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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. Those fees also apply to in-game purchases as well.

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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. There were no gatekeepers — just a computer, a player, and a game.

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What is Games as a Service (GaaS) and What Does it Mean For Marketers?

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Games as a Service (GaaS) was introduced as a barrier between consumer cost concerns and user engagement. It offers a way to bring down customer acquisition costs and has been proven to keep users in a game for far longer than the pay-to-play method. What Is Games as a Service (GaaS)?

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Simplify Purchases With FastSpring’s Latest Feature: 1ClickPay

FastSpring

Looking to leverage FastSpring’s 1ClickPay or other payments capabilities and want to try them for yourself? We’re excited to introduce the latest in FastSpring’s payments featureset: 1ClickPay. Here’s how it works: During their initial purchase, a customer saves their payment card details. Who Is 1ClickPay For?

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Epic Games Versus The App Store: A Fight for Autonomy and Freedom in the Ecommerce Era

FastSpring

For customers, the process of looking for apps to download usually takes place in one of the four leading app marketplaces; Google Play, Apple App Store , Windows Store, and the Amazon App Store. The company’s move to circumvent Apple’s App Store policies with its app Fortnite triggered a lawsuit in the process. Let’s go ??.

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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. States and Google.

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How to Sell CBD Online – The Ultimate Guide for 2023

Ecommerce Platforms

Accepting credit card payments is as easy as signing up to the right platform. Setting Up Payments. Choosing a Fulfillment Service. A Note on CBD Compliance. Additionally, the CBD you sell online should be absent the chemicals or contaminants that pop up during the CBD extraction process. Table of contents.