idea Ability to use ArcGIS Online Credits to Purchase Apps in the ArcGIS Marketplace in ArcGIS Online Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/ability-to-use-arcgis-online-credits-to-purchase/idi-p/925768 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"><STRONG>Premise</STRONG></SPAN></P><P>"Service credits are the "currency"&nbsp;used across ArcGIS", <SPAN style="font-size: 13px;"><EM>source -&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="http://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/reference/credits.htm" title="http://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/reference/credits.htm">Understand credits—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS</A>&nbsp;</EM></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 13px;"><EM>This discussion started on twitter&nbsp;and was asked to be put on the GEOnet community for discussion. You can find the original tweet <A href="https://twitter.com/NeillJobe/status/883012562568302592">here</A> </EM></SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"><STRONG>Scenario</STRONG></SPAN></P><P>The idea would be similar to purchasing plane tickets at Southwest Airlines.com. You can purchase a ticket using your credit card&nbsp;or you can purchase a ticket using southwest points (in this scenario&nbsp;we'll call them&nbsp;ArcGIS Online credits, not points). For example, an app on the Marketplace would cost $500/year with credit card or 5000&nbsp;credits/year.</P><P></P><P><SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"><STRONG>Benefits</STRONG></SPAN></P><UL><LI>Each organization account already comes with an allotment of pre-paid credits that could be used</LI><LI>Some organization accounts never use all their pre-paid credits</LI><LI>Smooth &amp; Easy transaction within the ArcGIS Marketplace for clients<UL><LI>no extra procurement (red tape) for organizations to purchase apps</LI><LI>annual renewals and credit balances handles automatically</LI><LI>all things ArcGIS Online are handled through the same purchase/subscription etc.</LI></UL></LI><LI>Smoother Transaction for ArcGIS Marketplace providers<UL><LI>no need for vendor setup with each individual client (W9, Bank account, info, etc)&nbsp;</LI><LI>seamless app provisioning based on credit balance</LI><LI>easy transaction, easier decision making</LI><LI>increased activity in the ArcGIS Marketplace</LI><LI>Marketplace providers could be reimbursed from Esri through check or partner related credits or a mix dependent upon actual revenue generated from a "credits" purchase.</LI></UL></LI><LI>Additional&nbsp;credits can be purchased from Esri through an organizations&nbsp;ArcGIS Online subscription.</LI></UL><P></P><P>I welcome more comments / thoughts / benefits etc. around this idea. Please feel free to discuss more amongst yourselves on this thread.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 07 Jul 2017 16:59:49 GMT NeillJobe 2017-07-07T16:59:49Z Ability to use ArcGIS Online Credits to Purchase Apps in the ArcGIS Marketplace https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/ability-to-use-arcgis-online-credits-to-purchase/idi-p/925768 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"><STRONG>Premise</STRONG></SPAN></P><P>"Service credits are the "currency"&nbsp;used across ArcGIS", <SPAN style="font-size: 13px;"><EM>source -&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="http://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/reference/credits.htm" title="http://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/reference/credits.htm">Understand credits—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS</A>&nbsp;</EM></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 13px;"><EM>This discussion started on twitter&nbsp;and was asked to be put on the GEOnet community for discussion. You can find the original tweet <A href="https://twitter.com/NeillJobe/status/883012562568302592">here</A> </EM></SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"><STRONG>Scenario</STRONG></SPAN></P><P>The idea would be similar to purchasing plane tickets at Southwest Airlines.com. You can purchase a ticket using your credit card&nbsp;or you can purchase a ticket using southwest points (in this scenario&nbsp;we'll call them&nbsp;ArcGIS Online credits, not points). For example, an app on the Marketplace would cost $500/year with credit card or 5000&nbsp;credits/year.</P><P></P><P><SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"><STRONG>Benefits</STRONG></SPAN></P><UL><LI>Each organization account already comes with an allotment of pre-paid credits that could be used</LI><LI>Some organization accounts never use all their pre-paid credits</LI><LI>Smooth &amp; Easy transaction within the ArcGIS Marketplace for clients<UL><LI>no extra procurement (red tape) for organizations to purchase apps</LI><LI>annual renewals and credit balances handles automatically</LI><LI>all things ArcGIS Online are handled through the same purchase/subscription etc.</LI></UL></LI><LI>Smoother Transaction for ArcGIS Marketplace providers<UL><LI>no need for vendor setup with each individual client (W9, Bank account, info, etc)&nbsp;</LI><LI>seamless app provisioning based on credit balance</LI><LI>easy transaction, easier decision making</LI><LI>increased activity in the ArcGIS Marketplace</LI><LI>Marketplace providers could be reimbursed from Esri through check or partner related credits or a mix dependent upon actual revenue generated from a "credits" purchase.</LI></UL></LI><LI>Additional&nbsp;credits can be purchased from Esri through an organizations&nbsp;ArcGIS Online subscription.</LI></UL><P></P><P>I welcome more comments / thoughts / benefits etc. around this idea. Please feel free to discuss more amongst yourselves on this thread.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 07 Jul 2017 16:59:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/ability-to-use-arcgis-online-credits-to-purchase/idi-p/925768 NeillJobe 2017-07-07T16:59:49Z