Operation PayPal in every Home Depot is near completion, as the e-commerce giant has rolled out its in-store payment service to nearly 2,000 stores. This push further into mobile shouldn’t at all be surprising, especially when you consider how its parent company (eBay) has gone big on mobile. Both companies have worked close together since its first announcement of the partnership almost six weeks ago.
When this partnership began, the program only started off with a small five-store pilot with The Home Depot to test PayPal’s ambitious in store payment system. Now things seem to be rolling out in rapid speed. Customers will be able to use the checkout service using a PayPal card, or mobile phone number and PIN combination — which is probably the safest of the two.
In a video, the company shows how simple the service works — it’s pretty cool. The giant e-commerce payment business feels that “its re-imagining money.” Adding, “We make money work better – no matter whether you are online, on a mobile phone, or now in a store.” I said it before and I’ll say it again: “This move by PayPal is brilliant, why pay Visa and MasterCard for its offline services when you can create your own?” And this is what the company is attempting to do, risky, but smart.
Roll out schedule for participating stores started yesterday in major markets in the South and North Plains, while folks in Cali, NYC, and Boston will have to wait until March 2nd. I didn’t see anything when it came to availability in CT, which sucks for me. If you want to use this service, just hit sign up.
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