doesn't have to use Spotify.

Right but also I think you meant shopify...

Re: Buy on Google is now open and commission-free

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Post by gukov »

millstone wrote: post #107
ISL wrote: post #9

So many questions... the big one: How does Google make money from this?

It's 100% about slowing down Amazon. They want people to search on Google instead of Amazon.

More specifically they want people to search on Google and stay there. Pretty much everyone starts their search on Google.

Re: Buy on Google is now open and commission-free

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Post by apeescape »

footlose_3815 wrote: post #77
sleepyshift wrote: post #18

Is Google's head of payment systems really called "Bill Ready"?

Nintendo's CEO's last name is Bowser. Our AG is named "Barr" (Pun on a Bar association) Is there a cool collection of these somewhere? These are the only evidence I feel that we're in a simulation and the engineer is fucking with us.

The most famous weatherman in Finland is Pekka Pouta, which literally means "Pekka Fairweather"

https://youtu.be/8sS7-CfPn6Q

Re: Buy on Google is now open and commission-free

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Post by jtsiskin »

ISL wrote: post #9

So many questions... the big one: How does Google make money from this?

Knowing what you’re buying is hugely useful for improving ads. It provides a ton of information about you, better targeting, retargeting, ad attribution and efficiency metrics, etc
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