paid content

Paid content is digital content for which a fee is charged. Internet users who want to use the content must pay for it. Paywalls that work with micropayments or subscriptions are suitable payment models for paid content.

Paywall models enable optimal adaptation to user needs, as some visitors only want to read individual articles, while others want to read regular, up-to-date information. Paid content is increasingly used in news services, with which visitors pay for editorial services. To prevent users from continuing to use valuable editorial content for free, news services and online editorial departments work with paywalls, a mechanism that releases certain content on a website only after a fee has been paid.

E-commerce and m-commerce enable the trading and distribution of digital media content such as e-books, e-games, ringtones, music or videos. The customer usually buys the content by credit card and receives the paid content via a download.