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Micropayments

One impediment to electronic commerce is the inability to pay small amounts for an item.

For example, you might be willing to pay a penny to read an article, or 10 cents to watch a video

Standard payment mechanisms can’t handle this

The transaction costs are larger than the amount being exchanged!

A mechanism is needed to allow people to pay small amounts of money for an item

Potential markets for micropayments include:

Songs

Articles

Images

Comic Strips

Stock Quotes

Book pages

Games