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What Consumers Like – and Detest – About Subscriptions

Forrester eCommerce

Consumers shared their attitudes towards subscriptions - see key highlights.

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The Five Tenets Of A Sticky Retail Subscription

Forrester eCommerce

Subscription offerings from brands and retailers have been popping up everywhere. But as many subscription services have found — and Rent the Runway’s recent IPO filings also underscore — creating a compelling subscription includes getting customers to subscribe and then keeping them subscribed, with continued value from that subscription.

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Announcing Forrester’s Inaugural Wave Evaluation of Subscription Billing Platforms

Forrester eCommerce

Like the evolution of the products themselves, the rulebook on monetizing them is also evolving: firms are replacing the simple one-time sales models of yore with subscription and consumption-based business models that better sustain a continuous relationship with their customers. Enter: subscription billing platforms.

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Gartner Survey Review: Digital Commerce Revenue Skyrockets with B2B Surpassing B2C

GetElastic

Significant shifts occurred in the presence of digital commerce platforms, but also a turn towards B2B initiatives versus what has been historically B2C led. Cost savings is more on the minds of B2B organizations; in fact, according to the survey, almost three times as many B2B companies cited it as a motivator versus their B2C counterparts.

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An In-Depth Guide to Subscription Billing Platforms (+ 5 Options)

FastSpring

Most subscription billing platforms let you: Automate invoicing and payments. Customize and manage one or more subscription and trial models. However, the vast majority of companies doing subscription billing will also need a solution for other aspects of subscription billing management including: Payment processing.

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How To Get Ahead of The Competition with Easy-to-Launch eCommerce Subscription Services ?

GetElastic

So it’s no surprise that after the COVID-19 stay-at-home measures were implemented, the demand for online subscription services spiked. As such, it is a great time for retailers to enter the market and add subscriptions services to their existing physical products or simply start from scratch. Why’s that you may ask?

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Why Modern Solutions Break Business Model Boundaries - An Analysis of Subscriptions

GetElastic

The most common TLAs are focussed on defining transactional business relationships B2C, B2B, D2C. Let’s examine this Opening Statement: Do we need to draw artificial lines between B2C / B2B / D2C / M2Q etc. PYMNTS.com say “The luxury car subscription market is set to grow by 71% by 2022”. and the list goes on. Renewal processes.