I have some constructive criticism in regards to the Flick Bank micro-payment idea; I don't think it will work, since making an average (non-fan) end user go to another site to buy credits and have him return back to the show's site, is making the whole experience hard for the user. Rule of thumb when it comes to user interactivity online: Make it fool-proof easy for them and they will find it useful.
--- In [email protected], Adrian Miles <adrian.mi...@...> wrote: > > highly recommend you read Ted Nelson's original stuff from the 60s on > hypertext and micropayments. He had a similar system except it also > allowed for quotation and applied to all content. Ted's stuff won't > help you build it but it might help solidify the ideas? > > > On 12/01/2009, at 5:50 AM, Milt Lee wrote: > > > That article was excellent. I've been contemplating a technology that > > would make all this happen much sooner. Suppose (and I'm sure many > > people have) that you had a system where folks could give you a few > > cents every time they looked at a video. > > > > Let's say you have a site with 10 videos that anybody can watch, and > > then you post 20 or 30 or 100 more that it costs anywhere from 1 cent > > to 10 cents ( or more) for people to watch. And on your site you have > > a little button that takes folks to another site where they buy > > credits - $ 5.00 or $ 10.00 at a time. Then they come back to your > > site, and click on a video that they want to watch, that costs 2 > > cents. They watch it and they are happy, and you've made two cents. > > > > Now when you reach a certain threshold - say $ 10.00, the "Flick Bank" > > deposits the money in your paypal account. You can let it gather if > > want. (Maybe the Flick bank pays interest??) > > > > The way this starts is that somebody puts together the Flick Kicks > > Bank, and starts signing up artists. Then Flick Kicks starts > > promoting the idea that people should get paid for their work. > > > > The problem that has held this back - that has stopped this process of > > mini-micro payments is that up until now, merchant account or Paypal, > > have charged $ .30 a transaction plus 2.7%. With this new system, > > Flicks has to pay for the transaction - but only once. So even though > > $ 5.00 represents 200-250 transactions, there's only one charge at the > > beginning and one that the artist pays, when they get their money. > > > > Anybody want to help me build this? > > > cheers > Adrian Miles > adrian.mi...@... > bachelor communication honours coordinator > vogmae.net.au >
