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freeconomics

freeconomics noun: a business model in which a product is offered free of charge and supported by sales of a premium version.

Noun

freeconomics (uncountable)

  1. A business model in which a product is offered free of charge and supported by sales of a premium version.
    • Much attention has been devoted to the concept of freeconomics, most notably the recent book by Wired magazine editor Chris Anderson entitled, "Free: The future of a radical price." Most consumer-level cloud offerings would be labeled a "freemium", which is a free version that is supported by a...2010, Khaled Elleithy, Tarek Sobh, Magued Iskander, Technological Developments in Networking, Education, and Automation, →ISBN, page 3
    • Isn't the concept of freeconomics founded on the power of a zero price? Unfortunately, freeconomics does not insulate entrepreneurs from the path that is inherent to any new business: a fragile endeavor with limited financial resources, crowded markets, and the need to get one's idea out so that it...2011, Nicolas Pujol, The Mind Share Market: The Power of an Alternative Currency, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    freemium

Examples of freeconomics in a sentence

  • Isn't the concept of freeconomics founded on the power of a zero price?2011, Nicolas Pujol, The Mind Share Market: The Power of an Alternative Currency, →ISBN:
  • Well, today more and more Web companies are using digital technology and the principles of freeconomics to make profits by giving something away free of charge.2014, Irvin Tucker, Survey of Economics, →ISBN, page 129:

Synonyms of freeconomics

Origin of freeconomics

Blend of free + economics.

Questions about freeconomics

What does freeconomics mean?
Freeconomics means a business model in which a product is offered free of charge and supported by sales of a premium version.
How do you use freeconomics in a sentence?
Isn't the concept of freeconomics founded on the power of a zero price?
What part of speech is freeconomics?
Freeconomics is a noun.

Words near freeconomics in the dictionary

  1. freeclimbed
  2. freeclimbing
  3. freeclimbs
  4. freecoaster
  5. freecoasters
  6. freeconomics
  7. freecooling
  8. freecunt
  9. freecunted
  10. freecunter
  11. freecunters

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