paid content next round

Filed in archive Entrepreneurship on March 26, 2004

Anita writes:

"The Wall Street Journal has a nice piece outlining a trend that we have discussed before here at Small Business Trends: the growth in paid Internet content. Contrary to popular wisdom, all content is not free online. Paid content is a huge market, to the tune of $1.6 billion (USD) in the U.S. last year. And it continues to grow. According to the Online Publishers Association, a source cited in the article, U.S. consumers alone spent $300 Million (USD) more on paid content last year than the year before. Michael Totty in the Wall Street Journal outlines the key factors for successful Internet content sales..."

She links to several more important points to consider if you want to sell content online.

Small Business Blog: Trends in Paid Online Content