Ether enables pay per advice service leveraging VoIP
Back in November 2005 I wrote about FaceBridge and their profit from IM/VoIP model. which enables lawyers, technical people, and other professions to charge for their time using their favorite IM or VoIP client. Yesterday, I mentioned how someone was enabling Skype users to pay to talk to entertainers such as Penelope Cruz.
And now today a new company called Ether, a new division of Ingenio, is launching their technology that enables the sale of services over the Internet by bloggers, technical people, entertainers, lawyers, etc.. According to Ether, Ether allows anyone with something valuable to say traditional service providers like accountants, therapists and legal professionals, as well as other experts and enthusiasts to earn money by talking on the phone with their audience.
Ingenio is the company behind powering Yahoo Yellow Pages click-to-call service, AOL Yellow Pages click-to-call services, and others. Ingenio's model is that the Pay Per Call was free for consumers to use and they simply charge and connect the call to the highest per-minute bidding advertiser. The advertiser is billed based on the length of the call and their per-minute bid. Ether on the other hand enables much more than traditional advertisers to talk with clients -- it enables bloggers, experts in their field, famous people, technical people, etc. or simple everyday netizens with some valuable niche knowledge to talk for free while the person requesting assistance is charged a set fee for a certain period of time. In theory, one could use Ether for a hosted 900-number adult phone sex service. Won't be long I suppose before college women try Ether by putting up provocative photos of themselves with their going talk rate.
Essentially, Ether manages the scheduling, communication, and the financial transaction (credit card) between sellers and their audiences. Ether automatically bills the client and then deposits the money in the sellers account minus the 15% cut that Ether takes . Say you're an expert on VoIP and you want to sell your VoIP knowledge for $50 for 30 minutes. You simply fill out your Ether profile, enter in your areas of expertise and then set your price. People can then search and find your profile or you can even place a button on your website or blog and the button will display you
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