Comments on: Paying for online content http://billbennett.co.nz/2009/05/21/paying-for-online-content/ knowledge workers - for people paid to think for a living Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:03:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: No, I Won’t Pay to Read Your Newspaper Online | Digitally Approved http://billbennett.co.nz/2009/05/21/paying-for-online-content/#comment-198 No, I Won’t Pay to Read Your Newspaper Online | Digitally Approved Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:10:57 +0000 http://billbennettnz.wordpress.com/?p=2000#comment-198 [...] not news. Slate Magazine tried moving their online magazine to a paid subscription model. The result?Less than 5% of readers were willing to contribute – even to the most modest of fees. Publishers, [...] [...] not news. Slate Magazine tried moving their online magazine to a paid subscription model. The result?Less than 5% of readers were willing to contribute – even to the most modest of fees. Publishers, [...]

]]> By: Paid content: the newspaper industry’s suicide pact « Knowledge Workers http://billbennett.co.nz/2009/05/21/paying-for-online-content/#comment-200 Paid content: the newspaper industry’s suicide pact « Knowledge Workers Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:17:22 +0000 http://billbennettnz.wordpress.com/?p=2000#comment-200 [...] Paying for online content (billbennettnz.wordpress.com) Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Will Murdoch get readers to pay for web content?Murdoch, Fairfax papers disagree on content payment surveythe australian continues to delude itselfRupert Murdoch: Soon People Will Pay For Newspapers On The Internet [...] [...] Paying for online content (billbennettnz.wordpress.com) Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Will Murdoch get readers to pay for web content?Murdoch, Fairfax papers disagree on content payment surveythe australian continues to delude itselfRupert Murdoch: Soon People Will Pay For Newspapers On The Internet [...]

]]> By: davideedle http://billbennett.co.nz/2009/05/21/paying-for-online-content/#comment-199 davideedle Sun, 24 May 2009 23:44:22 +0000 http://billbennettnz.wordpress.com/?p=2000#comment-199 Bill, we toyed with micropayments when running our subscription content site, but were always thwarted by the problem you raise with the cost to the merchant of low value credit card transactions, by the time we'd paid the bank fees, card gateway fees etc, the numbers didn't stack up. PayPal looked to be an option, but again fees are a killer. If someone could crack an inexpensive micropayment system there's a real opportunity out there. Cheers...David http://www.NicheContentMillionaire.com Bill, we toyed with micropayments when running our subscription content site, but were always thwarted by the problem you raise with the cost to the merchant of low value credit card transactions, by the time we’d paid the bank fees, card gateway fees etc, the numbers didn’t stack up. PayPal looked to be an option, but again fees are a killer. If someone could crack an inexpensive micropayment system there’s a real opportunity out there.

Cheers…David

http://www.NicheContentMillionaire.com

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