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I think you make some good points, but couldn't someone just buy 20 or 50 article credits from you in a single transaction and then choose which articles they w

• jawns 9y ago
  That's the way most micropayment systems currently work. No, it doesn't solve the problem, because really all you're doing is exchanging dollars for credits. You still have to decide, every time, whether you want to spend a certain number of credits to view a certain piece of content.
  • test6554 9y ago
    Users who purchased the credits go from unknown prospects to customers. All transaction fees are consolidated for better efficiency. From that point on, you are servicing a known paying customer rather than spending effort selling your wares. Each transaction that starts from a known person rather than an unknown user means the friction of that transaction can be much lower. The user can simply click "read this article (1 credit)" while logged in. Then the article becomes accessible to them forever. They can read it as long as they are logged in. As time goes on, you can increase the cost of credits to meet your needs, but outstanding credits are always honored, and purchased articles are always accessible in the user's "library".