Automate Google Account Creation

Before I go to all the trouble of testing an approach and relaying the captcha, has anyone else automated Google account creation for开发者_开发技巧 the purposes of streamlining Google Checkout implementation?

Especially in a manner conforming to Google's terms of use.

It looks like you are looking for a Google Checkout "Guest Account" - a one-time account where the customer does not have to create a Checkout account with a username / password.

Read the Google Checkout Terms of Service (section #7 - Time Checkout Account):

https://checkout.google.com/termsOfService?type=Buyer

This Checkout Merchant forum question has extra details:

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/checkout-merchants/thread?tid=456542dc4fd031db&hl=en