Comments on: Profile: Google Wallet

By: Matt Ward

Matt Ward — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:48:57 +0000

We are still yet to see Google Wallet - is it really going to happen? Can they really compete with paypal - who knows.

By: Don Omar

Don Omar — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 06:56:10 +0000

Many people said that the Google wallet was coming out today.

By: Payment 2.0 » Blog Archive » Google Wallet

Payment 2.0 » Blog Archive » Google Wallet — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:42:54 +0000

[...] There have been fresh signs that Google is preparing an online payment service, so called Google Wallet, that would compete with Internet stalwarts eBay and PayPal. Back in June, at the peak of the last Google Wallet rumor cycle, Google confirmed it was planning, but gave no additional details. [...]

By: TechCrunch » Profile: Google Video

TechCrunch » Profile: Google Video — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 04:35:13 +0000

[...] The service is now live. To use it, you must download their VLC client (about 1 mb) here. Once it is installed, you can search for videos (link), and videos that have an arrow icon next to them (see screen shots below) can be viewed by clicking on the icon. Non-free videos will eventually be integrated with the Google Payment Service (see profile here). A sample search with videos is here. [...]

By: Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:29:27 +0000

I agree that it looks like Google Wallet won’t be p2p, which makes it much less interesting for us at TechCrunch.

I’ve had an up and down relationship with PayPal. No need to go into it here, but they need to increase their customer service levels, at least for “merchant” customers.

By: Ken Danieli

Ken Danieli — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:10:40 +0000

I think the WSJ may have overstated the ambitions of Google Wallet project (and then the other media jumped onboard their speculation) as the Google CEO came out the next day and said that they are not pursuing anything in the space that PayPal dominates.

I’ve always found that PayPal works great for person-to-person payments, for subcription payments and receipts, and for buying from companies that sell though other sites, like eBay. I’ve never had a problem with it and I’ve been using it for a lot of years.

I don’t really see a need for a separate wallet program — and I’ve tried several of them over the years, including MSN Wallet and eWallet. I mostly just tried those to take advantage of lucrative trial offers. I’ve used a password and form-filling identity utility to store my information locally for years and I use PayPal frequently to make my other payments.