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7 Business Models for Monetizing Digital Content

GetElastic

Microtransactions are what they sound, piece-meal access to digital content and applications, being either pay-to-play (streaming content, time-limited access to content or applications) or pay-to-own (download a track, movie, article, image, etc.) Guardian's Eyewitness mobile app features its famous photographs, repurposed for iPad.

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

Ecommerce Platforms

If all you need is a mobile card reader, or a way to take debit and credit card payments online, then you can use either Square or PayPal for that purpose. 5% plus 5 cents for a micropayment. Micropayments: 5% plus $0.05. Square vs. PayPal: Mobile Payments. After all, the two systems are pretty similar. PayPal Fees.