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What Are eCommerce Subscriptions? And, Why Do They Matter?

GetElastic

Just a few weeks after the unfortunate vitamin aisle experience a friend told me about a vitamin subscription company called Ritual. While the onboarding experience was fantastic, the subscription component is even better. All thanks to eCommerce subscriptions. The History of Subscriptions. And, I'm not the only one.

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Subscription Ecommerce Websites Saw 4,461% Revenue Boom in 5 Years: 20 Brands Reaping the Benefits

BigCommerce

Don’t even say it out loud: Subscription boxes are not dead. Heralded as the newest, greatest ecommerce strategy beginning around 2010, subscription box services like BirchBox, Trunk Club and Dollar Shave Club have not only made headlines – they’ve made billions. In 2011, subscription brands made an estimated $57,000,000.

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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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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.

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How to Evolve and Personalize in the Digital Marketplace Economy 

Retail TouchPoints

With a B2B or B2C marketplace, you benefit from an ecosystem of buyers and sellers. Businesses of all sizes can provide subscription-based services to their customers, offering add-ons and integrations from third-party vendors. T-Mobile, for example, offers Netflix along with connectivity services, all in one bill.

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B2B Lead Generation: 8 Proven Strategies From My 20-Year Sales Career

FastSpring

B2B lead generation is more than just presenting prospects with fancy features and benefits. For example, not long ago, we were migrating the subscriptions of a new customer into our system. What does all of that have to do with B2B lead generation? The same can be said about B2B sales. Measure Your Results.

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Magento, NetSuite Conferences Illustrate What B2C Can Teach B2B

RTP blog

focuses on how retailers can bolster their customers’ experience, I noticed a number of sessions and in-person meetings at the two conferences that actually touched on the world of a somewhat different audience: B2B buyers. Another example of retail’s impact on B2B comes from an unlikely source — luxury candy boutique Sugarfina.

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