Product Development
The subscription products we develop and build are our reason for being. We build them to offer subscribers and members something they need or want, that we love to provide. But while the inspiration for creating a new product is all around us, the mechanics of defining, developing and launching that membership or subscription product are both complex and daunting. We have you covered, from know-how to help beginners to articles keeping you up on the latest trends and developments for enhancing and growing exceptional subscription products.
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There is good news for U.S. entities on the privacy front: on November 16, 2018, new draft guidelines were adopted in the EU to provide
How do you minimize the financial impact of subscriber complaints, refund requests, and chargebacks while keeping your subscribers happy? In this briefing, we will answer
Credit cards are a blessing and a curse for subscription publishers and monthly box merchants. Yes, auto-pay on a regular basis is sweet indeed, but
Choosing the right processor processing partners from a confusing multi-layered vendor ecosystem can be tricky. There are many things to consider like transaction fees, card
Most of the best practices necessary for auto-renewal payments success are provided by and facilitated through your payments partners, especially your processor. Any processor can
Credit card transactions have topped three and a third TRILLION dollars. With that volume, even a tiny percent of misfires create problems on the order
This sixth-and-final article in our series Getting Your Product Out the Door: Feature Prioritization, Testing and Launch explores the tough decisions necessary when development bumps
This fifth article in our series Getting Your Product Out the Door: Sourcing and Vendor Relations offers insights into finding, evaluating and working with vendors.
This fourth article in our series Getting Your Product Out the Door: Writing Requirements expands on the actual product build, including writing requirements, prioritizing features
This third article our series Getting Your Product Out the Door: Product Development Basics goes beyond the product owner relationship and covers other roles and
This first article of our series Getting Your Product Out the Door: Product Development Basics offers a look at the history of subscription product development,
Chargebacks can be parasitic to your subscription revenues, forcing you to not only refund payments, but pay steep fines to do so. In worst case
The options available for handling recurring billing (and your subscriber or membership database) are exploding — regardless whether your business is a start-up or large-scale.
Building Customer-Focused Products: An Insiders Guide to Market Research,is a series compiled by product owners with decades of experience in creating and launching successful subscription
This first article in our series Building Customer-Focused Products: An Insiders Guide to Market Research offers an overview of what market research is and why
Understand state, Federal, and credit card regulations that cover subscription promotional and trial offers as well as auto-renewal practices. This one-hour on-demand training session features
This second article our series Getting Your Product Out the Door: Product Development Basics dives into the role of the product owner, how it relates
This extremely detailed subscription & membership financial model was developed as a tool for would-be subscription businesses who either are planning a new launch or
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Vox Media gets $100M from Penske Media, Twitter Blue only has 180K subscribers, Apple has 935M paid subscriptions.
Snapchat gains 12M members; Herd & Grace to launch premium steak subscription; ChatGPT testing subscription tier.
Lifetime subscriptions are available for Dollar Flight Club, Amdocs launches subscription marketplace, Dotdash Meredith to lay off 7% of staff.
LinkedIn grows; Twitter Blue to get ad-free subscription tier; and Amazon Fresh adds delivery fees to orders under $150.
Volvo is rebooting its Care by Volvo car subscription service in California, but is light on pricing, features, terms and conditions.
Reuters to create 100 jobs and reboot paywall; Twitter to launch ad-free subscription tier; Vice Media looks for a buyer.
Five on Friday: Hinge to launch $60 tier, Amazon shutters AmazonSmile program, YouTube tests Listening Room.
On Jan. 30, Microsoft is launching Microsoft 365 Basic for $1.99/month for 100GB of storage with extra features.
Snapchat+ adds customization and gift subscriptions, Vice Media suffers $100M revenue loss, Instacart offers discounted membership for SNAP participants.
Truth Social launches DMs, Meta will shut down livestreaming platform, TikTok tries horizontal video.
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