New Ways to Pay Online

A guide to the new generation of online payments systems

COMPANY

WHAT IT DOES

MERCHANT/CONTENT PARTNERS

CyberGold

Earn & Spend incentive program; click on ads, earn money and spend in network

Animation Factory, Axis 3D, GoodNoise, Nolo Press, ZDNet, CDWorld

eCharge

Pay in advance with online bank account, or charge to phone, cable or utility bills

Unannounced; service is expected to launch in Q4

Ipin

Charges digital content to ISP bill

eMusic, AT&T Music, Virgin Radio, BBC

Millicent

Digital wallets with Millicent "scrip" inside.

Asahi.com, Oxford University Press, Military Miniatures Magazine

One Click Charge

Prepaid account with credit card for digital content purchases

Zack's Investment Research, Institutional Investor, MaMaMedia

Qpass

Payments are aggregated monthly and charged to a credit card

Wall Street Journal Interactive, Morningstar, PR Newswire, TheStandard.com

Trivnet

Charges digital content to ISP bill

Tucows, Jerusalem Post

 

 

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