Cameron Chapman of noupe, the web design blog, has asked what the web will look like five years from now. His number one? Micropayments.
“Micro-payments of the future may be closely-related to mobile payment systems. Payment via cell phone opens up whole new area of economic opportunity, particularly in areas where cell phones are more prevalent than computers. Being able to make and receive very small payments, the equivalent of a dollar or less in many cases, via a mobile device paves the way for many in developing nations to participate in the Internet economy in a way that only a few years ago might not have been deemed possible.”
I’m tempted to say that we couldn’t agree more, and in fact, I do. Let me just mention that paying by home phones isn’t a bad choice either 
Read more about micropayments and The Future of The Web on noupe.
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