Modern monetization
It occurred to me today, while reading this interview with PvP’s Scott Kurtz that all of the micro transaction payment models that are becoming so popular these days are really the same version of how web comic artists are surviving.
That is, they monetize their biggest fans, rather than the content itself. And it really works and it’s not unpalatable at all.
So that makes me wonder what other models there are that I’ve missed. Sporting team merchandise, perhaps? They must make a percentage of the money made from tickets sold, but there’s a much larger population that watches the games on television for free. Hm.
