Flattr.com – a revenue model for online creators
Already from the visual appearance of this model you’ll notice that Flattr tries to work in different way. Lots of us are enjoying all the free content brought to us by all the individual online publishers. Sometimes you would feel the urge to support these people. To do so you could make use of donate buttons, but still this process takes some effort. That’s where Flattr comes in with their structured approach to micro-donations. As a Flattr client you set your own monthly subscription fee. Then, while browsing/consuming online content, you are able to select your favorite publications. You can ‘flattr’ any type of content. At the end of the month your subscription fee will be distributed over all the people that you tagged (flattred) during that period. Initially Flattr.com will take a 10% commission but they are working hard to bring this number down. 
Just like Hollr and Oronjo, this service is looking for a way to help people create their own micro-revenue model. If executed well this system could even replace the outdated business model of ancient royalty and copyright organizations. Without the need for complex distribution algorithms consumers can now pay creative creators directly for the work they consume online. You, and not a centralized monitoring organization, decides where your money goes to. I can’t wait for that day to come.
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Hello!
My name is Olga Kovinova, I represent 2pay.ru — a major payment aggregator for online games in Eastern Europe. Our company would like to cooperate with you. We would like to enable our customers to make payments to your online project, as we find Flattr to be extremely interesting project for the consumers.
Some words about our company:
- We accept payments in online games in Russia and CIS.
- 1+ million transactions annually and can really help you to get more profit
- over 200 online projects are connected to our system
-over 70 the most popular methods of payment including: credit cards, prepaid cards (Wallie, Paysafecard, Ukash), cash terminals, SMS-payments, all e-cash systems, walk-in payments (such as Unistream, Western Union and many others) . The number of payment system connected to us is growing fast, so every customer can find the payment method that is easy and convenient for him/her.
- our company is 5 years on the market. We are the leaders in Russia and former USSR and are one the best in Europe and U.S.A.
- we have offices in the US, Russian Federation, Ukraine and EU
-our support is ready to help the clients 24 hours a day 7 days a week
-for your convinience we now offer automatic connection to our system (http://www.2pay.pro/eng/promo/virtual_currency)
-In order to make the payment process pleasant for the client, we also offer built-in check-out tool. It takes just 3 clicks to choose the most convenient payment method, get the amount calculated and make a purchase. The built-in payment solution is available in three languages – English, French and Russian. More languages will be added soon.
We would like to know if you are ready to get connected to our system.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Hope you will write back soon.
Sincerely, Olga Kovinova- 2pay Business Development Manager.
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