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Ask YC: Looking for Micropayment service, any suggestions?

Start thinking about step 2 - Price, and so I start researching for Micropayment services. The ones that I know now is Paypal (not sure if they can be considered micropayment provider) and Zaypay (http://www.zaypay.com/public/en/docs/overview)

Feel free to drop in any you know.

( 9 comments | 6 points | on HN )
Re:Ask YC: Looking for Micropayment service, any suggestions? by Bluem00 on Friday April 25, 2008 @11:35PM (#174154)
You could try Amazon FPS < http://www.amazon.com/Flexible-Payments-Service-AWS/b?ie=UTF... >. I'm not sure, but I think you might even be able to use them to bill less than 1 cent.
Re:Ask YC: Looking for Micropayment service, any suggestions? by aneesh on Saturday April 26, 2008 @10:05AM (#174320)
Yup, this looks like what you want.

"Micro-Payments Support: With Amazon FPS you can track and aggregate micro-payments (e.g. payments less than $0.50 or even $0.01) into a single payment transaction"

Re:Ask YC: Looking for Micropayment service, any suggestions? by ryanmahoski on Sunday April 27, 2008 @04:27AM (#174773)
According to the Developer's Guide, FPS supports micropayments as small as $0.00001. ("The money type handles micropayment amounts, with a precision of 1000th of a cent...")
Re:Ask YC: Looking for Micropayment service, any suggestions? by khangtoh on Saturday April 26, 2008 @02:25PM (#174437)
Thanks, I totally forgotten about Amazon FPS. Looking through their API document, it's really very comprehension. Makes me wonder if someone can build a Mobile Micropayment service on top of it.
Re:Ask YC: Looking for Micropayment service, any suggestions? by mde on Saturday April 26, 2008 @12:59AM (#174182)
That's a good question. I looked into this recently too, but haven't decided yet whether to go with "Amazon FPS" or "Google Checkout". Search on those terms and you'll get some relevant comparison hits. I'd love to hear about other services, if any look viable. Shared experiences would also be welcome.
Re:Ask YC: Looking for Micropayment service, any suggestions? by khangtoh on Saturday April 26, 2008 @02:27PM (#174439)
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Re:Ask YC: Looking for Micropayment service, any suggestions? by hacklite on Sunday April 27, 2008 @05:19AM (#174784)
mde, do you have contact info? E-Mail in profiles is only visible to the YC people, not other users.
Re:Ask YC: Looking for Micropayment service, any suggestions? by mde on Monday April 28, 2008 @08:42AM (#175574)
Hmm, does that mean everyone who want to share their email should put it in their "about"? I just did so -- someone correct me if there's a better way to share.
Re:Ask YC: Looking for Micropayment service, any suggestions? by eisokant on Sunday April 27, 2008 @05:49AM (#174792)
mobilemoney.com has worked well for me in the past.