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Report: Snapchat Subscription Service Sees Best Month Ever
December 10, 2023

Snapchat’s premium subscription service has reportedly just enjoyed its best month ever. The social media platform’s Snapchat+ offering recorded more than $20 million in revenue in November for the first time, TechCrunch reported Friday (Dec. 8), citing data app intelligence provider Apptopia.  Subscription revenue rose by double...

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28% of Loyal Subscribers Would Cancel Due to Excessive Promotional Materials
December 08, 2023

With the subscription market becoming increasingly crowded, merchants need to be aware of the factors that may lead to the cancellation of loyal subscribers. PYMNTS Intelligence finds that, when it comes to promotional materials, a little goes a long way. By the Numbers The PYMNTS...

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Scentbird Sees Giftable Subscriptions Capture Consumers’ Last-Minute Holiday Spending
December 07, 2023

With last-minute gifting providing a valuable opportunity for companies that can offer consumers an immediate solution, Scentbird is seeing its giftable subscriptions drive eleventh-hour holiday purchases. In an interview with PYMNTS, Elena Lécué, chief marketing officer at the subscription-based fragrance company, noted that, while most...

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Clothing Subscriptions Shed Members as Economic Challenges Demand Reprioritization
December 06, 2023

Across the clothing subscription industry, key players are losing members as they turn their focus to driving more revenue from their existing users. Take, for instance, Rent the Runway. The clothing subscription and a la carte rental company shared in its third-quarter 2023 earnings results...

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Social Virtual Reality Platform VRChat Launches Paid Subscriptions
December 05, 2023

Social virtual reality (VR) platform VRChat has begun rolling out its new Creator Economy, starting with the introduction of Paid Subscriptions. This new feature allows users to financially support their favorite creators, enabling VRChat’s community of over half a million individual creators to monetize their...

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Holiday Gifting Presents 2-for-1 Customer Acquisition Opportunity
December 05, 2023

As brands look to capture consumers’ holiday gifting spending, subscription box providers have the opportunity to drive high-margin a la carte sales on one hand and to acquire subscribers on the other. In an interview with PYMNTS, Matthew Berk, CEO of coffee subscription and gift...

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Three-Quarters of Subscription Merchants Offer Flexible Plans
December 04, 2023

As subscription merchants look to meet consumers’ evolving expectations, flexible plans are becoming an industry standard. By the Numbers The recent PYMNTS Intelligence study “The Replenish Economy: A Household Supply Deep Dive,” created in collaboration with sticky.io, draws from a September survey of more than 2,000...

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Xbox Making Billion-Dollar Game Pass Bet as Competition Heats Up
December 04, 2023

Xbox is seeing its massive investment in video game content pay off, as more of gaming comes to rely on subscription models. In an interview with Windows Central at convention Comic-Con Experience (CCXP), Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming and head of Xbox, spoke to...

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Millennials Want Payments Security in Their Retail Subscriptions
December 01, 2023

Younger consumers have spent their formative years online, and they’re inclined to share details and information about themselves across digital channels. That comprises personal information for payments, including card details and other data points that are used by merchants to conduct much of commerce anonymously,...