Laterpay – Buy digital content, pay later
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Everybody understands the value of a dollar; nobody understands the value of a nickel. Coins, pseudocurrencies, and loyalty points seem much better suited to overcoming that psychological barrier.
Flattr never gained enough traction and I don't see how laterpay solves this problem.
Great. Another psychological trick the F2P devs can add to their toolbox.
When do you ever "only need 10"?
this is exactly the kind of strategy that 'poor' people take to maximise the effectiveness of 'freebies' (which includes credit). i hope they have some strategy in place to mitigate that risk...
What I have no idea is if you can sustain a business at that price - content producer and payment provider. And I am also unsure how well that translates to non-working time. It is at least often argued that you should value that time just like your working time. Psychological barriers as mentioned by others are a very different matter, too.
People don't want to buy a bunch of small stuff a la carte. They just don't.
I know a lot of people who wait to buy a TV series when it comes on DVD because they cannot understand why the sum of all episodes available for digital download costs the same as the DVD, when there are much lower expenses. Also they need to pay extra for any specials.
Hollywood and studios assume that people are willing to pay more for instant access than they pay for physical products. And there in lies the problem why very few people but TV shows a la carte.
On the people who download from p2p etc. a number of people would pay if the amount was lower, and within this group are a number of people who download from p2p now and buy the DVD when it has released.
This is also a big attraction for people waiting a year+ for a season to show up on netflix.
You reasoning is unfortunately an ad homeinem.
This sounds like an education problem: how do we make people understand that the cost of printing DVDs is negligible (in fact, practically nothing) in comparison to the efforts of hundreds if not thousands of trained individuals, tens of millions of dollars of specialized equipment, and the limited availability of their favorite actors?
To be honest I completely agree that this is not substantial and should not affect the costs and margins for the studios.
There is definitely an education problem, but the bigger issue is the consumption problem, that is, people who are willing and able to pay for digital downloads of TV shows are prepared to wait a few months - a year to buy a DVD or watch it on Netflix.
Sure we could try and educate these people about the minuscule difference in price. But chances are we would still fail to increase the perceived value.
And there in lies the problem and an opportunity to find a better delivery system.
Are you familiar with In App Purchases? The fact that so many apps are moving towards being free with paid content after purchase/install kind of goes against your statement. If anything, it would support the argument that people are willing to use a system like this if it is usable and trustworthy.
Don't get my wrong, paypal is awesome for other stuff, but not for microtransactions
I would assume you will also have to register a payment method, otherwise they will just fill up with throwaway accounts.
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...but that's about it.
...sounds like hell to fix for IE. Glad I don't do css.
They also have a .call-to-action class for that green color, which is cute.