{{Short description|Recurring price business model}}
{{Original research|date=June 2020}}
The '''subscription business model''' is a business model in which a customer must pay a recurring price at regular intervals for access to a product or service. The model was pioneered by publishers of books and periodicals in the 17th century, and is now used by many businesses, websites and even pharmaceutical companies in partnership with the government.
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The '''subscription business model''' is a [[business model]] in which a [[customer]] must pay a recurring price at regular intervals for access to a [[Product (business)|product]] or [[Service (business)|service]]. The model [[Publication by subscription|was pioneered]] by publishers of [[book]]s and [[periodical]]s in the 17th century,<ref>{{Citation |last1 = Clapp |first1 = Sarah L. C. |title = The Beginnings of Subscription Publication in the Seventeenth Century |journal = Modern Philology |volume = 29 |issue = 2 |pages = 199–224 |publisher = The University of Chicago Press |___location = Chicago |date = November 1931 |jstor = 433632 |doi = 10.1086/387957 |s2cid = 162013335 }}</ref> and is now used by many businesses, websites<ref>{{Cite web|last=Barseghian|first=Alex|title=Council Post: What's Behind The Rise Of The Subscription Model?|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2019/08/12/whats-behind-the-rise-of-the-subscription-model/|access-date=2021-01-13|website=Forbes|language=en|archive-date=2021-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228070023/https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2019/08/12/whats-behind-the-rise-of-the-subscription-model/|url-status=live}}</ref> and even pharmaceutical companies in partnership with the government.
