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Re:Facebook Launches Simple Mobile Payments by KaoruAoiShiho on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @09:50PM (#4077181)
Generally it's to avoid credit card charges that cuts into the margins of micro-transactions.
Re:Facebook Launches Simple Mobile Payments by pbreit on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @11:02PM (#4077401)
Whether the stored value is called "dollars" or "credits" would have no bearing on credit card charges.
Re:Facebook Launches Simple Mobile Payments by jonknee on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @11:20PM (#4077439)
It does when there are per transaction fees. 1x $10 has a lot less fees than 10x $1.
Re:Facebook Launches Simple Mobile Payments by abraham on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @11:34PM (#4077472)
I believe they are saying keep the transactions the same (so 1x $10) but label the stored value as dollars instead of credits.
Re:Facebook Launches Simple Mobile Payments by pyre on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @11:52PM (#4077526)
IIRC, most credit card fees are percentages, so the number of transactions wouldn't matter. I've never dealt directly with it, so I'm not 100% certain though.
Re:Facebook Launches Simple Mobile Payments by nextstep on Thursday June 07, 2012 @12:32AM (#4077624)
Credit card fees are a base amount (which varies based in the auth method) plus a percentage of the sale. So for smaller transactions, the effective percentage is higher. Have you ever been to a store with a minimum purchase amount for credit cards? This is why.
Re:Facebook Launches Simple Mobile Payments by pwaring on Thursday June 07, 2012 @04:04AM (#4078032)
Card fees depend on how big you are though. Large UK supermarkets have no minimum purchase amount for credit cards, because they have the clout to negotiate a better deal. Facebook is probably big enough to do the same.