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FTC Tackles Tricky Subscription Tactics with Click-to-Cancel Rule

Retail TouchPoints

The Federal Trade Commission has passed a final “click-to-cancel” rule that will require subscription companies to make it as easy for consumers to cancel their enrollment as it was to sign up. Too often, businesses make people jump through endless hoops just to cancel a subscription,” said FTC Chair Lina Khan in a statement.

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Q3 2023 FastSpring Feature Release: Achieving Subscription Growth, Faster

FastSpring

We are excited to share the release of three new groundbreaking features designed to turbocharge your subscription revenue! They also complement several other subscription focused capabilities we have released over 2023. Check out our announcements for the Proration Preview and Subscription Plan Change History APIs.

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With Consumers Awash in Subscriptions, Brands Set Sights on Paid Membership

Retail TouchPoints

The subscription economy has been the subject of dire headlines recently, with terms like “subscription fatigue,” “ the great unsubscribe ” and even “ subscription apocalypse ” being bandied about. The Subscription Trade Association ’s (SUBTA) annual report found that nearly all ( 95.8% ) U.S.

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Best Ecommerce Platforms for Subscriptions (Apr 2023)

Ecommerce Platforms

The best subscription ecommerce platform gives today’s business owners an exceptional way to increase the lifetime value of their customers, and unlock recurring revenue. With a subscription platform, companies can sell everything from packages of crucial products delivered on a monthly basis, to webinar and online course access.

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Breaking Into Asia? Benchmarking Data and Insights on SaaS Subscriptions in Asia

FastSpring

Here are the questions we sought to answer by analyzing anonymized subscription data for transactions across various Asian countries (excluding broader “APAC” regions like Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia): How do customers in Asia’s growing markets prefer to manage their SaaS subscriptions? but they’re growing.

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Release Notes | April 2023: Improved Subscription Reporting

FastSpring

Subscription Dashboard Reporting Calculation Improvements MRR and ARR Calculation Previously, upgrades, downgrades, and add-ons were occasionally not tracked or handled correctly in subscription reporting. The post Release Notes | April 2023: Improved Subscription Reporting appeared first on FastSpring.

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It’s Time to Consider Ecommerce Subscriptions for Your Online Business

Optimizely

Ecommerce subscriptions are on the rise across all verticals, from Health & Beauty to Sports. You’d be surprised to see how many fishing subscription boxes exist!) According to Shopify , brands can turn any product or service into a subscription these days. Subscription data from ReCharge is no different.