Web Micropayments

The cluster focuses on discussions about the viability, challenges, and potential implementations of micropayments for web content monetization, including high transaction fees, alternatives like cryptocurrencies, and comparisons to ad-based models.

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mrkramer Sep 9, 2023 View on HN

Maybe it's time for micropayments?

tcfhgj Jul 27, 2024 View on HN

why does nobody think of micro payments?

ekanes Feb 9, 2022 View on HN

Agreed, micropayments would be clutch here.

WMCRUN Feb 28, 2019 View on HN

I’m curious,how are they processing the micropayments? Wouldn’t transaction fees crush them?

mattmaroon Feb 11, 2009 View on HN

PayPal does this, and allows for easy micropayments, and to my knowledge nobody is making much off of it.

singularity2001 Oct 12, 2017 View on HN

"making it a great fit for micropayments" except that you currently have to pay about $4 for any transaction to come through ... eventually

TylerE Apr 29, 2015 View on HN

Why do startups keep thinking micropayments is a thing people want?

plusbryan Feb 1, 2012 View on HN

Micropayments support would be wonderful

RealityVoid Apr 29, 2023 View on HN

Yes, yes, please, someone, do this! Cryptocurrency based micropayments for web pages, or something like this.

tcfhgj Jan 7, 2026 View on HN

or micro payments or something different which will work better.