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Business Definition for: Micropayment

  • a payment protocol for small amounts of electronic money, ranging from a fraction of a cent or penny to no more than ten U.S. dollars or Euros

Additional Resources

Micropayment and Mobility
This paper discusses mobility and micropayment. Modern wireless communication brings the dimension that was missing in previous micropayment schemes: the ability to connect people and machines in a global network that provides the required scale and efficiency. And micropayment is a critical foundation for the development of the services that...
Tags: Mobility, Micropayment
White papers 2003-06-01
Jupitermedia Announces Acquisition of eStockMusic.com - a Micropayment Music Business
NEW YORK -- Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM) today announced that it has acquired the assets of eStockMusic.com (www.estockmusic.com). This acquisition adds a micropayment music business to Jupiterimages' micropayment offerings of royalty-free digital images and footage on Stockxpert.com (www.stockxpert.com). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Tags: acquisition, Jupitermedia Corp., micropayment
Research articles 2008-03-11
Jupitermedia's Jupiterimages Division Launches the First Micropayment Stock Photography Web Site Based in Japan
NEW YORK -- Jupitermedia Corporation's (Nasdaq: JUPM) Jupiterimages division has launched Photos.jp (http://www.photos.jp/), the first micropayment stock photo Web site produced in Japan. Photos.jp was developed and built in Japan with Jupitermedia's partner Aeria, Inc. and utilizes software based on Jupiterimages' partner Stockxpert.com (www.stockxpert.com), a leading micropayment stock photography Web...
Tags: Jupitermedia Corp., micropayment, Web, Web site
Research articles 2006-07-18
SegaSoft Selects CyberCash CyberCoin Payment System for HEAT and SegaSoft.com; Innovative Micropayment System Enables Cash Transactions Over the Internet; Players Can Point, Click and Buy Safely and Securely Without the Hassle of Phoning or Faxing Financi
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 23, 1997-- SegaSoftTM, Inc. announced today that it has selected the CyberCashTM CyberCoinTM micropayment system for HEATTM, SegaSoft's new game network, and SegaSoft.com, the company's always irreverent corporate Web site.
Tags: Internet, micropayment, payment
Research articles 1997-07-23
Cingular introduces micropayment billing.
ATLANTA--Cingular Wireless introduced its national wireless micropayment billing service, Cingular DirectBill, allowing customers to bill purchases made by wireless phones or from the Internet to their current wireless phone bill. Using techn ATLANTA--Cingular Wireless introduced its national wireless...
Tags: billing, Cingular Wireless, micropayment, phone, wireless, wireless phone
Research articles 2001-06-11
Jupitermedia Announces Completion of Stockxpert.com Micropayment Stock Photo Web Site Acquisition
NEW YORK -- Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM) today announced that it has closed the acquisition of controlling ownership in HAAP Media Ltd.. With the closing of this deal, Jupitermedia has increased its ownership position from an initial 49.7% equity investment made in January 2006 to 90% in HAAP Media Ltd....
Tags: Jupitermedia Corp.
Research articles 2006-12-19
Jupitermedia Q4 2006 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Your first question comes from Kit Spring - Stifel. Kit Spring - Stifel Nicolaus First for Alan, your latest thoughts on the impact of micropayments on your business and how that's changing, if it's getting smaller on your subscription business. ...
Tags: Jupitermedia Corp.
Earnings calls 2007-03-15
Getty Images Q4 2006 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question today comes from Christa Quarles with Thomas Weisel Partners. Christa Sober Quarles - Thomas Weisel Partners Hi, a couple questions. First, I was wondering if you could highlight the impact of micropayments outside the U.S., particularly...
Tags: Getty Images
Earnings calls 2007-01-29
The Big Micropayment Opportunity
This document focuses on micro payments, which are emerging as the most likely form of mobile payment transaction here. Small payments are easier to swallow for consumers, in terms of overcoming their fears of security but there are many key applications, also, that will attract consumers with payments of less...
Tags: Payment, Micropayment, Juniper Networks Inc., Operational Accounting, Finance
White papers 2004-07-30
The cyberman - CyberCash President and CEO William Melton
If you ask William Melton, starting a company is a lot like giving birth, with a few minor differences. "It's usually a two- to three-year gestation period as opposed to nine months. But in every case, I generally gain 50 pounds, of which 10 pounds I can't get rid of...
Research articles 1997-09-01
BT starts online micropayment system.(Brief Article)
EUROPEMEDIA-C2002 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/ EUROPEMEDIA-C2002 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/
Tags: British Telecommunications, micropayment
Research articles 2002-04-26
Vodafone extends micropayment service.
EUROPEMEDIA-C2002 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/ EUROPEMEDIA-C2002 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/
Tags: micropayment, Vodafone Group Plc.
Research articles 2002-09-24
JupiterMedia Q2 2006 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (JUPM)
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions We'll take our first question from Steve Frankel - Canaccord Adams. Steve Frankel - Canaccord Adams Alan both you and Getty have stumbled pretty badly in the last couple of quarters yet each of you are looking internally saying execution issues; you...
Tags: Jupitermedia Corp.
Earnings calls 2006-08-09
Jupitermedia's Jupiterimages Division Announces Agreement to Acquire Controlling Ownership in Micropayment and Stock Photo Community Web Sites
NEW YORK -- Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM) today announced that it has signed a definitive written agreement to increase its ownership position from an initial 49.7% equity investment made in January 2006 to 90% in HAAP Media Ltd. Based in Budapest, Hungary, HAAP Media operates two stock photo related Web...
Tags: agreement, Jupitermedia Corp., micropayment, stock
Research articles 2006-11-07
Jupitermedia Corporation Q4 2005 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (JUPM)
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator instructions We will first go to Kit Spring with Stifel Nicolaus. Kit Spring - Stifel Nicolaus Good morning, guys. Can you give some color on how your second half growth is going to ramp up? It looks like you raised guidance...
Tags: Jupitermedia Corp.
Earnings calls 2006-03-11
Jupitermedia Q3 2006 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions We will take our first question from Kit Spring from Stifel Nicolaus. Kit Spring - Stifel Nicolaus Good morning. When we look at the fourth quarter guidance, should we expect the normal seasonal up-tick sequentially in online media? If so,...
Tags: Jupitermedia Corp.
Earnings calls 2006-11-09
Investigating Mobile Marketing
Mobile marketing, which refers to marketing on a mobile device like a cell phone, allows you to target prospects anytime, anywhere. Assuming that mobile devices are always on and connected, they're always available as communications media. This means you can access customers and prospects when they are at home, at...
Tags: Phone, Mobile, Cell Phone, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Marketing Association, Phonecasting, Advertising & Promotion, Network Operator, Mobile Commerce, Advertisement, Mobile Device, Marketing, BNET Editorial
Articles 2007-11-19
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