Re:National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff wri...
by shaunkoh on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @11:33PM
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Could payments not be aggregated?
Eg, consumers incur those credit card charges by topping up an online wallet. They “pay” 5 cents from that wallet itself. The news website only receives payment when the aggregated total paid to it hits a certain amount.
General epayment wallets are already widely (Grab in Singapore for instance), even with auto top up. There just isn’t one for news.
Re:National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff wri...
by rcme on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @11:39PM
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That solves the problem of profitably charging the card (maybe) but it doesn’t solve the issue of convincing people to sign up and pay for something that costs 5c.
Eg, consumers incur those credit card charges by topping up an online wallet. They “pay” 5 cents from that wallet itself. The news website only receives payment when the aggregated total paid to it hits a certain amount.
General epayment wallets are already widely (Grab in Singapore for instance), even with auto top up. There just isn’t one for news.