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Is this Official Google merchandise site?

11 points by kr0y 17y ago

Where to buy original Google merchandise online?

kr0y 17y ago
I wanted to buy Official Google merchandise (especially the Rubik's Cube and a few wearables). The only site which pops up in Google search is the link above. But I am skeptical. Is the Google Store official site by Google? Doesnt look like that. Also where can I buy official Google merchandise, online?
- jonknee 17y ago
  http://www.googlestore.com http://www.googlestore.com is the real address.
keekO0o 17y ago
It seems they are banking on the brand Google, it really doesn't have anything that makes it look like a Google Inc. website... something's wrong!!
ekpyrotic 17y ago
In the Q&A: "Q. Help! I searched for ?????? on Google.com and cant find what Im looking for/get wrong results! A. Im afraid we can ONLY answer questions relating to the Google Store. Our friends at help@google.com will be happy to assist you in any other Google related enquiries." Google would not use punctuation so gratuitously and miss apostrophes.
JeremyBanks 17y ago
The Google about page (http://www.google.com/intl/en/about.html http://www.google.com/intl/en/about.html) links to googlestore.com, without the hyphen. The site is similar in appearance, but not the same; I would assume that the linked site is a fake.
- csomar 17y ago
  i looked at the site without the hyphen and it took me to the one with hyphen?
  - JeremyBanks 17y ago
    Ah, interesting. It didn't do so for me, they appeared as different sites.
- CGamesPlay 17y ago
  So, if Google links to googlestore.com, and googlestore.com links to google-store.com, then it must be a partnership.
SingAlong 17y ago
yes! it is the official Google store IMHO. Searching for the "Google Store" brings it up as an ad or highlighted result. http://www.google.co.in/search?q=google+store http://www.google.co.in/search?q=google+store Google would have removed it if it was unofficial :P Also http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=715 http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=715 links to it.
blurry 17y ago
Registered to Merchandise Mania Ltd, Borehamwood, UK.
jonknee 17y ago
No. Check the WHOIS.
kr0y 17y ago
The googlestore.com links to google-store.com if we click anywhere on the map except the North American continent. So is the hyphenated site kind of official?
- keekO0o 17y ago
  By the way clicking on Canada and America takes you to http://googlestore.com/home.asp. http://googlestore.com/home.asp.. notice the .asp in the end... while all other countries are pointing to google-store.com/index.php ... odd!
  - sounddust 17y ago
    Google is likely outsourcing the operation of the store to 3rd parties. Makes sense, as it would probably be more trouble than it's worth for Google to sell the stuff themselves.
ErrantX 17y ago
As ther5e is confusion here YES it is an official Google store. googlestore.com is Google's official US store where they sell merchandise. I am 99% sure (having read it on Google in the past) Merchandise Mania Ltd have the worldwide resale rights on merchandise (hence googlestore.com linking to google-store.com for map locales outside the US) EDIT: dolt I was almost right. A bit of poking around and it looks like Merchandise Mania are like the Cafepress of the corporate world. So they provide the infrastructure, printing and shipping and Google just sets up the merchandise they want to sell :) makes sense I guess. EDIT2: http://paulsmania.blogspot.com/ http://paulsmania.blogspot.com/ That is linked from the Merchandise Mania offical site (as a blog) and in the about section says: Merchandise Mania - an award winning Promotional Merchandise supplier based in Borehamwood in Hertfordshire. Their international client base includes Google, Bosch, McDonalds Restaurants and many many more. :)
spoiledtechie 17y ago
Its built in PHP and doesn't use nifty URL rewriting at all. Nope, can't be.
spoiledtechie 17y ago
Anyone else notice the real google store at http://www.googlestore.com/home.asp http://www.googlestore.com/home.asp is using ASP.NET? MSoft wins again.
- LargeWu 17y ago
  Actually it's probably classic ASP. ASP.NET uses the .aspx extension.
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daremon 17y ago
http://googlestore.com/home.asp http://googlestore.com/home.asp is the USA+Canada official Google store. Probably it runs an older shopping cart script written in MS asp. http://google-store.com/index.php http://google-store.com/index.php is the official Google store for the rest of the world . It uses osCommerce!
themanual 17y ago
Looks official but they do not use the official Google checkout!! See http://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2009/google-store-does-not-use-google-checkout/ http://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2009/google-store-does-not-use...
kingsley_20 17y ago
It is official. When I did some (read: lots of) volunteer translation for Google years back, I got an email from Marissa Mayer asking me to pick out something from the store as a reward.

11 points by kr0y 17y ago

Where to buy original Google merchandise online?

kr0y 17y ago

I wanted to buy Official Google merchandise (especially the Rubik's Cube and a few wearables). The only site which pops up in Google search is the link above. But I am skeptical. Is the Google Store official site by Google? Doesnt look like that. Also where can I buy official Google merchandise, online?

jonknee 17y ago
http://www.googlestore.com http://www.googlestore.com is the real address.

keekO0o 17y ago

It seems they are banking on the brand Google, it really doesn't have anything that makes it look like a Google Inc. website... something's wrong!!

ekpyrotic 17y ago

In the Q&A: "Q. Help! I searched for ?????? on Google.com and cant find what Im looking for/get wrong results! A. Im afraid we can ONLY answer questions relating to the Google Store. Our friends at help@google.com will be happy to assist you in any other Google related enquiries." Google would not use punctuation so gratuitously and miss apostrophes.

JeremyBanks 17y ago

The Google about page (http://www.google.com/intl/en/about.html http://www.google.com/intl/en/about.html) links to googlestore.com, without the hyphen. The site is similar in appearance, but not the same; I would assume that the linked site is a fake.

csomar 17y ago
i looked at the site without the hyphen and it took me to the one with hyphen?
- JeremyBanks 17y ago
  Ah, interesting. It didn't do so for me, they appeared as different sites.
CGamesPlay 17y ago
So, if Google links to googlestore.com, and googlestore.com links to google-store.com, then it must be a partnership.

SingAlong 17y ago

yes! it is the official Google store IMHO. Searching for the "Google Store" brings it up as an ad or highlighted result. http://www.google.co.in/search?q=google+store http://www.google.co.in/search?q=google+store Google would have removed it if it was unofficial :P Also http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=715 http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=715 links to it.

blurry 17y ago

Registered to Merchandise Mania Ltd, Borehamwood, UK.

jonknee 17y ago

No. Check the WHOIS.

kr0y 17y ago

The googlestore.com links to google-store.com if we click anywhere on the map except the North American continent. So is the hyphenated site kind of official?

keekO0o 17y ago
By the way clicking on Canada and America takes you to http://googlestore.com/home.asp. http://googlestore.com/home.asp.. notice the .asp in the end... while all other countries are pointing to google-store.com/index.php ... odd!
- sounddust 17y ago
  Google is likely outsourcing the operation of the store to 3rd parties. Makes sense, as it would probably be more trouble than it's worth for Google to sell the stuff themselves.

ErrantX 17y ago

As ther5e is confusion here YES it is an official Google store. googlestore.com is Google's official US store where they sell merchandise. I am 99% sure (having read it on Google in the past) Merchandise Mania Ltd have the worldwide resale rights on merchandise (hence googlestore.com linking to google-store.com for map locales outside the US) EDIT: dolt I was almost right. A bit of poking around and it looks like Merchandise Mania are like the Cafepress of the corporate world. So they provide the infrastructure, printing and shipping and Google just sets up the merchandise they want to sell :) makes sense I guess. EDIT2: http://paulsmania.blogspot.com/ http://paulsmania.blogspot.com/ That is linked from the Merchandise Mania offical site (as a blog) and in the about section says: Merchandise Mania - an award winning Promotional Merchandise supplier based in Borehamwood in Hertfordshire. Their international client base includes Google, Bosch, McDonalds Restaurants and many many more. :)

spoiledtechie 17y ago

Its built in PHP and doesn't use nifty URL rewriting at all. Nope, can't be.

spoiledtechie 17y ago

Anyone else notice the real google store at http://www.googlestore.com/home.asp http://www.googlestore.com/home.asp is using ASP.NET? MSoft wins again.

LargeWu 17y ago
Actually it's probably classic ASP. ASP.NET uses the .aspx extension.

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daremon 17y ago

http://googlestore.com/home.asp http://googlestore.com/home.asp is the USA+Canada official Google store. Probably it runs an older shopping cart script written in MS asp. http://google-store.com/index.php http://google-store.com/index.php is the official Google store for the rest of the world . It uses osCommerce!

themanual 17y ago

Looks official but they do not use the official Google checkout!! See http://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2009/google-store-does-not-use-google-checkout/ http://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2009/google-store-does-not-use...

kingsley_20 17y ago

It is official. When I did some (read: lots of) volunteer translation for Google years back, I got an email from Marissa Mayer asking me to pick out something from the store as a reward.