Re: ONLINE-ADS>> Unsold Inventory

Joel Shellman (tou_at_tou.com)
Thu, 30 Oct 1997 06:26:41 -0800

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treknews_at_juno.com wrote:
>
> >My own opinion is that subscription fee-based sites will
> >always be a tiny minority of web sites, at least until there
> >is some way to do "micro-transactions" so that sites can
> >charge very small fees (e.g. 25 cents per month, or one
> >cent per pageview).

> The program is called Millicent. As I said, I couldn't find the info on
> DEC's web site, so it's possible it's a third-party program. Does anyone
> else have any info on it? I *think* that I learned about it while
> preparing for the fall 1996 ComDex, but it may have been that year's
> Decus.

Actually there are many programs that supposedly offer micro-transactions.
First Virtual, CyberCash, DigiCash, and a slew of others, no doubt of varying
degrees of quality. Go to your favorite search engine and search for micro
payments or digital money.

Joel Shellman

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