[Hammerhead12321]

Is there any reason there is not a popular micropayments solution i.e. <= $1?

It seems like there’s plenty of use cases but I’m not aware of any popular platforms that make it feasible with their fees. I assume there are a bunch of costs associated with processing those cc payments but surely they aren’t large enough to make in infeasible to process small payments.

[input_sh]

At least a part of the answer is that your service would end up being used to test stolen credit cards.

[jfoster]

One micro-transaction doesn't need to imply one credit card transaction. A micropayments solution could work like PayPal, whereby every user has a balance. Then it's just database transactions within their own system.

The tricky part is the chicken-egg problem; does user adoption or developer adoption come first? I expect that one of the existing major tech companies would need to do it.

Apple, Google, Microsoft: Can build it into their browser, and are already facilitating payments via their app stores and existing user accounts.

Stripe: Already have the developer adoption in Stripe checkout.

The limiting factor might be CS & disputes. There is an average support cost of transactions, and it might be higher than what they could make on fees. I think some automation could bring that cost down in the future as well, though.

[outcoldman]

As a developer that is the worst price model to be in. If you don’t use a stores like Apple Store. The issue is state taxes. Some states require to file taxes when you reach N amount of sold good in USD. But some actually for number of transactions. Like 100-1000. So imagine if you sold 100 for $100 now you have to spend all of those money to figure out taxes situation in that state.