Paid services
With Paid Services ( German paying services ), the fee-based offer and the paid provision of digital services in digital media referred. Paid services have the character of a right that can or may be exercised, but cannot be passed on without losing the right to exercise or use it. Digital services include services such as dating services , short message services or online game services.
Paid services are to be distinguished from paid content . An essential difference between paid content and paid services lies in the interaction of the customer . If a product is downloaded once for a fee, it is called paid content . The customer thus calls up digital goods that can be understood as delivered products . Paid content is primarily associated with newspaper articles and music downloads.
Online auctions and trading platforms as such, on the other hand, are paid services that can be used for a fee. All usage takes place online and user interaction is given. However, the auctioned goods are not to be regarded as paid content, as they are, in turn, purchased, physical goods. Paid services thus represent delivered services .
literature
- Florian Stahl: Paid Content - Strategies for pricing in electronic trading with digital content. Deutscher Universitätsverlag, Wiesbaden 2005, ISBN 3-83500-045-4 .
- Michael Müssig, Miriam Streit: Paid Content - Paid content and services on the web , Josef Eul Verlag, Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-89936-185-7 .
- Nina Kahnwald, Michael Sarbacher, Thomas Schildhauer: Active content interfaces, paid content and integrated business models , Businessvillage, 2005, ISBN 3-93442-402-3 .
- Hannes Fehr: Selling paid content successfully. A guide for creating an individual concept for selling digital content on online portals , hansebuch Verlag, Hamburg, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-93488-009-6 .
- Markus Hofmann: Paid Content and Paid Services - Basics, Success Factors, Perspectives. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller eK, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-86550-079-X .