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> prepaid and then use credit to subscribe This is mainly because Chinese online payment infrastructure didn't have good support for subscriptions or auto paym
by partyboy 1y ago
> prepaid and then use credit to subscribe
This is mainly because Chinese online payment infrastructure didn't have good support for subscriptions or auto payments (at least until relatively recently) so this pattern is the norm
- rfoo 1y agoIt's more of a culture thing. People just hate the concept of "idk how much I'm going to pay let's just try this and find out later". Also people would be confused as they expect things to be prepaid, so if you let them use the service they'd think it's a free trial or something, unless you literally put very big, clear price tag and require like triple confirmation. If not and you ask them to pay later they would perceive this as unfair deceptive tricks, and may scam you by report the loss of their credit card (!), because apparently disputing transactions in China is super hard.
- tw1984 1y agoI have been using alipay to pay for my Tencent Video monthly subscription for the past 8-9 years.