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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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Should Your B2C Brand Switch to Direct-to-Consumer?

Optimizely

Buyers today have simply changed the way they purchase products, with more and more of the B2C market moving online (or to Amazon) each year. Many B2C brands are making the leap and shifting away from retail and toward direct-to-consumer (DTC). Instead, you want to build up your email subscriptions to get traffic that way instead.

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