Im not sure if I am excited about micropayments in the way I was a few years back.
Personally there is content I would pay nothing for, regular content I would pay a subscription for, and certain videos that have enough value for me that Id pay reasonable money for one video (eg 3d software training). I cant think of any videos that Id be willing to pay just cents for. Possibly its something to do with the psychology of value, something is either worth quite a bit to me or its worth nothing, and if I was creating content I dont think Id want to put such a cheap price on it. If I was looking for very small return per vid, I would go downthe subscription route. How low does a price need to be to count as a micropayment? If we are talking about $1 for a video, then I get more interested. The points systems on games consoles are a potential micropayment system. I buy say 2000 points for £20 or whatever, and then I use those points in their online store to buy little games, rent videos etc. Unfortunately most content costs hundreds of points, probably pushing it beyond micropayments, but all the technology is there, they could offer indy content for 50 points each tomorrow, without needing to modify the infrastructure. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Milt Lee" <m...@...> wrote: > > > > > Most non-geek/tech/online-most-of-the-time folks will give up if > > > they have > > > to go to another site then come back or deal with something like > > > "credits". > > That maybe true. I wonder about how many people actually sign up for > Paypal when they find that that's the only way to pay. It's an > interesting question and probably could only be answered by lots of > testing. > > > Actually, the link takes them directly to the shop where the videos > > reside, right to the particular category, which is also linked in a > > menu item. Same exact menu items for each dog sport discipline. > > > > > > This is not personal video either, and it's worth more than 2 cents. > > > > Do you know what it costs to take a seminar with us? With the other > > trainers that will be offering video instruction? It's not cheap, > and > > > > I'm not sure what the dog training thing is about, but the comment > does raise an interesting question. Even if a video/film cost $ > 10,000 or 100,000 to produce - how much will somebody be willing to > pay - when they are basically NOT paying for anything right now? > > My idea of 2 cents was a way to lower the bar to get people used to > the idea of paying for anything. I think that the original article > about changing the basic proposition away from advertising to a search > for content was correct. That's the direction that we need to move > in. >
