54 Administrator Guide 2005Q4
General Information - Contains content status and any additional messages
displayed to the content provider.
Pricing - Shows the price specified by the content provider.
The pricing options designated by the content provider are displayed just above
the Catalog Price section. You can change the purchase price in the Catalog Price
section. TABLE 2-10 describes the pricing options.
Catalog Price - Shows the price charged to subscribers. You can change the price
in one of the following ways:
Select one of the available pricing options.
Once the content is published, the only attribute that can be changed later
without disassociating the content from its pricing option is the purchase price.
See “Changing the Pricing of Content” on page 29 for more information.
TABLE 2-10 Content Delivery Server Pricing Models
Pricing Model Definition
Free always No charge for downloading content. Content can be downloaded
any number of times for however long content is available.
Trial No charge for content on initial download. Subscriber must
purchase content for subsequent downloads.
First download only Subscriber is charged for initial download of content. Subscriber
is not charged for subsequent downloads.
Every downloada
a A grace period can be applied to this pricing model by the Vending Manager administrator.
Subscriber is charged for each download of content.
Per use Subscriber can download content once after purchase and is
charged for N uses.
Per period Subscriber can download content once after purchase and is
charged for running content for the specified length of time, for
example, 3 days, 2 weeks, or 1 month:
Charge for N days, weeks, months, or years.
Per subscription Subscriber can download content an unlimited number of times
during the subscription period and is automatically charged for
the next period of use when the current period expires:
Charge recurring fee daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly.
Per interval Subscriber can download content an unlimited number of times
during the interval and is charged for running content from the
specified start date to the specified end date.
Charge for use starting mm/dd/yyyy through mm/dd/yyyy.