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freemium

freemium

3 4.4
A business model that gives basic services for free and charges for extra features
  • noun
  • /ˈfriːmiəm/
  • Texting
translation icon : modelo freemium
  • By 2001, Webshots became a profitable company with a combination of revenue streams that included advertising, freemium service, and merchandising.
  • freemium business model

Examples

  • It's a freemium business model, and freemiums work best when the value of the services goes up over time.

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  • For other sites, we'll see a greater emphasis on Freemium models.

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  • As Mark points out, freemium businesses face the same risk.

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  • With a freemium business, you want to survey both groups separately.

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  • But be careful with Freemium! It is easy to get critical mass if you subsidize a product.

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  • Freemium requires lots of cash and bets on a huge but very unlikely return.

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  • Speaking of purchasing better weapons, Atari chose to make this a freemium game.

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  • LightWorks is an open-source freemium video editor for Windows.

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  • Last week, App Annie released data that showed month-on-month (MoM) revenue growth (for freemium and premium apps) for both iOS and Android.

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  • Many popular games use a freemium model, allowing players to enjoy basic features for free while charging for premium upgrades.

Synonyms

shareware
vsfreemium
  • Specialized
3 6.3

A computer program you can try free before you pay to keep it

offers core functions free indefinitely but charges for advanced features

Antonyms

74 4.3

Higher quality and more expensive than normal

How Free

free
1.0
freemium
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3 4.4
subscription
  • Texting
68 2.9
paid
1 1.0

Surface Forms

freemium singular
freemiums plural

Morphology

freemium = free + premium (transparent) = free + premium

As a noun naming the business model, it directly fuses 'free' and 'premium' and the model's meaning follows from those parts.

Etymology

Freemium was made by joining free and premium, with free meaning 'no cost' and premium meaning 'extra or paid'. A freemium model is a business idea where basic services are 'no cost' but advanced features require payment.