Near-Time Introduces Hosted Service

Near-Time, Inc. announced the launch of a paid membership service, Near-Time Premium. Near-Time Premium is a hosted service that enables users to create revenue opportunities with customers and business partners. It offers an alternative to ad supported Web content, giving organizations a way to package and sell expertise and content via paid access to online collaborative spaces. With integrated Wiki and weblog authoring tools, and file sharing and task management capabilities, groups can foster rich environments for commercial interaction. The platform offers a range of tools to support and build customers' brands via a broad range of tools for customizing the look and feel of collaborative spaces as well as domain name mapping. Near-Time Premium spaces can be private, semi-private or public. Users are free to decide which content to monetize, and which to make publicly available. Roles and permissions services enable users to set different levels of interactive relationships at different price points. Near-Time spaces can be configured to offer members complete interaction, limited authoring and editing capabilities, or to simply allow members to read and comment on content. From collaborating with experts on Wikis to merely charging a reader to access premium content and files, users can create as many premium spaces as they would like, each with different interaction and economic models. Near-Time is available as a preview application. http://www.near-time.com/