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That sentence is confusing at best. "If you don't have your own payment processing" What does that mean? I thought Google Checkout was my payment processor?

That sentence is confusing at best. "If you don't have your own payment processing" What does that mean? I thought Google Checkout was my payment processor? Do they mean if you already have a payment processor other than Google? And if I _do_ have my own payment processing then I won't need to "transition to a different solution within six months". What does that mean, are they going to give me all the subscribers credit card info so I can start charging their cards myself? I don't think so. As far as I know Braintree only does direct credit card processing, similar to Stripe. If they are planning on migrating all the Google Checkout subscriptions to Braintree credit card subscriptions that would be great but it doesn't sound like that to me. And how would that work for the Google Checkout users who were able to manage their subscriptions through the Google Checkout interface? Does Braintree have an interface for all Google Checkout users or do they lose their interface and need to go through the merchant now?

jonknee 13y ago
Braintree certainly does recurring billing and it's pretty common in these scenarios for the migration to happen between vendors. https://www.braintreepayments.com/tour/recurring-billing https://www.braintreepayments.com/tour/recurring-billing Braintree even helped start http://www.portabilitystandard.org/ http://www.portabilitystandard.org/ to help standardize the migration process. That said, Google Checkout didn't do much in the way of recurring billing. The FAQ says it never made it out of beta. The vast majority of merchants appeared to just be selling the old fashioned way. https://support.google.com/checkout/sell/answer/63440?hl=en https://support.google.com/checkout/sell/answer/63440?hl=en
- Uchikoma 13y ago
  "That said, Google Checkout didn't do much in the way of recurring billing." Your comment helps all those who depend on Google Checkout subscriptions.
  - jonknee 13y ago
    No, Google's migration policy will. I was just noting that the vast majority did not depend on Checkout subscriptions (it never even got out of beta).

jonknee 13y ago

Braintree certainly does recurring billing and it's pretty common in these scenarios for the migration to happen between vendors. https://www.braintreepayments.com/tour/recurring-billing https://www.braintreepayments.com/tour/recurring-billing Braintree even helped start http://www.portabilitystandard.org/ http://www.portabilitystandard.org/ to help standardize the migration process. That said, Google Checkout didn't do much in the way of recurring billing. The FAQ says it never made it out of beta. The vast majority of merchants appeared to just be selling the old fashioned way. https://support.google.com/checkout/sell/answer/63440?hl=en https://support.google.com/checkout/sell/answer/63440?hl=en

Uchikoma 13y ago
"That said, Google Checkout didn't do much in the way of recurring billing." Your comment helps all those who depend on Google Checkout subscriptions.
- jonknee 13y ago
  No, Google's migration policy will. I was just noting that the vast majority did not depend on Checkout subscriptions (it never even got out of beta).