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- noun economics A
financial transaction for a very small amount ofmoney
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The word micropayment never really found a definition premised on a business case.
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This business model, known as micropayment, was created by iStockphoto in 2001.
Archive 2008-05-01 Thatsnews 2008
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Let's hope the idea of micropayment grows a little more towards micro as the service is more commonly used.
Archive 2005-05-01 Torill 2005
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Let's hope the idea of micropayment grows a little more towards micro as the service is more commonly used.
Articles electronically for sale Torill 2005
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Though the original Readability tool will remain free, Mr. Ziade hopes to capture a willing audience by simplifying the so-called micropayment model, which has been much discussed but is tricky to execute.
NYT > Home Page By JENNA WORTHAM 2011
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Though the original Readability tool will remain free, Mr. Ziade hopes to capture a willing audience by simplifying the so-called micropayment model, which has been much discussed but is tricky to execute.
NYT > Home Page By JENNA WORTHAM 2011
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In my case I focus on Microstock Photography, also known as micropayment photography, which enables photographers to sell their photos on a royalty free basis, earning comissions on every sale from a microstock agency.
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(PayPal allows a kind of micropayment between PayPal users by not charging fees when the money remains in the PayPal system.)
Kachingle Aims To Make Cents out of Content Sites « PubliCola 2010
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A separate nightly perl script issues electronic payments (via CapitolOne's excellent web-services "micropayment" (sic) interface) where possible (batched until the amount exceeds $1.75), and for artists without electronic payment info, totals the corresponding amounts and transfers the overall total to the money-market escrow account I have for this purpose.
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These would incorporate the same kind of micropayment models that are beginning to be embraced in some Korean games.
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