In the never-ending battle of eBay’s PayPal and Google’s Checkout, eBay seems to be stepping up to the plate again. eBay banned the use of Google’s Checkout system a while back, but they’re really trying to encourage more users to use PayPal even though Checkout is illegal to use.
“PayPal is the safest way to pay on eBay,” eBay Senior Vice President Rob Chestnut said in a statement.
Shares of eBay were down more than 1% at $29.44 Wednesday; Google was up more than 1% to $491.29.
eBay’s efforts really don’t seem to be helping though. eBay needs to do something more drastic to stay on top — even though Google is wasting away a lot of money trying to get on top.
