micropayments for digital goods in a social world
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Anything that can be digitized will be napsterized. Kachingle is a business model for the inevitable future of "free". For a version of this presentation with an audio narrative please visit http://blog.kachingle.com/?p=478.TRANSCRIPT
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Micropayments for
Digital Goodsin a
Social World
10/20/09
by Cynthia Typaldos, Founder & President, Kachingle
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For news and content sites, advertising is not paying the bills.
The Problem
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Theorem
Anything that can be digitized will be
napsterized
Newspapers
Magazines
Books
Music
Photos, Images, Art
Video, TV, Movies
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FREE!Previously -
$$$$ or € or ¥ or..
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iTunes, Kindle, iPhone are just plugging holes in the dike…
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Micropayments sound good BUT…
“…the act of buying anything, even if the price is very small, creates what Nick Szabo calls mental transaction costs, the energy required to decide whether something is worth buying or not, regardless of price”
— Clay Shirky
http://www.shirky.com/writings/fame_vs_fortune.html
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Are there parameters for success?
• user-centric• no “mental transaction costs”• tap into existing social networks• financial transparency• fun, entertaining, like a game
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beside advertising…what are the choices?
Micropayments
Tipping
Subscriptions
Kachingling
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Ease of use (reduction in “mental transaction costs”)
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Micropayments Decide each time At price set by producer No financial limits Encourages copycat sites (e.g. music
biz) Creates barriers for viral & social
behaviors
beside advertising…what are the choices?
Decide each time At a price explicitly set by user No financial limits Co-exists with advertising Enables viral & social behaviors
Tipping
Subscriptions Decide once (for each subscription) At price set by producer No financial limits Encourages copycat sites (e.g. music
biz) Creates barriers for viral & social
behaviors
Kachingling (crowdfunding) Decide once (for everything) At a price implicitly set by user
(equitably distributed) Financial limits (bounded total $) Co-exists with advertising Enables viral & social behaviors Social recognition & association
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Kachingling is two-sided
Site Owners (producers)
Kachinglers (consumers)
Note: someone can easily be both!
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Kachingle 101 for Consumers
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Kachingle 101 for Consumers
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Kachingle 101 for Consumers
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Kachingle 101 for Consumers
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Kachingle 101 for Consumers
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Kachingle 101 for Consumers
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Kachingle 101 for Consumers
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Kachingle 101 for Consumers
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Kachingle 101 for Consumers
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The Kachingle Medallionon a Content Providers’ Site
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List of Kachinglers
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Push status updates through microblogging sites (e.g. Twitter and Facebook status integration)
Development of social media applicationsFacebook app for comparing your contributions to friends and expressing your valuesiPhone app
Live access to statisticsCompare your behavior to others
Social Media Integration
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NOT content
BUT to build an online persona, achieve recognition, gain status – just like in the real world
What Will Consumers Pay For?
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Kachingle to 'sprinkle' dollars to online publishersc|net May 8, 2009
Paul Romer, economist and senior fellow at the Stanford Center for International Development
“(Kachingle) doesn't try to solve the underlying free-rider problem. It tries to use volunteerism, altruism, and good citizenship instead. I like this aspect of the model. Economists and the policy makers who listen to them frequently underestimate the potential for this kind of motive to solve problems.”
Kachingle is the economic model for free
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…in alpha test mode, launching later this fall
…available worldwide
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Kachingle Status