It looks like Google Checkout is alive and kicking.

Direct competition to PayPal or not, it’s another alternative to simple online payment processing. Yehaw.

Here are some cool tidbits that I found as I snoop around:

Buyers:

  • If you sign up with a Citi credit card, you’ll get $5 or 1000 ThankYou points for the first time you use Google checkout. Expires 9/15/06.

Sellers:

  • A not-too-shabby price of 2% + $0.20 per transaction.
  • Currently no additional fees.
  • Earn free transaction processing if you’re an AdWords advertiser. For every $1 you spend with AdWords, you can process up to $10 of sale for free.
  • More info at the Seller section.

From Okdork.com.