Subscription commerce isn’t what it used to be. The market has evolved from the days of doorstop deliveries of meat, dairy and newspapers to include media streaming services, software and themed boxes packed with a range of products, including clothes, fragrances, food and alcohol,...
Consumers seem to have a love/hate relationship with passwords. While consumers love the (supposed) security, they hate the nuance of remembering what favorite dog or past college crush the password was framed around. But perhaps subscription services, too, should not be too happy with passwords...
“Recurring payments” is a bit of a misnomer, when approximately 13 percent of them don’t recur at all. Instead, the card on file gets declined, despite the fact that it was working fine last month, last week or whenever the customer subscribed to the product...
It’s hard to imagine typing a document or planning a budget without using a Microsoft Office product. The nearly ubiquitous software used to only be sold off the shelf at brick-and-mortar stores like Staples or CompUSA — or come preloaded on new computers. But in 2011,...
To say that the Great Recession changed consumer buying outlooks across a variety of categories is not a controversial statement so much as it is a truism. And, with the possible exception of housing, in no place is that change more evident than automotive sales....
Acquiring customers in retail is challenging. Even more so when a merchant has adopted a subscription commerce business model. Unlike a regular retail purchase — which has little long-term risk to customers should they regret their purchases — buying a subscription-based product isn’t just about...
No subscription services are made alike — but the top performers do share some common traits. According to the latest Subscription Commerce Conversion Index, a Recurly collaboration, 100 percent of the top merchants all do three things, but miss on two others that could eliminate...
With so many subscription services available to consumers, what separates the wheat from the chaff? According to PYMNTS research, it comes down to speed, security and choices. Data inside the latest Subscription Commerce Conversion Index, a Recurly collaboration, shows 100 percent of the top scoring...
Demand for music streaming services is surging as consumers turn away from purchasing albums or individual songs, Nielsen reports. 2017 marked the first year that on-demand audio accounted for the majority of music listening, according to news from TechCrunch. Overall consumption of on-demand streaming of albums,...
