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# PayPal & Flattr: Making Micropayments Simpler
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/paypal-flattr-making-micropayments-simpler/
- Published: 2010-08-17T10:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-08-17T10:30:00.000Z
- Description: PayPal wants to make micropayments simpler. Instead of having users purchase chunks of credit up-front, soon, they will be able to buy inexpensive items and be billed once a higher. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/08/paypal-flattr-making-micropayments-simpler.html]
- Author: admin
- Tags: Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:59

[![image from www.gomonews.com](https://a2.typepad.com/6a0111683c7a25970c0133f31e2102970b-120wi "image from www.gomonews.com")](http://www.gomonews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/paypal%5Flogo.jpg?ref=hypebot.com)

 **PayPal** wants to make **micropayments** simpler. Instead of having users purchase chunks of credit up-front, soon, they will be able to buy inexpensive items and be billed once a higher amount is reached. Since **users like to purchase things one-at-time**, the company thinks that this will encourage more transactions overall.

Previously, the **associated costs** with these small purchases would've been too steep to facilitate and remain profitable. Moving forward, PayPal is hoping that by bundling these transactions together and billing users **overtime** they will further expand the digital marketplace online; a move that should please merchants.

[![image from blogs.ft.com](https://a2.typepad.com/6a0111683c7a25970c0133f31e3aea970b-100wi "image from blogs.ft.com")](http://blogs.ft.com/techblog/files/2010/07/flattr%5Flogo.jpg?ref=hypebot.com)

In related news, the Sweden-based, social micropayment platform **[Flattr](http://flattr.com/?ref=hypebot.com)** has opened up the beta-test version of their site to everyone. If I remember right from the [video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvyqo25tgWM&feature=player%5Fembedded&ref=hypebot.com), part of founder **Peter Sunde's** vision behind the platform is to make it super, super easy for fans to exchange value directly with content creators. Both PayPal and Flattr's efforts will be a great for artists and labels selling single tracks direct.