The problem with micropayments is the name.

micro = computers, or scientific gobbledygook.
payment = taking my hard earned cash away from me.

Devise a name that everyone can get behind.

Web Wampum
Blog Boodle
Cyberflies
Chicklets (who doesn't like Chicklets?)

Posted by: Progenitor on January 29, 2003 01:22 AM

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Oh. You mean...like "Flooz"?

Posted by: Adam on January 29, 2003 04:20 AM

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No, Flooz is a dumb name. And it wasn't even used for micropayments. Plus, it should have had an 'e' on the end.

Posted by: Progenitor on January 29, 2003 05:45 AM

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How about some variation of "credit". Everyone likes to be given credit.

Posted by: Lyle on January 29, 2003 07:57 AM

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Is it a 'little payment' or 'payment for a little thing' ?

'Cashpresso'

'Sweets'

'kermits'

Posted by: Mac on January 29, 2003 12:02 PM

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Web Subsidy

Peeper's Penance

Freeloader Tariff

Jellybaby

Posted by: Mikado on January 29, 2003 12:29 PM

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I think we can forget about micropayments - unless you can find a group of people that like getting nickle-and-dimed to death.

Instead, why not consider the model that Public Radio uses? They let you sponsor shows and offer public recognition to major supporters.

Do you think this could work with some web sites?

Posted by: Jim on January 29, 2003 01:29 PM

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Micro = computers? Not in my dictionary, Progenitor. It means very small. Bloggers already talk about "link love" as the currency of the blogosphere. Personally, I'd vote for "quatloos".

Posted by: Dennis G. Jerz on January 29, 2003 01:29 PM

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There's this word some people know called 'microcomputer.' Some of those people say 'micros' when they mean 'computers.'

Posted by: MicroDude on January 29, 2003 03:32 PM

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10 quatloos to the newcomer! Only, Dennis isn't a newcomer, but you get the idea.

Posted by: Lydia on January 29, 2003 07:18 PM

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"So what are Quatloos? That's easy -- Six Koos make a Quatloo, and Eight
Quatloos make a Mooloo. So what are Koos and Mooloos? Well, every Koos
is worth Four Plocks, and if you get Sixteen Mooloos together you can
trade them for a Znoos."

Posted by: Lyle on January 29, 2003 09:32 PM

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How about another obscure Star Trek reference. On my website I mentioned William Shatner's weblog with the headline "No more blog blog blog!" Anybody know where that one's from?

Posted by: Dennis G. Jerz on January 30, 2003 01:01 AM

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Chitlins. crumbs.

Posted by: Frank on January 30, 2003 07:22 AM

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"millicent" was (and is) a pretty good name, IMHO

IIRC, one of the problems with micropayments was that the effort
involved in deciding whether to pay is greater than the
sum of money involved. "micro" implies something too small,
so how's about:

mini-money
smaller change
e-monnaie

Posted by: MarkN on January 30, 2003 09:23 AM

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I don't understand the "nickled-and-dimed to death" argument. Every time you turn on your computer or use your toaster, your electric bill goes up by fractions of a cent. You pay a small amount of money whenever you make a phone call.

If you say micropayments won't work, isn't it like saying the billing system for electricity and telephone service won't work?

Posted by: Tomasz Szynalski on January 30, 2003 07:21 PM

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