[handthatfeeds]

Unless I'm buying something I won't be giving up my payment information. Maybe not all users are as worrisome as me though.

Things that I sometimes give payment info for (but they do not charge right away) is when something is a free trial that converts into a paid subscription after X time.

Otherwise for freemium I'll give my payment info at the time of purchase but for the free part, heck no.

You also have to take into consideration that giving away your credit card info feels like you are making a purchase so even though that may mean the people are more willing to purchase when they do give info it doesn't necessarily mean it is a good idea to require it.

[jetti]

>Maybe not all users are as worrisome as me though.

For me it isn't really a worry, there are just very few products that I'm willing to go through the hassle of pulling out my credit card and typing in those magic numbers. Is it laziness? Yes. I prefer refer to it as I value my time more than anything in the world as it is the one thing I cannot replace (yet).