Is Google Going to be a PayPal Threat Over The Holidays?

We haven’t been hearing a lot out of Google Checkout since its June debut. What some figured would be a PayPal killer has ultimately been one of Google’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) quieter rollouts and not much of a threat to PayPal parent eBay(Nasdaq: EBAY).

Is that going to change over the holidays?

I received a press release this week from TheFurniture.com, promoting the store’s usage of Google Checkout. Sure enough, just head to the online furniture retailer’s site and the Google button is featured far more prominently on the main page than the other pay options that are available, such as credit cards and PayPal. Drop an item into your cart and even the checkout screen features the option of proceeding directly to a Google Checkout transaction instead of the more conventional checkout route.

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