BNET Business Dictionary
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...
- White papers 2003-06-01
- 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...
- Research articles 2001-06-11
- 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.
- 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...
- Research articles 2006-07-18
- Yankee group report names iPIN as micropayment provider of choice for wireless carriers; Mobile Commerce Infrastructure report lists iPIN as the first company carriers should consider for micropayments.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-10 June 2003-iPIN: Yankee group report names iPIN as micropayment provider of choice for wireless carriers; Mobile Commerce Infrastructure report lists iPIN as the first company carriers should consider for micropaymentsC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06102003 BELMONT, Calif. -- iPIN, the...
- Research articles 2003-06-10
- 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.
- Research articles 1997-07-23
- 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....
- Research articles 2006-12-19
- Journalism Online LLC: What if a Micropayment System Fell in a Forest?
- If you've been following the discussion over whether online publishers should start to use micropayments to charge consumers for the content they consume, you no doubt know that one rationale given for why this hasn't worked so far is the lack of a simple, iTunes-like system for charging consumers small...
- Blog posts 2009-04-15
- 'American Idol': Micropayment Model?
- Pundits are convinced that a micropayment system will never work for the news industry. Yet last night, over 100 million micropayments were made to FOX as text "votes" for American Idol contestants. At about a buck a pop, FOX is probably pulling in more money per text vote than...
- Blog posts 2009-05-21
- 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. ...
- 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...
- Earnings calls 2007-01-29
- The Problems with Walter Isaacson's Newspaper Rescue Plan
- Today, I'm going to wade, ever so cautiously, into the discussion former Time managing editor Walter Isaacson has stirred up with his "How to Save Your Newspaper" cover story written for his former employer. In case you haven't had a chance to read all 2,200 words of it, it boils...
- Blog posts 2009-02-11
- Most Newspaper Publishers Think You Will Pay
- In one of those surveys that has me scratching my head, 51 percent of U.S. newspaper publishers believe that users will be willing to pay to access online newspaper sites. The survey, conducted on behalf of the American Press Institute, contained a number of surprising results: ...
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- 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...
- Earnings calls 2006-08-09
- DCIA Members Introduce P2P Innovations at Media Summit New York
- NEW YORK -- Clickshare and Digital Containers Offer Secure Payments, INTENT MediaWorks Premieres iPeer, Javien Launches Micropayment Aggregation Engine, and P2P Cash Integrates P2P with Cell Phones Members of the Distributed Computing Industry Association DCIA tonight announced a new secure payment solution, piracy-proof peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing software, advanced...
- Research articles 2005-02-09
- Peppercoin inks deal with Smithsonian.(Business)
- Peppercoin, a maker of online micropayment technology, said the Smithsonian Institute will deploy its technology to sell 33,000 folk songs online, according to the Boston Globe. The Smithsonian Institute has been busy converting the folk songs into digital format for its online launch in April. The...
- Research articles 2004-01-01
- Local Newspapers Need To Embrace SEO To Survive
- It's no secret that newspapers have been struggling with the disruptive innovations introduced by the internet, and this has resulted in some level of accusation towards Google and a circling-of-the-wagons mentality by the industry. But, what if they were to go in the opposite direction, with fuller engagement? Here's one...
- News items 2009-11-09
- 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...
- Articles 2007-11-19
- 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...
- 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
