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Flattr – the worlds first social micro-payment system

Brent Sordyl — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:25:21 +0000

Flattr solves this issue. When you’re registered to flattr, you pay a small monthly fee. You set the amount yourself. At the end of the month, that fee is divided between all the things you flattered. You’re always logged in to the account. That means that giving someone some flattr-love is just a button away. And you should! Clicking one more button doesn’t add to your fee, it just divides the fee between more people! Flattr tries to encourage people to share. Not only pieces of content, but also some money to support the people who created them.

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Paypal offers Micropayments but charges 5c per?

Brent Sordyl — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:00:07 +0000

“PayPal offers support for Micropayments to merchants for US to US, GB to GB, AU to AU, and EU to EU transactions for Business and Premier accounts. This feature is offered at a special rate of 5% + $0.05 per transaction.”

How micro can a payment be if paypal is taking 5c on each one? Maybe I’ll set up a service charging 4c and make money on the volume? http://www.bestviral.com/video/6520/snl_change_bank_2
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Media Executives Plan Online Service to Charge for Content – NYTimes.com

Brent Sordyl — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:00:04 +0000

Three longtime media executives are building an automated system to allow newspapers and magazines to charge for online access, including an “all you can read” subscription that would allow access to multiple publications, the executives said on Tuesday.

Steven Brill, Court TV founder, is one of three media executives who want to build Journalism Online, a subscription service.

Their company, Journalism Online L.L.C., aims to supply publishers with ready-made tools to charge Internet fees, an idea that has gained currency as advertising revenue plummets, but whose prospects of success are doubted by many media analysts.
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