42244 4 3 econsultancy_xml <p> <img alt="Hitwise graph" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2174/2124825648_6aa297392c_o.png" /> </p> <p>As you would expect, the majority (59.1%) of PayPal's traffic comes from parent company eBay, 12.4% from Google, and just 2.2% from shopping and classified sites. </p> <p> <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=sierra&amp;continue=https%3A%2F%2Fcheckout.google.com%2F%3Fupgrade%3Dtrue&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;nui=1&amp;ltmpl=default">Google Checkout,</a> by contrast, gets more traffic from retailers, with 45.3% coming from the shopping and classifieds category. </p> <p>The downstream traffic from both payment providers tells another story - 43.4% visit another shopping and classifieds site after Google Checkout, compared with just 26.7% for <a href="http://www.paypal.co.uk/uk">PayPal</a>. </p> <p>This suggests that many more people are abandoning their purchases on Google Checkout than on PayPal. </p> <p>User numbers for Google Checkout are unavailable, but PayPal recently announced that it had almost <a href="/blog/951-paypal-signs-up-35m-european-accounts">35m user accounts in Europe</a>, where it processed $8.4bn (£4.3bn) in payments last year.</p> <p> <strong>Related stories:</strong> <br /> <a href="/blog/1258-google-checkout-a-paid-search-optimisation-tactic">Google Checkout – a paid search optimisation tactic?</a> <br /> <a href="/blog/1953-paypal-targets-new-sites-via-virtual-payments">PayPal targets new sites via virtual payments</a> <br /> <a href="/blog/195-google-checkout-struggles-against-etailer-resistance">Google Checkout struggles against etailer resistance</a>  </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph Align="Center"> <Image AlternateText="Hitwise graph" Source="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2174/2124825648_6aa297392c_o.png"> </Image> </Paragraph> <Paragraph Align="Left">As you would expect, the majority (59.1%) of PayPal's traffic comes from parent company eBay, 12.4% from Google, and just 2.2% from shopping and classified sites. </Paragraph> <Paragraph Align="Left"> <Link URL="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=sierra&amp;continue=https%3A%2F%2Fcheckout.google.com%2F%3Fupgrade%3Dtrue&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;nui=1&amp;ltmpl=default" Window="Self">Google Checkout,</Link> by contrast, gets more traffic from retailers, with 45.3% coming from the shopping and classifieds category. </Paragraph> <Paragraph Align="Left">The downstream traffic from both payment providers tells another story - 43.4% visit another shopping and classifieds site after Google Checkout, compared with just 26.7% for <Link URL="http://www.paypal.co.uk/uk" Window="Self">PayPal</Link>. </Paragraph> <Paragraph Align="Left">This suggests that many more people are abandoning their purchases on Google Checkout than on PayPal. </Paragraph> <Paragraph Align="Left">User numbers for Google Checkout are unavailable, but PayPal recently announced that it had almost <Link URL="/blog/951-paypal-signs-up-35m-european-accounts" Window="Self">35m user accounts in Europe</Link>, where it processed $8.4bn (£4.3bn) in payments last year.</Paragraph> <Paragraph Align="Left"> <Emphasis>Related stories:</Emphasis> <LineBreak /> <Link URL="/blog/1258-google-checkout-a-paid-search-optimisation-tactic" Window="Self">Google Checkout – a paid search optimisation tactic?</Link> <LineBreak /> <Link URL="/blog/1953-paypal-targets-new-sites-via-virtual-payments" Window="Self">PayPal targets new sites via virtual payments</Link> <LineBreak /> <Link URL="/blog/195-google-checkout-struggles-against-etailer-resistance" Window="Self">Google Checkout struggles against etailer resistance</Link>  </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2007-12-20T11:53:00+00:00 4 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>Traffic to Google Checkout has overtaken that to rival online payment service PayPal for the first couple of weeks in December.</strong> </p> <p> <a href="http://weblogs.hitwise.com/robin-goad/2007/12/paypal_vs_google_checkout_in_t.html">Hitwise's Robin Goad</a> finds that the payment service has taken a marginal lead, though this doesn't necessarily indicate that more people are making payments through Google Checkout. </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Traffic to Google Checkout has overtaken that to rival online payment service PayPal for the first couple of weeks in December.</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://weblogs.hitwise.com/robin-goad/2007/12/paypal_vs_google_checkout_in_t.html" Window="Self">Hitwise's Robin Goad</Link> finds that the payment service has taken a marginal lead, though this doesn't necessarily indicate that more people are making payments through Google Checkout. </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 2040 364786 Google Checkout overtakes PayPal in the UK false 2007-12-21T09:15:00+00:00 google-checkout-overtakes-paypal-in-the-uk 2009-04-29T13:07:03+01:00 2009-04-29T13:07:03+01:00 505