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In the United States Hitwise has found that traffic to Google Checkout is dwindling by quite a substanial amount - 34% down for the week ending December 8 compared with the same time last year. (That report is here)

Yet in the United Kingdom traffic to Google Checkout is slightly above the traffic levels that are headed PayPal’s way. So if you’re an online merchant which billing option should you choose?

Here is a quote taken from a comment in the Hitwise report on traffic to PayPal and Google Checkout in the UK

“… they told me that as a dog breeder, I am in violation of their policies on acceptable products. It took Google checkout a year to figure that out. I went back to Paypal several weeks ago and have not looked back. Google checkout customer service stinks.”

You can read the Hitwise post and all of the comments here.

Christmas can be a very busy time if you’re selling online and, while Christmas is just about over for this year, it’s never too late to get some great tips that will help improve your sales next Christmas.

You’ll find 50 of them here and now is the perfect time to start preparing for next Christmas.