Google wants you to enter your credit card as part of Gmail signup?

[ShareShiz]

Google wants you to enter your credit card as part of Gmail signup?
By Brad Sams

Google is on a mission to embed all of its products within its other products, which we have seen with the implementation of Google+ on its homepage. This type of cross selling is an easy way to promote your own products for (nearly) free to individuals who already use your services.

What Google is now doing, or at least beta testing, is the creation of a Google Wallet account when setting up a new email address.

This new addition, which is prompted in the setup phase of an email account, makes it seem as if the Google email account is not free. We understand that Google wants to create as many Google Wallet accounts as possible but the mix and match of email to credit card seems like a strange marriage.

Time will tell if this feature actually gets included in the basic email setup but as Google continues to blend its products such as putting Google+ on its iconic homepage, we must wonder if it really is your first thought to also hand over your credit card number too?

Note: There is also a Not "Now Button" meaning you doing have to enter a Credit Card

ShareShiz Reviewed by ShareShiz on 22nd Feb 2012. Google wants you to enter your credit card as part of Gmail signup? Google wants you to enter your credit card as part of Gmail signup? By Brad Sams Note: There is also a Not "Now Button" meaning you doing have to enter a Credit Card Rating: 5

[-Im.z2ight-]

I use google wallet. My phone acts as a credit card for me.

[msk19994]

lol google wants people to use google checkout

[vizoomer]

google wants to be the president of the world like a boss

[Mutikasa]

google shmoogle, they will come to an end too

[foxman]

Not Now Button

+1

[MyDarkTower]

I just signed up and nowhere in the Gmail sign up did they ask for a credit card.

[barrix]

They trying to be Internet not just a search engine

[nasavsisro]

Yes barrix They don't want any Competitor

i'm sure in future google launch services like: Cars without Fuel, Google PC without Power, and every things in life Just Using Google Accounts

[gfxguru]

Google is the BOSS...
but i wont use google checkout until they are supported by ebay...and other major eCommerce site