Comments on: Micropayments – A Piece Of The Freelance Writing Puzzle http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/12/micropayments-a-piece-of-the-freelance-writing-puzzle/ Helping freelance writers make more money with their writing by Anne Wayman Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:48:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Anne http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/12/micropayments-a-piece-of-the-freelance-writing-puzzle/comment-page-1/#comment-9579 Anne Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:28:55 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=5412#comment-9579 Thanks Cynthia. Thanks Cynthia.

]]> By: Cynthia Typaldos http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/12/micropayments-a-piece-of-the-freelance-writing-puzzle/comment-page-1/#comment-9568 Cynthia Typaldos Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:09:43 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=5412#comment-9568 Hi Anne, Thanks for the mention of Kachingle. I'm sorry you weren't able to find details about ours service. There is an abundance of information on our <a href="http://blog.kachingle.com" rel="nofollow">blog</a> and an overview diagram of how Kachingle works at <a href="http://www.kachingle.com" rel="nofollow">Kachingle.com</a> The essential difference between Kachingle and the other services you mention is there are NO "mental transaction costs" for the users (we call them "Kachinglers"). They don't have to figure out how much to pay for anything...they just set up a subscription of $5/month and Kachingle fairly apportions that money to the Kachingle-enabled sites they select based on daily visits. Our assumption is that the more times you visit a site, the more value you are getting. Kachingle keeps track of that for each user (thru our Medallion Widget). The diagram at our <a href="http://www.kachingle.com" rel="nofollow">homepage</a> explains this well. The Kachingle service is LIVE in BETA at <a href="http://beta.kachingle.com" rel="nofollow">beta.kachingle.com</a> so you can just try it out yourself! There is a tremendous amount of detailed information in the About and Help sections. And if you have any question that is not answered, just contact me directly. But experiencing Kachingle is the absolute best way to understand it. Become a Kachingler, and also put the Kachingle Medallion on your blog! Cynthia Typaldos Founder & Chief Kachingler <a href="http://beta.kachingle.com/kachinglers/1" rel="nofollow">My kachingling</a> cynthia@kachingle.com Hi Anne,

Thanks for the mention of Kachingle. I’m sorry you weren’t able to find details about ours service. There is an abundance of information on our blog and an overview diagram of how Kachingle works at Kachingle.com

The essential difference between Kachingle and the other services you mention is there are NO “mental transaction costs” for the users (we call them “Kachinglers”). They don’t have to figure out how much to pay for anything…they just set up a subscription of $5/month and Kachingle fairly apportions that money to the Kachingle-enabled sites they select based on daily visits. Our assumption is that the more times you visit a site, the more value you are getting. Kachingle keeps track of that for each user (thru our Medallion Widget). The diagram at our homepage explains this well.

The Kachingle service is LIVE in BETA at beta.kachingle.com so you can just try it out yourself! There is a tremendous amount of detailed information in the About and Help sections. And if you have any question that is not answered, just contact me directly. But experiencing Kachingle is the absolute best way to understand it. Become a Kachingler, and also put the Kachingle Medallion on your blog!

Cynthia Typaldos
Founder & Chief Kachingler
My kachingling
cynthia@kachingle.com

]]> By: Weekend Reading: December 12, 2009 | All Freelance Writing http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/12/micropayments-a-piece-of-the-freelance-writing-puzzle/comment-page-1/#comment-9200 Weekend Reading: December 12, 2009 | All Freelance Writing Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:41:42 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=5412#comment-9200 [...] Micropayments — A Piece of the Freelance Writing Puzzle [...] [...] Micropayments — A Piece of the Freelance Writing Puzzle [...]

]]> By: Anne http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/12/micropayments-a-piece-of-the-freelance-writing-puzzle/comment-page-1/#comment-9184 Anne Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:06:48 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=5412#comment-9184 yeah, I spend most of the day fixing the page here about how to buy an ad... sigh yeah, I spend most of the day fixing the page here about how to buy an ad… sigh

]]> By: Anne http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/12/micropayments-a-piece-of-the-freelance-writing-puzzle/comment-page-1/#comment-9177 Anne Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:55:29 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=5412#comment-9177 Good for you! Good for you!

]]> By: Anne http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/12/micropayments-a-piece-of-the-freelance-writing-puzzle/comment-page-1/#comment-9170 Anne Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:44:10 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=5412#comment-9170 Good observation... now if we can learn to market like Darren! Good observation… now if we can learn to market like Darren!

]]> By: Deb Ng http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/12/micropayments-a-piece-of-the-freelance-writing-puzzle/comment-page-1/#comment-9168 Deb Ng Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:26:47 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=5412#comment-9168 James Chartrand and I have been having discussions this week regarding paid content as well. I think there's a market for everything. We've always paid for content in some form or another whether it's a newspaper subscription or a book. I've had some success with my ebook and have another couple I'm working on as well as a premium site. Darren Rowse recently launched an ebook for his Digital Photography crowd that brought in $72,000 in one week (thanks to good marketing). . I think eventually money will be how we separate the quality content from the not so good stuff. James Chartrand and I have been having discussions this week regarding paid content as well. I think there’s a market for everything. We’ve always paid for content in some form or another whether it’s a newspaper subscription or a book. I’ve had some success with my ebook and have another couple I’m working on as well as a premium site. Darren Rowse recently launched an ebook for his Digital Photography crowd that brought in $72,000 in one week (thanks to good marketing).
. I think eventually money will be how we separate the quality content from the not so good stuff.

]]> By: Thursday Bram http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/12/micropayments-a-piece-of-the-freelance-writing-puzzle/comment-page-1/#comment-9155 Thursday Bram Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:48:19 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=5412#comment-9155 I sell an ebook on my site (http://www.thursdaybram.com/marketing-your-freelance-writing-in-31-days-the-ebook) — it was well enough received that I've got two more nearing completion. I think that smaller info products are definitely a growing market. .-= Thursday Bram´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thursdaybramcom/~3/fnFHhv8WAwg/advertising-writing-services-does-it-make-sense" rel="nofollow">Advertising Writing Services: Does It Make Sense?</a> =-. I sell an ebook on my site (http://www.thursdaybram.com/marketing-your-freelance-writing-in-31-days-the-ebook) — it was well enough received that I’ve got two more nearing completion. I think that smaller info products are definitely a growing market.
.-= Thursday Bram´s last blog ..Advertising Writing Services: Does It Make Sense? =-.

]]> By: T.W. Anderson http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/12/micropayments-a-piece-of-the-freelance-writing-puzzle/comment-page-1/#comment-9139 T.W. Anderson Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:38:38 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=5412#comment-9139 I don't currently, but I plan to have one available sometime in the first part of 2010, and I have outlines for two more throughout the year. I was really inspired by the Smart Passive Income blog where the kid made 0ver 200k in a year selling a book on how to take a test to earn your architectural certification. It's all about marketing and networking. He did the whole thing for an initial investment of around 300 USD. It's a major inspiration. The Internet is a wonderful place. The world is full of people who are looking for information. Even if you have a book that sells for 20 dollars, and you sell it to only 2,000 people out of the 6 BILLION people on this planet...you made $40,000 dollars. It's an amazing way to make money, and while it's not guaranteed, the beauty of e-books is that they take little/no time to write, and as long as you put out a few you can easily make enough money to cover your living expenses annually, even if you aren't a major success. .-= T.W. Anderson´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.completewritingsolutions.com/2009/12/knowledge-is-power/" rel="nofollow">Knowledge is power</a> =-. I don’t currently, but I plan to have one available sometime in the first part of 2010, and I have outlines for two more throughout the year. I was really inspired by the Smart Passive Income blog where the kid made 0ver 200k in a year selling a book on how to take a test to earn your architectural certification. It’s all about marketing and networking. He did the whole thing for an initial investment of around 300 USD. It’s a major inspiration.

The Internet is a wonderful place. The world is full of people who are looking for information. Even if you have a book that sells for 20 dollars, and you sell it to only 2,000 people out of the 6 BILLION people on this planet…you made $40,000 dollars. It’s an amazing way to make money, and while it’s not guaranteed, the beauty of e-books is that they take little/no time to write, and as long as you put out a few you can easily make enough money to cover your living expenses annually, even if you aren’t a major success.
.-= T.W. Anderson´s last blog ..Knowledge is power =-.

]]> By: Expanding Creations http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/12/micropayments-a-piece-of-the-freelance-writing-puzzle/comment-page-1/#comment-9135 Expanding Creations Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:07:41 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=5412#comment-9135 Interesting! We sell an ebook at www.expandingcreations.com/ebook - I find a great thing about ebooks in general is marketing can be done relatively expensive - unless, of course, you count the time involved :0) Thanks for the post! Interesting! We sell an ebook at http://www.expandingcreations.com/ebook – I find a great thing about ebooks in general is marketing can be done relatively expensive – unless, of course, you count the time involved :0)

Thanks for the post!

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