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How to Sell a Mobile App or Game Outside App Stores

FastSpring

If you’re not sure how to sell an app direct to consumer (D2C) outside the app stores — or if you’re looking for a new way to monetize your mobile app or game — you may be wondering what options you have. Various tools you can use to monetize apps and games outside app stores. Highlights from recent U.S.

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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. But the world has changed.

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A Complete Guide to App Monetization

Kissmetrics

You built your app idea , you refined the product, and now you’re ready to launch your mobile app. App monetization is essential to the success of your mobile app. Whether you plan to charge for downloads or use subscription services to generate income, your app will never be profitable without a monetization strategy.

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Marketing Your Video Game Outside of Game Marketplaces & App Stores

FastSpring

Todd Harris knows how to leverage effective video game marketing strategies to get games in front of players. As the former COO and Co-Founder of Hi-Rez Studios, he spent 15 years making games and marketing them to gamers — with the studio’s games reaching 150 million players. (At

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Mobile Commerce Accounts for More Than 31% of Total Sales [2017 Data]

BigCommerce

Earlier in 2017, Brandon Chatham from NatoMounts told me he was seeing 80% of his site traffic coming in from mobile. With industry average conversion rates on desktop sitting at 2% –– that’s not just a good mobile conversion rate. It’s a mobile conversion rate nearly unheard of. The revenue just rolled in.

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How a Lack of Direct-to-Consumer Options Hurts Players

FastSpring

A lot of big changes around direct-to-consumer options in the games industry have been going on in the past few months. A ruling in favor of Epic in Epic Games v. Amidst these Goliaths fighting over revenue from games and in-app purchases are the players. For example: The settlement between U.S.

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2Checkout vs. Stripe vs. FastSpring: Comparing Payments, Taxes, and Platform Features (+ Pricing)

FastSpring

TL;DR : Stripe markets themselves as a payment services provider (PSP), 2Checkout is a payment service provider with an upgrade option to make them your merchant of record (MoR), and FastSpring is a comprehensive merchant of record from the outset. Payment Gateways , Payment Processing , PSPs, MoRs — What’s the Difference?