01-16-2008, 03:38 PM
I have not dealt with google checkout from a merchant perspective, but it appears to be very competitve in terms of fees, etc--might even be a little less than paypal. paypal's take is something like 2.9% + .20 per transaction. Going with a full-fledged merchant solution can be pretty expensive, as you mention. I'd recommend sticking with a paypal/google unless your monthly volume gets huge and you need features beyond what they offer. If you use dreamweaver, there's a free plugin out there that is a wizard that helps you create paypal buttons with the necessary code without having to mess with the code.