Looking into Google Wallet for Digital Goods.
Signed up for a sandbox account.
Using Google's sample online demo, I can make purchases.
But where's the place where merchants can view all the orders.
I found a link at sandbox.google.com/checkout - but it doesn't
include the orders there.
Specifically I was wondering how with W4DG - one goes about
making refunds etc.
Thanks.
In the Wallet for digital good API documentation, see the "Managing orders" section:
https://developers.google.com/commerce/wallet/digital/docs/orders
Related
I would like to use Stripe to sell digital goods. User needs a licence code after completing payment. The Strip API allows adding a description to the PaymentIntent that is apparently shown to the user on the Receipt.
Are there better ways for managing supply of download details/ license keys through the Stripe API?
I'm building an application for a new small business. They run events at race tracks, and the application is a registration system for said events. As a small business the owner doesn't want to worry about handling people's credit card info. They are just starting up and we are building from the ground up. So we are looking at using third party services like Google Wallet and PayPal.
So looking at the documentation, we have the Instant Buy API. Seeing as we aren't planning on taking direct credit card payments, it seems like a pain to setup payment processing through another service to use the Instant Buy. But we aren't selling a "Digital Good", as far as I can tell (I haven't seen a documented definition for this), so does that mean we can't use the API for Digital Goods? I haven't found any documentation that lays this out as a policy. It seems like it would be a lot simpler to implement, even with the cut Google takes.
There is a page at the google wallet documentation site called Which API Should I Use?, the first item there is:
The quick answer: it depends on your goals, your platform and what
kind of goods or services you're selling. The Instant Buy APIs are for
selling physical goods, while digital goods sellers should use the
Google Wallet for Digital Goods API for web apps or Google Play In-app
Billing for Android for native Android apps. To engage your customers
with offers and loyalty programs, use the Wallet Objects API.
Now, the Instant Buy APIs are for those business that have an existing payment gateway setup, but need to offer Google Wallet as a payment option.
In your situation, as you don't have a payment processor setup:
To sell physical goods on web apps and mobile apps that run on
browsers, use Instant Buy for web. You'll keep your existing payment
processor and optimize your payment flow with Google Wallet, just like
with Android. You can use Instant Buy for web to sell digital goods,
but if you lack a payment processor or resources to maintain and
develop a PCI-compliant online store, you should use the Google Wallet
for Digital Goods API.
I am trying to link my Google Merchant account with my Chrome extension on the dashboard following this guide and even though it suppose to be supported I am getting this message:
The country in which your Google Wallet account (info#wips.com) is registered is not supported at this time.
I am registered from the Czech republic and here it is clear the it suppose to be supported:
https://support.google.com/wallet/business/table/3539140?hl=en&ref_topic=4490611
I have succesfully create my Google Merchant account, so I have the Merchant ID, the seller identifier and the Seller secret.
Can you tell me if I am doing something wrong? Or all the changes that happened yesterday are still taking place?
Thank you very much.
Lukas Jan Marek
Wips.com
It appears that you are planning to sign up as a merchant for Chrome Web Store Payments which uses the Wallet for digital goods API. The merchant eligibility page you point to is for the Google Play In-App Billing API which has a wider country coverage.
The Czech Republic is not yet supported by Chrome Web Store Payments. Here is the current merchant country availability list for the Wallet for digital goods API:
http://developer.chrome.com/webstore/pricing
I'm a developer of a website that enable retailers to interact with rheir customers at events. the way it works is that the retailer selles a product on my website, the costumer buys it on my website, i'm the common thread. i want to offer the consumers to pay with google wallet. the question is how does the retailer coonect his google wallet business acount to the button which will be on my website? can it be done with the email he has opened his google wallet business acount? Thanks! Amitai.
Unfortunately, the seller doesn't have access to any information about the customer. You need to be able to obtain the JWT or Merchant Key from the original retailer to be able to perform sale on your own website. Only tool you have available to pass information around is the JWT. There are several security and process issues related to this.
Anyone know how to get the merchant key for goole wallet?
Support indicates I should have an integration menu in settings but the menu is not showing up
http://support.google.com/checkout/sell/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=42963
Thanks
David.
AFAIK, merchant key is only relevant to "legacy" Google Checkout - re: your account must be for Google Wallet for Web sites (products/services sold at your web site).
The merchant key referenced in the support link you have, is used (only for) that specific API.
The Google Wallet integration settings page is at https://checkout.google.com/inapp/merchant/settings.html .
For some reason, this page is not accessible from anywhere within the Google Wallet merchant interface.