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# Charging for web services?
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/charging-for-web-services/
- Published: 2004-10-10T19:33:50.000Z
- Updated: 2004-10-10T19:33:50.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Systems

Loosely Coupled discusses whether Amazon will be able to successfully charge for web services as they announce the launch of a for-pay web services platform. Will it be possible to extend the micro-payments model for content to services?

> No one has yet established a successful model of charging for on-demand services. Amazon aims to change all that, it seems, with the launch next year of [Alexa Web Information Service](https://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/ref=sc%5Ffe%5Fc%5F1%5F3435361%5F3/002-1200271-1508838?%5Fencoding=UTF8&node=12782661&no=3435361&me=A36L942TSJ2AJA&ref=lorcandempsey.net) (AWIS), which it announced in beta this week: “AWIS will be offered at no charge during the beta phase. Prices for the service will be announced when AWIS is officially launched,” says the Amazon.com [press release](https://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=97664&p=IROL-NewsText&t=Regular&id=622545&&ref=lorcandempsey.net). \[[Amazon to charge for services – Loosely Coupled weblog, Oct 6th 2004 12:10pm](https://www.looselycoupled.com/blog/lc00aa00063.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]