Sellers can now create stores with Google Checkout anywhere

Users can now set up an online store with Google Checkout online payment service. Google Labs announced recently the launch of a new widget (or gadget, as Google calls it) to allow sellers to embed a large version of the Google Checkout store gadget on their own website or on Google Sites a free webhosting service - to act as the user's ecommerce store.

In addition sellers can also embed a small version of the gadget on their blog or website. They must use a Google Docs spreadsheet, where they manage their inventory, and must have a Google Checkout seller account. They can then embed the online store anywhere.

Google says that sellers can get their first online store up-and-running in under five minutes. A tutorial shows three examples of how sellers might use the widget.