Axate: connecting publishers and readers.
For publishers
Improve your payments funnel and reader reach with Axate’s free-to-implement system, offering a combination of payment options to suit every type of reader. Upsell casual readers to subscriptions and retain lapsed subscribers as casual readers, all within the same ecosystem. Save on customer acquisition costs, reduce churn and grow your audience with Axate.
For readers
Support the journalism you love and read the articles you want, when you want, without having to commit to a subscription. Access multiple sites using a single login and payment method, and manage your subscriptions all in one place. With Axate, you can read a wide variety of news sites at accessible rates, and share articles you enjoy.
Casual payments
Axate’s pay-as-you-go system lets readers pay for what they want, when they want, and at a price you set.
Monetise casual readers, and reward keen readers for their engagement with day-passes and price caps. The more they read, the better value they get.
Subscriptions
Convert your most-engaged readers to monthly or annual subscribers with one click.
Convert your un-subscribers back to casual, pay-as-you-go access, when they go. Never lock anyone out from your site and eliminate churn.
Ready-to-Pay
Register readers with one step, unlocking access to their inboxes and offering perks and benefits in return.
By making it easier to register, reduce friction in the payment funnel and quickly convert casual readers to paying customers.
Why Axate?
Axate is a full-stack monetisation service for digital publishers. It includes ‘pay-as-you-go' access (whereby readers purchase access by article or day pass), subscriptions, voluntary contributions and newsletter subscriptions.
With Axate, you can offer multiple payment options to widen your paying audience, reduce churn and drive user-centric product innovation. Insightful reader data and analytics enable you to test and optimise and find the best fit revenue model for you and your readers. You maintain full control over your pricing, your content, your product and your business model. There are no upfront costs and we use a risk-free revenue share model.
As part of our service, Axate offers publishing consultancy from a team with decades of experience in the news industry. We understand the hurdles faced by publishers working in a competitive environment, and have unparalleled experience of the process of pivoting publishing business models and building audience revenue. We will work with you on a 90-day plan to ensure a successful roll-out, as well as providing ongoing strategic and tactical advice to help you hit your audience and revenue targets.
What People Are Saying
I have a couple of subscriptions to news sites, and use free article allowances on others. Good journalism is worth paying for, and not just relying on ad revenue. If more sites used per-article pay models like Axate that would be really helpful
— Jon Sansom (@jonsansom) March 27, 2023
That is why we introduced the @axate function. You can buy single articles when you decide you can and want to. Hope that helps. And thank you for your support.
— James Mitchinson (@JayMitchinson) September 6, 2022
Seconded for @axate . A model I can get behind, and actually properly fund good journalism where I see it.
— Aidan Sansom (@AidanSansom) March 27, 2023
“The cost of being informed” is too high! I can afford subscriptions to Boston Globe, NYT, WSJ, WashPost but most can’t. That’s a problem. Reading laterally reduces polarization. Pay-per-read like @axate or @SesamyOpen or apps like @MySpotlightNews solve this. Platforms fear it.
— Heidi Legg (@heidilegg) June 14, 2023
I wish they would use something like @axate to allow “micro payments” (30-50p per article)…
— Nigel Watson (@NigelAWatson) September 27, 2022
I’d happily pay this for various local articles…but probably won’t “sign up” to a single paper (have @TheEconomist & @reactionlife subs)@BelTel@irish_news @News_Letter
I wish they would use something like @axate to allow “micro payments” (30-50p per article)…
— Nigel Watson (@NigelAWatson) September 27, 2022
I’d happily pay this for various local articles…but probably won’t “sign up” to a single paper (have @TheEconomist & @reactionlife subs)@BelTel@irish_news @News_Letter
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