Editing Wi-Fi hotspot (section)

===Commercial hotspots===
A commercial hotspot may feature:
* A [[captive portal]] / login screen / splash page that users are redirected to for [[authentication]] and/or [[payment]]. The captive portal / splash page sometimes includes the [[social login]] buttons.
* A payment option using a [[credit card]], [[iPass Inc.|iPass]], [[PayPal]], or another payment service (voucher-based Wi-Fi)
* A [[Walled garden (technology)|walled garden]] feature that allows free access to certain sites
* [[Service-oriented provisioning]] to allow for improved revenue
* Data analytics and data capture tools, to analyze and export data from Wi-Fi clients

Many services provide payment services to hotspot providers, for a monthly fee or commission from the end-user income. For example, [[Amazingports]] can be used to set up hotspots that intend to offer both fee-based and free internet access, and [[ZoneCD]] is a [[Linux distribution]] that provides payment services for hotspot providers who wish to deploy their own service.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}

[[Roaming]] services are expanding among major hotspot service providers. With roaming service the users of a commercial provider can have access to other providers' hotspots, either free of charge or for extra fees, which users will usually be charged on an access-per-minute basis.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}