 ECNext
provides a wide range of content licensing options, payment
methods and pricing and promotional capabilities enabling
our customers to select and configure a set of revenue collection
options matching their business needs.
Subscription Licensing Model
The subscription content licensing option supports the sales
and management of online subscriptions including:
 Online
subscription sales and registration
Automated
generation of email renewal notices
Automatic
renewal processing
It can be deployed to support subscription
access to newsletters and other periodicals, news services,
commercial web portals, and report bundles.
Supports both individual subscriptions
with one user per account and corporate subscriptions where
multiple users are tied to a corporate account.
Pay-per-view Licensing Model
The pay-per-view option supports one time licensing and
delivery of reports and articles (and any type of digital
file.) The ECNext platform also supports fractional pay-per-view
licensing for selling complete reports, or individual chapters
or sections of reports. This feature provides publishers
of high-valued reports the ability to set a lower price
point for segments, opening up a new Web buyer markets.
Database "pay-per-query" licensing
supports the one-time purchase and delivery of ad hoc database
query results.
Mixed Licensing Models
Many customers choose to support a mixture of subscription
and pay-per-view licensing models. For instance, archives
for newsletter sold via a subscription model can be made
available on a pay-per-view basis thereby generating a new
revenue stream over and above the subscription revenue and
also creates an opportunity to up-sell archive pay-per-view
buyers a subscription.
Our solution includes Web shopping cart
and checkout options for online sales and credit card transaction
support as well as support for "offline" pre-paid
account and open account payment methods.
My Account Feature
The My Account area provides the Web customer a tool enabling
them to view and edit their account information. Additionally
they are able to view transaction histories, access online
receipts and view current balances of pre-paid accounts
and open accounts.
Credit Card Accounts
Credit card accounts enable individual or corporate customers
to charge product purchases to their credit card online.
We support the following credit card types:
Visa
MasterCard
American
Express
Diners
Club
Pre-paid Accounts
Pre-paid accounts provide a way for our customers to accept
lump sum pre-payments and then charge multiple purchases
against the pre-paid account balance.
Open Accounts
Also called "bill me later" accounts with zero
beginning balance and is allowed to have a negative balance
to a pre-determined limit.
ECNext's e-commerce solution also supports
very flexible product packaging and pricing schemes.
Product Bundles
The ECNext platform supports the creation of new products
that consist of bundles of items. For instance, a bundle
might consist of a set of reports and perhaps a news service
or newsletter on a particular topic. An online interface
is provided to specify descriptions and pricing for each
bundle.
Promotional Pricing
The ECNext platform supports promotions that implement a
percentage or dollar amount discount for a product or group
of products. Promotions may be effective for a one-time
purchase or for all purchases of the relevant items within
a specified time period. The purchaser can provide a promotion
code at registration or checkout time, or the code can be
implemented automatically based on information provided
in referring links in emails, web banners or promotional
web pages.
Related Items Cross-sell
Ability to offer the Web buyer a list of products that are
related to a product he or she is viewing. Presented to
the buyer in the context of “If your interested in
Product A, you may be interested in these related Products
…”
ECNext’s Offline Subscription Management
module provides a way for customers to manage direct offline
(non-web based) subscription sales and subscribers. It provides
a direct sales or telesales rep a tool for activating new
subscribers and identifying, promoting and renewing offline
subscribers pending renewal. |
