Comments on: Google vs. Paypal — Customer Preference http://www.kalzumeus.com/2007/02/26/google-vs-paypal-customer-preference/ B2C stands for "Bingo To Customer" Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:23:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Patrick http://www.kalzumeus.com/2007/02/26/google-vs-paypal-customer-preference/#comment-1944 Patrick Sat, 09 May 2009 05:38:12 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/2007/02/26/google-vs-paypal-customer-preference/#comment-1944 David -- No information specifically for setting these options up. I could give you pointers to the docs in Japanese if you want, but if you could use that Google would already have found your answer I am expecting (the magic words are コンビニ決済 or コンビニ支払). The organizations you'd have to make contracts with are going to be EXTRAORDINARILY wary about getting into business with a foreign firm. David — No information specifically for setting these options up. I could give you pointers to the docs in Japanese if you want, but if you could use that Google would already have found your answer I am expecting (the magic words are コンビニ決済 or コンビニ支払). The organizations you’d have to make contracts with are going to be EXTRAORDINARILY wary about getting into business with a foreign firm.

]]> By: David Ridgway http://www.kalzumeus.com/2007/02/26/google-vs-paypal-customer-preference/#comment-1943 David Ridgway Sat, 09 May 2009 04:19:39 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/2007/02/26/google-vs-paypal-customer-preference/#comment-1943 Hi Patrick, Adding here to an old post sorry, do you have any information about setting up payment methods you describe above? Thanks in Advance David Hi Patrick,
Adding here to an old post sorry, do you have any information about setting up payment methods you describe above?

Thanks in Advance

David

]]> By: Guillaume Maury http://www.kalzumeus.com/2007/02/26/google-vs-paypal-customer-preference/#comment-667 Guillaume Maury Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:11:05 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/2007/02/26/google-vs-paypal-customer-preference/#comment-667 Thanks for answering, sorry I didn't see your answer.... I got busy and ended up not checking back... I guess I'll have to look at the other possibilities.... Is it really easy to use the cellphone provider? I heard that it only works on a case by case basis... but I might be wrong. Thanks for answering, sorry I didn’t see your answer…. I got busy and ended up not checking back…

I guess I’ll have to look at the other possibilities…. Is it really easy to use the cellphone provider? I heard that it only works on a case by case basis… but I might be wrong.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.kalzumeus.com/2007/02/26/google-vs-paypal-customer-preference/#comment-668 Patrick Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:17:09 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/2007/02/26/google-vs-paypal-customer-preference/#comment-668 Paypal works for Japanese people who have a credit card. Many don't and customer acceptance of them for online transactions is lower than it is in the US (I have a friend who buys $100 worth of books from Amazon a month and he trudges out to the convenience store to pay for his invoice rather than exposing his CC number online). There are about five ways to charge people without using a credit card. * Accept wire transfers, which are cheap and easy in Japan. * Allow people to pay for your product at the local convenience store. * Sell stored value cards through conveninence stores. * Sign up with a micropayment provider who sells stored value cards through convenience stores. * Bill them through their cellphone provider. Penetration of cellphones is essentially 100% here. This is assuming consumer software with price points below 10,000 yen. Paypal works for Japanese people who have a credit card. Many don’t and customer acceptance of them for online transactions is lower than it is in the US (I have a friend who buys $100 worth of books from Amazon a month and he trudges out to the convenience store to pay for his invoice rather than exposing his CC number online).

There are about five ways to charge people without using a credit card.

* Accept wire transfers, which are cheap and easy in Japan.
* Allow people to pay for your product at the local convenience store.
* Sell stored value cards through conveninence stores.
* Sign up with a micropayment provider who sells stored value cards through convenience stores.
* Bill them through their cellphone provider. Penetration of cellphones is essentially 100% here.

This is assuming consumer software with price points below 10,000 yen.

]]> By: Guillaume Maury http://www.kalzumeus.com/2007/02/26/google-vs-paypal-customer-preference/#comment-669 Guillaume Maury Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:51:41 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/2007/02/26/google-vs-paypal-customer-preference/#comment-669 Since you live in japan, do you happen to know which payment (paypal, or others) system would be the most accepted by japanese customers ? Thanks Since you live in japan, do you happen to know which payment (paypal, or others) system would be the most accepted by japanese customers ?

Thanks

]]> By: Peter Marshall http://www.kalzumeus.com/2007/02/26/google-vs-paypal-customer-preference/#comment-670 Peter Marshall Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:33:17 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/2007/02/26/google-vs-paypal-customer-preference/#comment-670 Do note that checkout is not available for use outside of the US. This means international customers have no choice but to use Paypal. I dont know if that makes a difference to your results. But any european (UK) customers dont have the option to use google checkout. cheers keep clicking Peter Do note that checkout is not available for use outside of the US.
This means international customers have no choice but to use Paypal. I dont know if that makes a difference to your results. But any european (UK) customers dont have the option to use google checkout.

cheers
keep clicking
Peter

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