May 20, 2013
Is AOL’s “Bling Thing” Subscription Commerce Platform Real?
All Things D indicates in a new report that its sources say AOL has been secretly working for several months on a new subscription commerce business that is tentatively titled...
May 15, 2013
MICROS, payleven Partner For Chip & PIN-Supported POS System
Hospitality and retail tech provider MICROS announced that, together with mobile card payment processor payleven, the companies will offer what they call “the world’s first cloud-based point-of-sale solution with integrated...
May 07, 2013
Piano Media Provides Metered Payment For Subscriptions In Slovakia
Piano Media, a European subscription-based content payment system for media publishers, has teamed up with three media partners to roll out the Piano Solo digital metered subscription payments across four...
May 07, 2013
Patreon Challenges Youtube With Content Monetization Platform
Now nearing its eighth year of operation, YouTube has established itself as the leading user-generated video content destination on the web. But despite its all-but-solidified top-dog status, recent reports indicate...
May 02, 2013
Authorize.Net Payments Available For Small Merchants In UK
Authorize.Net, a small business solution by CyberSource, has announced that their payment platform is now available for small business merchants in the UK and merchants across Europe that process pounds,...
January 31, 2013
ShoeDazzle Reinstates Subscription Service For $9.95 A Month
ShoeDazzle will begin offering a subscription service of $9.95 a month for its online shoe store, offering subscribers free shipping and other discounts. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
January 21, 2013
Onebip Expands Carrier Billing With Android Subscriptions
Onebip, the global mobile payments service from Neomobile, has announced the launch of its subscription payment service for Android devices. Onebip released its first subscription service in 2005 and has...
January 07, 2013
M-Shwari Proves Successful Soon After Launch
The end of 2012 saw the launch of a new innovative financial tool by the hands of those behind M-Pesa. M-Shwary was launched in Kenya to allow users to save...
November 28, 2012
Africa Mobile Market Explodes In Q3
ABI Research has revealed that in In 3Q-2012, the 54 countries and 1.08 billion people in the African continent have accumulated 821 million subscriptions, up 16.9% year-on-year, resulting in a...
Subscription merchants that fail to offer multiple ways for consumers to buy their products will see their sales take a hit, says Bean Box CEO Matthew Berk. Only giving consumers one way to buy and pay is a key driver of voluntary churn, especially in these times. Read the “Subscription Commerce Tracker®,” a collaboration with Vindicia, for more.
The features subscription providers offer can determine whether a subscriber stays loyal or jumps ship. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest decision guide, “The Retail Subscription Features That Make Top-Performing Merchants,” a collaboration with sticky.io and based on surveys of 2,011 consumers and 188 merchants, provides a comprehensive outline for how subscription providers can push their businesses to the top.