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5 Best Paddle Alternatives in 2024

FastSpring

The company handles transactions for sellers of digital products, providing the infrastructure for global online payments while taking responsibility for tax collection and remittance, fraud prevention, and other aspects of the checkout process. It’s a capable solution, but by no means is Paddle a universal, one-size-fits-all option.

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Is What Epic Wants for App Stores What Other Game Developers Actually Want?

FastSpring

As mobile game and app developers gasp for air under a player-gouging 30% duopoly-tax on nearly all mobile game revenue worldwide, Epic Games has emerged as the de facto leader of the gaming community in the fight for open computing on mobile. Allow unlimited “steering” and embedded payments from third-party payment platforms.

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Big Cartel Review (2023): All the Pros and Cons

Ecommerce Platforms

Founded by Matt Wigham in 2005, Big Cartel sets itself apart from other commerce solutions by specifically targeting artists looking for easy solutions to sell their products online. Once you have completed the basic steps of your store you can easily delve right into the customization process.

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Regulation is Coming to POS Finance: Why Responsible Lending Will Benefit Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

As economic pressures and living costs surge, more people than ever are considering using point-of-service (POS) finance — such as buy now, pay later and installment loans — to manage their cashflow. It’s clear that there is a consumer-driven need for more flexible finance and smarter buying power. .

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Big Cartel Pricing (Aug 2021) – Here’s What You Need to Know

Ecommerce Platforms

If you’re looking to build a store as an independent creative, artist, or service provider, then this is the product for you. Originally launched in 2005, Big Cartel has been around for quite a while, delivering excellent experiences to people around the world. Since then, the service has expanded to serve millions of artists.

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Refund Authorizations: API Updates and Sandbox Testing

Braintree

The payments industry is moving to an authorization model for refund processing. or newer If your integration uses one of these new SDK versions, and the processor declines a refund, the response will have the processor response code available. Update (June 9, 2020): Updated post to reflect sandbox availability.

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The Very Group appoints Lionel Desclée as group CEO

365 Retail

The Very Group, operator of multicategory digital retailers Very and Littlewoods, has appointed former president and CEO of Walmart Japan Lionel Desclée as group CEO. Before joining Walmart, Lionel spent three years as president and CEO of Tom & Co, which operates over 160 pet care stores in Belgium, Luxembourg and France.