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7 Business Models for Monetizing Digital Content

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Simply free may also be a way to drive sales in another channel. Newer examples include Google's freshly launched micropayments option for Wallet users (a paywall alternative for publishers). Another differentiator is its own proprietary audio recognition technology (similar to Shazam) that verifies a user is watching a program.

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Square vs PayPal (Dec 2019): Clash of the Payment Processing Titans

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Both Square and PayPal offer very similar prices for their credit card processing technology , so at first glance, the two don’t have much to separate them. Part of the reason for that is that Square has a unique chargeback protection system built into its technology. 5% plus 5 cents for a micropayment. PayPal Fees.