Forty20 FAQs
Forty20 News has partnered with Axate to make more quality Rugby League writing available online.
For a one-off payment of just 30p, you will gain 24 hours access to our growing library of original and exclusive content, including interviews and insight from established journalists, international stakeholders, players, coaches, and young writers making their way in the games.
To read more about the reasons behind our new approach click here
1/ WHAT IS AXATE?
We have a pay-per-article system, using Axate. Once you sign up to Axate, we’ll take a modest price whenever you choose to read one of our paid-for articles. If you don’t read anything, or if you read one of our free articles, you won’t pay anything.
2/ YOU’RE ASKING ME TO PAY?
Yes, a little bit. But we want to give you choice, so we have now introduced a ‘pay if you can’ feature. By registering an account with Axate, you can continue to support our work by paying a small amount for a story. Then you’ll read for free for the rest of the day. Or you can click “no thanks” and read for free.
3/ WILL ALL ARTICLES HAVE A FEE?
No. Many of our stories will remain free.
4/ HOW DO I SIGN UP?
It’s really easy. You do not need to divulge lots of personal data, and you only need to sign up once. It takes no more than 2 minutes. After that, you will be able to visit any other site which uses Axate without any further action. Just click the “register” button on the Axate tab.
5/ IS IT SECURE?
Yes. Axate uses Braintree, a PayPal company, to process payments, so you know your credit card details are secure.
6/ IS IT TRANSPARENT?
Yes. We want to make sure you know exactly what’s happening at all points. You can choose whether or not to actively authorise each payment, or you can pre-approve certain charges, depending on your personal preferences and spending limits. The green Axate tab on the side of your screen will always let know when you’ve been charged. The tab will also allow you to see prices, your progress towards the weekly “free point” and give you access to your account details.
7/ HOW MUCH WILL I BE CHARGED?
You can upload as little as £3 into your wallet. You can cancel within 14 days and you’ll get a full refund of your unspent balance. There’s no subscription. When your wallet runs low, you decide how much to top up. If you don’t spend anything your wallet stays at the same balance.
8/ HOW DOES THE DAILY LIMIT WORK?
Axate is a pay-per-article system. Premium articles are 30p each, but reading just one article will give you free access to the whole of Forty20 News for the 24 hours. If you forget our prices, just click on the green tab in the top left of your screen to open your Axate. This system means you never spend more than want each week, whether you read three, five, 10 or more of our longer stories*.
9/ HOW DO I KNOW WHEN MY 24 HOURS ENDS?
To check when the free reading period ends, just click the green Axate tab on the left of your screen to open the Axate wallet.
10/ DO I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS EVERY TIME?
No. Once you’ve signed up, the payment for each article is instantaneous. You won’t have to continually enter your payment details, or sign up for multiple sites. If you choose to pay automatically, you won’t even have to click anything. This system cuts out any hassle.
Even better, if you go to another Axate-enabled site it will just work there too without any more signing-up or topping-up.
11/ WHAT IF I WANT TO RE-READ SOMETHING?
Having paid for an article once, you can re-read it whenever you like, at no extra cost. If you wish to go back to something six months later, you can – there’s no time restriction.
12/ HOW DO I FIND ALL THE PAID ARTICLES ON FORTY20 NEWS?
You will find this content in the Exclusives section of our website, accessible from the main navigation menu at the top of the page.
13/ CAN I USE MY AXATE WALLET ON OTHER SITES?
You can use your Axate Wallet on a wide and expanding range of other titles. To keep up to date on where you can use Axate, just click here. If you sign up through us you will be helping to support us - even if you use the money to read articles elsewhere. Forty20 News benefits every time you top up your wallet, regardless of where you spend the money. We think Axate have set up a sensible system of funding for digital publishing. If you’re anything like us, you’ll want to graze across various websites without having to sign up or subscribe separately to each one.
– If you have questions for Axate, or some feedback about Axate, please email them on support@axate.com
* Fair use restrictions will apply
Last updated 28 April 2020