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 2-10describes the pricing options.

TABLE 2-10Content 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

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.

 

 

a A grace period can be applied to this pricing model by the Vending Manager administrator.

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.

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