{"user_id":"220548","abstract":[{"text":"This entry explores the burgeoning trend of “Freemium” pricing models in the digital age, blending free basic services with paid premium features. It delves into its implementation across diverse sectors, from email and cloud storage to social networking, analyzing its viability in the digital landscape. Discussing its popularity attributed to digitalization, the entry highlights promises and challenges for providers and outlines critical components for a successful freemium model. Addressing feature definition, monetization strategies, and conversion, it emphasizes the need for ongoing innovation. The entry anticipates freemium’s future growth, extending beyond business-to-consumer domains to industrial settings amidst digitalization.","lang":"eng"}],"date_updated":"2024-08-19T14:28:06Z","publication":"Elgar Encyclopedia of Pricing","publication_status":"published","_id":"4875","date_created":"2024-08-19T14:07:26Z","title":"Freemium","year":"2024","publication_identifier":{"eisbn":["9781035307319","9781035307319"],"isbn":["9781035307302"]},"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"quality_controlled":"1","citation":{"apa":"Schäfers, T. (2024). Freemium. In A. Hinterhuber (Ed.), <i>Elgar Encyclopedia of Pricing</i> (pp. 83–85). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035307319.ch13\">https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035307319.ch13</a>","short":"T. Schäfers, in: A. Hinterhuber (Ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Pricing, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 2024, pp. 83–85.","alphadin":"<span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Schäfers, Tobias</span>: Freemium. In: <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Hinterhuber, A.</span> (Hrsg.): <i>Elgar Encyclopedia of Pricing</i>. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024, S. 83–85","ama":"Schäfers T. Freemium. In: Hinterhuber A, ed. <i>Elgar Encyclopedia of Pricing</i>. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing; 2024:83-85. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035307319.ch13\">10.4337/9781035307319.ch13</a>","mla":"Schäfers, Tobias. “Freemium.” <i>Elgar Encyclopedia of Pricing</i>, edited by Andreas Hinterhuber, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024, pp. 83–85, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035307319.ch13\">10.4337/9781035307319.ch13</a>.","bibtex":"@inbook{Schäfers_2024, place={Cheltenham}, title={Freemium}, DOI={<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035307319.ch13\">10.4337/9781035307319.ch13</a>}, booktitle={Elgar Encyclopedia of Pricing}, publisher={Edward Elgar Publishing}, author={Schäfers, Tobias}, editor={Hinterhuber, AndreasEditor}, year={2024}, pages={83–85} }","chicago":"Schäfers, Tobias. “Freemium.” In <i>Elgar Encyclopedia of Pricing</i>, edited by Andreas Hinterhuber, 83–85. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035307319.ch13\">https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035307319.ch13</a>.","ieee":"T. Schäfers, “Freemium,” in <i>Elgar Encyclopedia of Pricing</i>, A. Hinterhuber, Ed. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024, pp. 83–85."},"status":"public","doi":"10.4337/9781035307319.ch13","department":[{"_id":"4b2dc5c9-bee3-11eb-b75f-ecc80f94fb21"}],"author":[{"first_name":"Tobias","orcid":"0000-0002-2533-335X","full_name":"Schäfers, Tobias","orcid_put_code_url":"https://api.orcid.org/v2.0/0000-0002-2533-335X/work/165775037","last_name":"Schäfers","id":"253685"}],"type":"book_chapter","editor":[{"last_name":"Hinterhuber","full_name":"Hinterhuber, Andreas","first_name":"Andreas"}],"place":"Cheltenham","publisher":"Edward Elgar Publishing","page":"83-85"}