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Micro payments are the solution. There needs to be a third party micro payments company that acts as an "Open ID" for logging in. Then you could just pay $0.05
by lsternlicht 17y ago
Micro payments are the solution. There needs to be a third party micro payments company that acts as an "Open ID" for logging in. Then you could just pay $0.05 per article you read, or whatever the content provider chooses.
- rarestblog 17y agoActually, I don't think micropayments PER content is ever going to be popular. For example: "Monetize The Audience, Not The Content" I don't know whether I should even read the article, because the title gives utterly obvious advise, even if content (maybe) isn't. On the contrary many promising titles deliver disappointing content. How do I decide whether I want to pay those 5 cents to read particular article? On the other hand, there's a monthly subscription, which I would probably buy from some reputable sources. But, I agree with your "third party micro payments company" idea - it's 2009 and online payments still suck. Especially for micropayments. Especially for all of us outside of America.
- TomOfTTB 17y agoYou missed his point. A big part of his point was making your content accessible for free so you don't lose out on all the search engine and casual user traffic that is generated by having your content out there for free. Micropayments doesn't solve that problem (which is a large part of why they aren't being used by many even after the ideas been around forever)